The following items are collected:

• Glass: clear and all colors – can be mixed
• Plastic: 1-7, # 6 (Styrofoam) collected separately. NO LONGER COLLECTED:  bags, toys furniture, buckets, oil containers, baskets.
  Please rinse and flatten
• Paper: magazines, junk mail, newspaper, office paper – can be mixed
• Corrugated cardboard and boxboard – broken down
• Tin cans & aluminum – please rinse and flatten
• Styrofoam #6 (no peanuts)

By flattening and crushing your items, you help the Township collect more and receive more for our commodities.

We do not accept the following except for special recycling dates (see below):

• Batteries
• Bags
• Paint cans
• Books
• Hazardous waste (See Ingham County’s Hazardous Waste Collection information.)
• Car tires (Check with your local car tire dealer.)
• Electronics (Best Buy accepts most electronics and large appliance, with a few exceptions, and will take them at no charge.)
• Fluorescent bulbs (For a fee, they can be recycled at: Cleanlites, 665 Hull Road, Mason. 517.676.0044)
• Cooking oil (Recycle in gray plastic box at the gate: 5961 McCue Road, Holt. DO NOT put it in the trash, down the drain or on the ground!)