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Please do not place any of the materials listed below in your green cart. Properly dispose of these materials by placing them in the appropriate container or by using  a city-provided service.

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blue_cart_icon Blue Cart
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Don't put these materials in the green cart Place them here

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O Aluminum foil P        
O Automotive grease       P  
O Ceramics P        
O Cigarette butts and ashes P        
O Clothing (consider donating to local charity) P       P
O Cooking grease or oil       P  
O Dead animals         P
O Diapers P        
O Disposable mop sheets P        
O Dryer sheets P        
O Glass P        
O Hazardous waste       P  
O Motor oil       P  
O Pet waste P        
O Plastic bags         P
O Plastic coated cartons (e.g., milk and ice-cream cartons) P        
O Plastic cutlery (even those labeled "biodegradable" or "compostable") P        
O Recyclables (rinse and place in blue cart)   P      
O Rocks P        
O Scrap Metal P        
O Soil P        
O Straws P        
O Styrofoam® (clean Styrofoam accepted at several UPS locations) P       P
O Trees stumps     P    
O Wine corks P        
O Wood (treated or large pieces)     P