Accepted Materials
Hard to Recycle Loads
Recycle Livingston cannot always accept extremely large or unusual loads of material. Certain types of plastic, foam, and glass are not recyclable. Please fill out the form and give it to the Executive Director along with a sample of the materials. The Executive Director will contact the vendor for approval. View Hard To Recycle Instructions for detailed information.
Keep it Clean and Separated!
Please properly prepare and separate each of the following materials before you bring them to the center. Remain in your vehicle. Unloaders will inspect and unload your recyclables as quickly as possible. We ask recyclers who are non members for a $3.00 donation per vehicle.
- Newspaper
Phone books and newsprint books go in newspaper. Hand phone books to volunteer and they will place them in the compactor. Keep papers clean and dry. Newspaper is not glossy.
- Mixed Paper/Junk Mail/Magazines
Includes colored and white copy paper, typing, computer, white bond letterhead, ditto paper, memo paper, children's lined writing paper, junk mail, envelopes, soft-cover books, hard-cover books, magazines and other lower grades of paper. You do not need to remove the plastic windows from envelopes. No gift wrap. Magazines made of newsprint should be put in with newspapers. Please hand books separately to greeter.
- Corrugated Cardboard and Boxboard
Includes all cardboard that is constructed with corrugated grooves, cereal and kleenex boxes, gift boxes, pop & beer containers, etc. Remove the inner plastic sleeves from cereal and Kleenex boxes. Flatten. We do not accept frozen or nonfrozen food, juice, and milk containers. No refrigerated food container such as milk, oleo, ice cream or frozen food cartons. Please size cardboard in pieces no bigger than 28' X 55" in order to accommodate our equipment.
- Telephone and Other Books
Telephone books go into the newspaper compactor. Other books, unless they are made of newsprint, go into the mixed paper compactor.
- Glass
We accept only clear and brown glass. Wash glass bottles and jars. Kitchen glasses are acceptable but must not be leaded glass. Remove all caps. You do not have to remove paper labels. No window, auto, perfume bottles, or Pyrex glass.
- Metals
Tin cans, jar lids, metal scrap, and aluminum. Wash, remove the labels, and flatten cans. Separate aluminum from other metals. Volunteers will take metal to the green sorting table. Separate aluminum from tin. Separate copper and brass and give to site manager.
- Polystyrene Foam
Includes meat trays, foam cups, clam shells. Please rinse them clean. Bundle large amounts in clear plastic bags for easy handling. We cannot accept styrofoam packaging peanuts. Please take these to any UPS shipping outlet for reuse. Only #6 Polystyrene.
- Plastics
All plastics except polystyrene (Styrofoam) can now be combined.
We accept any plastic object marked #1 through #7. Wash thoroughly and crush flat. No hazardous containers such as motor oil, antifreeze, or pool acids. Please put #6 Styrofoam in a separate bag. No fast food lids or straws
#2 Translucent (HDPE) containers: example: milk jugs, water, distilled or spring water, Dawn dishwashing liquid
#1 through #7 plastics:
Examples:- #1 clear soda bottles, water and juice bottles
- #2 liquid detergent, shampoo, fabric softener, bleach bottles. You can include the lids.
- #3 PVC pipes
- #4 squeezable honey and mustard bottles, toys
- #5 butter tubs, medicine bottles, caps
- #6 CD cases, polystyrene foam *** Pack foam in a separate bag for the foam trailer ***
- #7 some catsup bottles, iced tea or juice bottles.
We accept clean, dry, plastic bags (#2 and #4) from grocery stores and retailers. Black bags are okay.
We accept the plastic 6 or 8-pack rings from beverages container packs.
We accept plastic water softener bags and feed bags
- Printer Cartridges
We recycle computer ink jet and laser cartridges. Please keep them separate from other recyclables and bring them directly to the recycling site.
- Batteries
In conjunction with Livingston County, we can collect all sizes of household batteries, lithium, or hearing aid batteries. No car batteries.
- Cork
We only accept the wooden corks from the cork trees. We will take them to Whole Foods in Ann Arbor where they are recycled into crate materials.
- Electronics Recycling
Recycle Livingston accepts a wide range of electronics for recycling. Please be careful not to bring broken TV screens or monitors for recycling. Recycle Livingston is not responsible for data. Below please please find a list of what we accept. We do not accept any items such as window air conditioners and dehumidifiers containing freon. We may accept things that are not on the list. If you have any questions, please give us a call.
A PDF Version of Electronics Invoice
Item Fee Adding Machine $0 CD/DVD/VHS/Cassette Player, VCR, Satellite Recv. $0 Cell Phone, Batteries, Ink Cartridges, CDs, DVDs, Pager, PDA, Calculator, Mouse $0 Computer - Desktop/Tower $0 Computer - Laptop $0 Console TV (if space is available at site) $30 *Floppy Disks 3" or larger shoebox full
(sign release line and put in office with this attached)$0 *Floppy Disks 3" or larger, Xerox-sized paper box full
(sign release line and put box in office with this attached)$0 Keyboard $0 Kitchen Appliance (Blender, Mixer, etc.) $0 Microwave Oven $0 Monitor, TV - 13" diagonal or less $10 Monitor, TV - 14"-17" $15 Monitor, TV - 19"-29" $20 Portable Audio Player (MP3/Walkman/Cassette/CD) $0 Printer or Copier - Floor model $0 Printer, Fax, and/or Scanner $0 Radio, Alarm Clock $0 Speakers - 8" diameter or less $0 Speakers - 9" diameter or more $0 Stereo/Audio Component $0 Telephone - Cordless $0 Typewriter - Electric $0 Vacuum Cleaner $0 Video Game Console $0 Videotapes shoebox full $2 Videotapes Xerox paper box full $4 Washer, dryer, stove $0
Unaccepted Materials
- Rigid plastics with no recycling symbol
- Car batteries
- Containers that can be pressurized
- Chemicals
- Liquids
- Gift wrapping paper
- Tissue paper
You can contact the Livingston County Solid Waste Program for instructions on how to dispose of some of these items.
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