City Carton Recycling

Public Recycling Drop Site, 3 East Benton, Iowa City

OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY!

Iowa City, Coralville & Johnson County

A Homeowner Guide to

Recycling

NEW! Books: Place in drop-off container at City Carton Recycling, 3 East Benton, Iowa City.

Acceptable

Hard Bound Books

Paper Bound Books

Not Acceptable

Wire Bound Books

Plastic Bound Books

NEW! Plastic Grocery Bags: Place in drop-off container at City Carton Recycling, 3 East Benton, Iowa City. Clean film bags, bread bags, softener salt bags, Shrink Wrap and #4 LDPE film also acceptable.

Newspapers: Can be loose or tied with a string. Place in drop-off container at City Carton Recycling, 3 East Benton, Iowa City.

Acceptable

Newspapers

Advertising Supplements

Tabloids

Note : Supplements that come in the newspapers can stay with the newspapers when recycled.

Not Acceptable

Magazines*

Catalogs*

Phone Books*

Unwanted Residential Mail*

Envelopes*

Books*

Cereal Boxes*

Anything With Glue

* indicates recyclable material with own drop-off container

Magazines: Only slick or shiny magazines and catalogs accepted. Place in drop-off container at City Carton Recycling, 3 East Benton, Iowa City.

Acceptable

Time

Newsweek

National Geographic, Etc

Not Acceptable

TV Guide, Reader’s Digest Tabloids*

Phone books*

* indicates recyclable material with own drop-off container

Cardboard: Corrugated cardboard only. Please flatten and stack. Drop-off site at City Carton Recycling, 3 East Benton, Iowa City for residential community. The business community will need to call (319) 351-2848 for further details.

Acceptable

Boxes with staples

Brown paper sacks

Sacks with string

Chipboard: examples = cereal boxes & tissue boxes (remove liners)

Not Acceptable

Wax-coated cardboard

Feed/seed sacks

Anything with food scraps

Glass Bottles & Jars: Food and beverage containers only. Please rinse and remove lids. (Metal lids can go with the tin cans).  Place in drop-off container at City Carton Recycling, 3 East Benton, Iowa City.

Acceptable

Soda bottles

Beer bottles

Juice containers

Ketchup bottles

Wine & liquor bottles

Food containers

Not Acceptable

Drinking glasses

Window glass

Light bulbs

Mirrors, Crystal

Heat resistant ovenware

Ceramic cups & plates

Clay flower pots

Note : Put blue tinted bottles in with the green bottles.

Mixed Paper: Place in drop-off container at City Carton Recycling, 3 East Benton, Iowa City.

Acceptable

Computer paper

Typing paper

Writing paper

Photocopy paper

Envelopes

Light pastel colored paper

File folders

Unwanted residential mail

Not Acceptable

Newspapers*

Cardboard*

Magazines*

Carbon paper

Other Blueprint paper

Film

Photographs

Taped metal objects

Glued metal objects

Spiral binders

Fasteners

(staples are accepted)

* indicates recyclable material with own drop-off container

Phone Books: Place in designated container at City Carton Recycling, 3 E. Benton, Iowa City.

Plastic Bottles & Jugs: Check the bottom of the container for the recycling logo. Inside the logo is a number identifying the type of plastic. Generally, plastics accepted for recycling are #1 - #5 and #7.  Place in designated container at City Carton Recycling, 3 E. Benton, Iowa City.

Acceptable

Milk jugs, Juice jugs

Food containers

Detergent bottles

Shampoo bottles

Butter containers

Bleach jugs

Yogurt containers

Not Acceptable

Motor Oil bottles

Styrofoam

Children’s toys

Polystyrene

#6 Food Grade Containers

Metal Cans: All tin and aluminum cans are acceptable. Rinse the can. Please remove the labels if possible. Crush the can or stack smaller ones inside larger cans. Place in designated container at City Carton Recycling, 3 E. Benton, Iowa City.

Deposit Cans & Plastic Bottles: Place deposit cans and plastic deposit bottles in container at City Carton Recycling, 3 E. Benton, Iowa City. No Glass Please. The redemption value of your contribution goes to the Iowa City A.M. Rotary club and is distributed among many community agencies including the Crisis Center, Domestic Violence Intervention Program and various International Service Project sponsored by the Rotary. Thank you for your donation!