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Single-Stream Recycling: Brown Carts
Rockville operates a curbside single-stream recycling program. Recycling items can be mixed together, no sorting is needed. Place all recycling in the brown cart and place the cart with the wheels to the curb by 6 a.m. Do not block mailboxes. Keep the lid closed to avoid spilling recyclables. Place oversized plastic items that will not fit in the cart next to the cart and label as recycle.
| ACCEPTED IN BROWN RECYCLING CART | NOT ACCEPTED | ||
| Mixed Paper: | |||
 | Books – paperback and hard cover |  | No paper towels, facial tissues, napkins |
| Colored paper | | No cigarette packs |
| Greeting cards, postcards, card stock | | No candy wrappers |
| Mail, envelopes (windows okay) | | No needles, razor blades, syringes (See Refuse section for disposal) |
| Magazines, catalogs | | No newspapers in plastic bags (Please remove the newspaper from the plastic bag and then both can be recycled. Collect plastic bags into 1 bag and tie to recycle.) |
| Newspapers, advertisements, inserts | ||
| Paper bags | ||
| Phone books | ||
| Shredded paper (place shredded paper in a paper bag within the brown cart) | ||
| Wrapping paper (no foil) | ||
| Writing/ledger/fax paper | ||
| Cardboard: (flattened boxes to maximize cart space) | |||
| Boxes with/without windows (flatten boxes to maximize cart space) | ||
| Cereal and cake boxes (throw away plastic or wax liners in the gray refuse cart) | ||
| Gift boxes | ||
| Milk cartons, juice boxes | ||
| Pizza and frozen food boxes | ||
| Shoe boxes | ||
| Toilet paper and paper towel rolls | ||
| Toothpaste and tissue boxes | ||
| Wax-coated boxes/containers (frozen food, Chinese) | ||
| Cardboard fast food containers | ||
| Tin and Aluminum: (must be rinsed, no need to remove labels) | |||
| Aerosol cans (empty, if not see Household Hazardous Waste section for disposal) | | No scrap metal (See Metal Recycling section for disposal) |
| Metal lids | | No paint cans |
| Pet food cans | | No aluminum siding |
| Soup and vegetable cans | | No pots and pans |
| Tins from cookies and popcorn | | No metal furniture (See Metal Recycling section for disposal) |
| No propane tanks (See Hazardous Household Waste section for disposal) | ||
| No automotive parts (See Metal Recycling for disposal) | ||
| Foil: | |||
| Foil wrap and aluminum foil | ||
| Pie plates | ||
| Food and Beverage Bottles and Jars: (rinsed, no need to remove labels, remove metal lids and place separately in brown cart) | |||
| Clear and colored glass | | No glass dishes, glass windows, plates, Pyrex, ceramics, mirrors, light bulbs or crystal (See Refuse section for disposal) |
| Plastics: (lids acceptable, must be rinsed, no need to remove labels) | |||
| Caps | | No automotive fluid bottles – oil, antifreeze, brake fluid* |
| Cleaner containers (window, toilet, etc.) | | No pesticide containers (*Containers that are empty can be placed in the gray refuse cart. Filled containers, see Household Hazardous Waste section for disposal) |
| Detergent and bleach containers | | No Styrofoam No PVC pipe, rubber tubing |
| Flower pots | | No vinyl siding |
| Furniture | | No flexible water hosing |
| Milk/water jugs | | No food containers (clear, clear top/brown bottom, clear top/Styrofoam bottom, or clamshell food containers usually for take-out food and fruits/vegetables) |
| Plastic bags, film, shrink wrap, bubble wrap (placed within 1 bag and tied) | ||
| Plastic cups | ||
| Plastic spoons, forks, knives | ||
| Salad dressing and condiment bottles | ||
| Shampoo bottles | ||
| Soda/juice bottles | ||
| Straws | ||
| Sunscreen/medicine bottles | ||
| Syrup bottles | ||
| Toys | ||
| Yogurt and margarine containers | ||
| | CD/DVD cases (remove disc and place in gray refuse cart) | ||
| Plastic furniture | ||
| Buckets, trash cans, tubs | ||
| 03/13/2013 | |||