recycling guidelines - columbia, tennessee · • please flatten all cardboard boxes. • empty...

• Please flatten all cardboard boxes. • Empty and rinse all containers.

Please follow all guidelines carefully. Questions? Please contact:City of Columbia Public Works110 Santa Fe PikeColumbia, TN 38401(931) 388-8650www.columbiatn.com

City of ColumbiaRecycling Guidelines

Aluminum & other metal cans (no food debris)

These items are not accepted:

• Glass• Styrofoam• Electronic waste (batteries,

cell phones, computers, etc.)• Hazardous waste (paint,

pesticides, cleaners)• Used oil or oil containers• Window panes, mirrors,

ceramics• Medical waste (syringes,

needles, etc.)• Yard waste• Food waste• Trash

All plastic bottles and containers (#1 - #7)

Wide-mouth plastic containers and lids

#1 & #2 plastic bottles and jugs (caps removed)

File folders, office paper

Greeting cards, regular & junk mail

Paperboard boxes (cereal, pasta, tissue etc.)

Newspapers, brochures & inserts (no bags, do

not tie & bundle)

Loose metal jar lids & steel bottle caps

Corrugated cardboard (flattened, pizza boxes, shoe boxes, food

boxes [no food debris])

Magazines & catalogs Phone books

NEW!Milk, juice, broth,

soup and other food & beverage cartons

Guidelines provided by:

12/2010

Empty aerosol cans (no paint cans)