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Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority
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:

Single-stream recycling cart 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.
Expanded plastics recycling Residents in towns marked with these symbols can take advantage of CRRA's expanded plastics recycling!

 

TOWN/CITY

RECYCLABLES COLLECTED

TRASH & RECYCLING CONTACT

Towns U-W
Union #1 plastic, #2 plastic, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, newspaper, corrugated cardboard 860-684-3770

Vernon

Single-stream and expanded plastics recycling

Plastics, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, newspaper, corrugated cardboard, mixed paper, boxboard 860-870-3500
Voluntown #1 plastic, #2 plastic, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, newspaper, corrugated cardboard 860-376-5880
Wallingford #1 plastic, #2 plastic, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, newspaper, corrugated cardboard, mixed paper 203-294-2070
Warren #1 plastic, #2 plastic, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, newspaper, corrugated cardboard, mixed paper 860-879-9030
Washington #1 plastic, #2 plastic, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, mixed paper, newspaper, corrugated cardboard 860-868-2259

Waterbury

Single-stream and expanded plastics recycling

Plastics, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, newspaper, corrugated cardboard, mixed paper, boxboard 203-574-8390
Waterford

Single-stream recycling cart
#1 plastic, #2 plastic, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, newspaper, corrugated cardboard 860-444-5864

Watertown

Single-stream and expanded plastics recycling

Plastics, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, newspaper, mixed paper, boxboard 860-945-5240

West Hartford

Single-stream and expanded plastics recycling

Plastics, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, newspaper, corrugated cardboard, mixed paper, aseptic packaging, boxboard 860-236-4236

West Haven

Single-stream recycling cart

#1 plastic, #2 plastic, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, newspaper, corrugated cardboard 203-937-3585

Westbrook

Single-stream and expanded plastics recycling

Plastics, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, newspaper, corrugated cardboard, mixed paper, boxboard 860-399-3040

Weston

Single-stream recycling cart

#1 plastic, #2 plastic, junk mail, newspapers, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, corrugated cardboard 203-222-2656

Westport

Single-stream and expanded plastics recycling

Plastics, junk mail, newspapers, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, corrugated cardboard -- list may vary by hauler 203-341-1111

Wethersfield

Single-stream and expanded plastics recycling

Plastics, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, newspaper, mixed paper, boxboard 860-721-2846
Willington #1 plastic, #2 plastic, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, newspaper, mixed paper, junk mail, cardboard, boxboard 860-684-3626

Wilton

Single-stream recycling cart

#1 plastic, #2 plastic, junk mail, newspapers, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, corrugated cardboard -- list may vary by hauler 203-563-0154

Winchester
(RRDD#1)

Single-stream and expanded plastics recycling

Plastics, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, newspaper, corrugated cardboard, mixed paper, boxboard 860-379-2713

Windham

Single-stream recycling cart

#1 plastic, #2 plastic, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, newspaper, corrugated cardboard, mixed paper 860-465-3090
Windsor #1 plastic, #2 plastic, milk & juice cartons, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, newspaper, corrugated cardboard, mixed paper 860-285-1855

Windsor Locks

Single-stream and expanded plastics recycling

Plastics, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, newspaper, corrugated cardboard, mixed paper, boxboard -- call to find out about other items 860-627-1405
Wolcott #1 plastic, #2 plastic, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, newspaper, mixed paper 860-879-8100
Woodbridge #1 plastic, #2 plastic, junk mail, newspapers, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, corrugated cardboard 203-389-3492

Woodbury

Single-stream and expanded plastics recycling

Plastics, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, newspaper, corrugated cardboard, mixed paper, boxboard 203-263-3633
Woodstock #1 plastic, #2 plastic, glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, newspaper, corrugated cardboard, mixed paper 860-928-2770

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