• 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.
	Residents in towns marked with these symbols can take advantage of CRRA's expanded plastics recycling!

TOWN/CITY	RECYCLABLES COLLECTED	TRASH & RECYCLING CONTACT
Towns S-T
Salem	#1 plastic, #2 plastic, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, newspaper, corrugated cardboard	860-859-3873
Salisbury	Plastics, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, newspaper, corrugated cardboard, mixed paper, boxboard	860-435-5178
Scotland	Call your town	860-456-7797
Seymour	#1 plastic, #2 plastic, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, newspaper, magazines, corrugated cardboard, mixed paper	203-888-2511
Sharon	Plastics, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, newspaper, corrugated cardboard, mixed paper, boxboard	860-364-5789
Shelton	#1 plastic, #2 plastic, junk mail, newspapers, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, corrugated cardboard	203-924-1555
Sherman	#1 plastic, #2 plastic, junk mail, newspapers, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, corrugated cardboard	860-350-5514
Simsbury	Plastics, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, newspaper, corrugated cardboard, mixed paper, boxboard	860-658-3230
Somers	#1 plastic, #2 plastic, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, newspaper, corrugated cardboard, mixed paper	860-763-8238 ext. 11
South Windsor	Plastics, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, newspaper, corrugated cardboard, mixed paper, boxboard	860-644-2511
Southbury	Plastics, glass bottles and jars, milk/juice cartons, metal food and beverage containers, newspaper, corrugated cardboard, mixed paper, waste oil, batteries, leaves, clothing, phonebooks, packing peanuts, boxboard	203-262-0647
Southington	Varies by hauler	860-276-6200
Sprague	#1 plastic, #2 plastic, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, newspaper, mixed paper	860-822-3000
Stafford	#1 plastic, #2 plastic, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, newspaper, corrugated cardboard	860-684-3448
Stamford	#1 plastic, #2 plastic, junk mail, newspapers, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, corrugated cardboard	203-977-4140
Sterling	Call your town	860-564-2904
Stonington	#1 plastic, #2 plastic, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, newspaper, corrugated cardboard, mixed paper	860-535-5099
Stratford	Curbside: #1 plastic, #2 plastic, junk mail, glass jars and bottles, newspapers, aluminum cans, steel cans At drop-off center: corrugated cardboard	203-385-4098
Suffield	Plastics, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, newspaper, corrugated cardboard, mixed paper, boxboard	860-668-3837
Thomaston	Plastics, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, newspaper, corrugated cardboard, mixed paper, boxboard	860-283-4421
Thompson	#1 plastic, #2 plastic, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, newspaper, corrugated cardboard, electronics, mixed paper	860-923-2680
Tolland	#1 plastic, #2 plastic, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, corrugated cardboard, newspaper, mixed paper, waste oil, auto batteries, boxboard	860-871-3600
Torrington	Plastics, mixed paper, newspapers, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, corrugated cardboard, rechargable batteries, auto batteries, yard waste, telephone books, boxboard	860-489-2232
Trumbull	#1 plastic, #2 plastic, junk mail, newspapers, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, corrugated cardboard	203-452-5005