Inserts are usually accepted along with the newspapers. Higher grade paper, such as that from offices, can be used to make a variety of products, including newsprint, grocery bags, stationery and paper towels. Recycling centers may ask you to sort mixed of fice paper into categories like computer paper, plain white paper and colored paper. Some communities have of fice recycling programs and other ways to recycle items like telephone books. Check with your county extension of fice or local government about such programs.
Corrugated boxes have two layers of flat cardboard with a ribbed layer in between.
To recycle, break the boxes down so that they lie aat. Then, bundle them in neat stacks. Cardboard boxes with plastic or wax coatings are usually unacceptable. Plastic containers are not now being made into new food and beverage containers, but they can be made into items like bathtubs, detergent bottles, park furniture and sleeping bag ihsulation. Each of the six primary types of plastics is made with a different type resin and must be treated differently in the recycling process.