• To prepare items for dual-stream recycling
• To prepare items for single-stream recycling
• What does your town recycle?

Want to know what materials your town collects for recycling? If you have any questions, be sure to call your town's trash and recycling office or click on your town's name for a link to your public works Web site for more information.

To prepare items for dual-stream recycling:

• Place newspapers in a brown paper shopping bag or tie them in a bundle with cotton or fiber twine.
• If your town collects mixed paper -- such as junk mail, computer printer paper, magazines and catalogs -- simply place that material in the bag or bundle with your newspapers. Punch out clear plastic or glassine windows from envelopes. Shred any paper with personal information such as your name, account numbers, date of birth or other information to prevent identity theft.
• To recycle boxboard (sometimes referred to as chipboard), such as shoe boxes, cereal boxes and pasta boxes, remove plastic or wax-paper liners from cereal boxes and remove plastic windows from pasta boxes. Flatten these items and include them in the same bag or bundle as your newspapers and mixed paper. Do not include wax- or plastic-coated cardboard.
• Cut corrugated cardboard into small sections and bundle with cotton or fiber twine.
• Rinse aseptic packages such as juice boxes and milk cartons and remove straws if any.
• Rinse glass, aluminum, steel and plastic cans, jars, bottles and aluminum food trays. Labels don't need to be removed. Do not include containers of motor oil, antifreeze or other automotive fluids, paint cans or medicine bottles.
• Do not include light bulbs, toys, pots and pans, window glass, dishes and other ceramic items, coat hangers, flower pots or plastic bags.
• Don't forget to redeem deposit bottles and cans!

To prepare items for single-stream recycling:

• Place newspapers, mixed paper, boxboard and corrugated cardboard and aseptic packages in the recycling bin or barrel with your other recyclables. Do not include newspapers contaminated with food waste, paper towels or food wrappers.
• Rinse aseptic packages such as juice boxes and milk cartons and remove straws if any, then place in the recycling bin or barrel.
• Rinse glass, aluminum, steel and plastic cans, jars, bottles and aluminum food trays, then place them in the recycling bin or barrel. Labels don't need to be removed. Do not include containers of motor oil, antifreeze or other automotive fluids, paint cans or medicine bottles.
• Do not include light bulbs, toys, pots and pans, window glass, dishes and other ceramic items, coat hangers, flower pots or plastic bags.
• Don't forget to redeem deposit bottles and cans!

What does your town recycle? Find your town's name below:

Residents in towns marked with this recycling cart may be able to take advantage of single-stream recycling! Call your town or hauler for details.

TOWN/CITY	RECYCLABLES COLLECTED	TRASH & RECYCLING CONTACT
Towns N-O
Naugatuck	Plastics, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, newspaper, corrugated cardboard, mixed paper, boxboard, aerosol cans, aseptic packaging	203-720-7071
New Britain	#1 plastic, #2 plastic, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, newspaper, corrugated cardboard, mixed paper, leaves	860-826-3350
New Canaan	#1 plastic, #2 plastic, junk mail, newspapers, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans and food trays, steel cans, corrugated cardboard	203-594-3054
New Fairfield	Varies by hauler.	203-312-5600
New Hartford (RRDD#1)	Plastics, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, newspaper, corrugated cardboard, mixed paper, boxboard	860-379-3389
New Haven	Plastics, glass food jars, corrugated cardboard, mixed white paper, newspaper, scrap metal, waste oil.	203-946-7700
New London	#1 plastic, #2 plastic, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, newspaper, mixed paper	860-447-5250
New Milford	Plastics, glass food and beverage containers, steel and aluminum cans, newspaper, magazines, mixed paper, corrugated cardboard, used motor oil, tires without rims, scrap metal, appliances, lead acid batteries	860-355-6040
Newington	Plastics, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, newspaper, corrugated cardboard, mixed paper, boxboard	860-667-5874
Newtown	Call your town	203-270-4300
Norfolk	Plastics, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, newspaper, corrugated cardboard, mixed paper	860-542-5829
North Branford	Plastics, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, newspaper, corrugated cardboard, mixed paper, bundled wood, boxboard	203-484-6000
North Canaan	Plastics, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, newspaper, corrugated cardboard, mixed paper, boxboard	860-824-7313
North Haven	Curbside: Glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, newspaper, corrugated cardboard At drop-off center: Mixed paper, #1 plastic, #2 plastic	203-239-5321
North Stonington	#1 plastic, #2 plastic, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, newspaper, corrugated cardboard	860-535-1048
Norwalk	#1 plastic, #2 plastic, junk mail, newspapers, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans	203-854-7791
Norwich	#1 plastic, #2 plastic, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, newspaper, mixed paper, books	860-823-3799
Old Lyme	#1 plastic, #2 plastic, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, newspaper, corrugated cardboard, mixed paper, boxboard	860-434-1605
Old Saybrook	Curbside: varies by hauler At drop-off center: Plastics, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, newspaper, corrugated cardboard, scrap metal, yard waste, boxboard	860-395-3123
Orange	#1 plastic, #2 plastic, junk mail, newspapers, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, corrugated cardboard	203-891-2122
Oxford	Plastics, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, newspaper, corrugated cardboard, mixed paper, boxboard	203-888-7716