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WAVERLY'S RECYCLING CENTER | LOCATION: | 2800 5th Ave. NW / Business Hwy. 218 North | | PHONE #: | (319)352-3173 (or 352-6247/-9065) | | HOURS: | 7:00 am to 5:30 pm -- Monday through Friday | | | 8:00 am to 4:00 pm -- Saturday (Unless on a holiday. Check calendar schedule here.) |
Recyclables Accepted at Waverly's Recycling Center:Listed below are all of the recyclables accepted at the City of Waverly's Recycling Center. The 6 items that can be picked up by the Curbside Recycling Truck are labeled. Click here for information on Curbside Recycling. Aluminum:
Clean aluminum foil, disposable pie pans, pizza pans, and lawn chairs stripped of other metal or plastic. Books, Hard-Covered & Paperback:
Leave covers on.
Books, Phone:
Leave covers on. Can be placed with hard-cover & paperback books.
Cans, Steel: (CURBSIDE RECYCLING ITEM)
Clean steel (tin) cans with labels removed and cans flattened. To easily flatten your cans, remove both ends with a can opener (if possible) and then flatten. This helps to save on space.
Cardboard, Corrugated:
Clean corrugated cardboard, broken down & flattened. Tape and staples are OK, but you should try & remove as much as possible. Pizza boxes that are clean of food are acceptable.
Paper, White:
Only white paper, staples are OK, but no paper clips. No gift-wrapping or slick paper. No crayon or tape. Cellophane-window envelopes are recyclable.
Plastics:
Information on plastics is listed at the end of this recycling list.
Styrofoam Peanuts:
Styrofoam peanuts are the only Styrofoam product accepted. These peanuts can then be picked up and reused by any business or resident.
Plastics: (CURBSIDE RECYCLING ITEM)
Clean with caps removed. The numbers for each plastic are found on the bottom of each container within the recycling symbol. Cardboard, Single-Layered: (CURBSIDE RECYCLING ITEM)
Clean single-layered, unwaxed cardboard; brown paper bags; cardstock. Remove liners from cereal boxes and the metal tear-off strips from food wrapping-paper boxes. Flatten the boxes to help save space. Glass, Clear: (CURBSIDE RECYCLING ITEM)
Clear glass containers, cleaned & caps removed. The labels are OK. No Pyrex, windows, baking dishes, light bulbs, tinted or colored glass. Glass, Colored:
Brown glass only, no tinted glass. Prepare same as clear glass. Magazines:
See "Paper, Slick" below.
Newspapers: (CURBSIDE RECYCLING ITEM)
Newspapers need to be bundled, bagged, or can be loose in bottom of your green recycling box if placing out for the Curbside Recycling Truck to pick up. If you deliver your newspapers to the Recycling Center, we prefer that they be kept loose and not bundled. All inserts can be left with your newspaper. Oil, Motor:
Only used motor oil that has not been mixed with gas, antifreeze, or water. You will empty your oil container into an oil collection barrel and then take your container back with you as it cannot be recycled. Paper, Colored:
Only colored paper, staples are OK, but no paper clips. No gift-wrapping or slick paper. No crayon or tape. Cellophane-window envelopes are accepted. Paper, Shredded:
Commingled white & colored shredded paper is accepted. There is a paper shredder at the Recycling Center for use by the public.
Paper, Slick: (CURBSIDE RECYCLING ITEM)
Magazines & catalogs with both stapled and glued bindings; slick paper from junk mail. No gift-wrapping paper. All plastics with a recycling number can be picked up by the Curbside Recycling Truck. Plastic caps or lids without recycling numbers are not accepted. Plastic grocery bags are not picked up curbside, but are accepted at the Recycling Center. The Recycling Center also accepts the plastics commingled, except the Cloudy #2 Milk Jugs are to be placed in a separate container.
Plastic
Numbers | Plastic
Colors
Accepted | Examples of Plastic Types | #1 | All Colors | soda, water & juice bottles, peanut butter & frozen food containers, etc. | #2 | All Colors | Cloudy #2 -- milk jugs -
Colored #2 -- detergent & shampoo bottles, yogurt containers, etc. Colored #2 is collected at the Recycling Center only. | #3 | All Colors | soft bottles / cooking oil & shampoo bottles, etc. | #4 | All Colors | soft bottles / food containers | #5 | All Colors | food containers | #6 | All Colors | food containers (no #6 Styrofoam) | #7 | All Colors | squeezable bottles / ketchup bottles | Bags | Plastic Grocery | Only clean, grocery bags accepted. These bags are reused by the Cedar Valley Food Bank. (Not picked up curbside.) |
Plastics Not Accepted at Waverly's Recycling Center:
Styrofoam (other than peanuts), plastic bags (other than clean grocery bags), plastic tableware, film lids (only #2 & #4 lids), or any plastic without a number. Also, plastic containers that had contained herbicide, fungicide, insecticide, paints, or paint thinner are not accepted. |
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