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Venues, Parks, and Arts Waste Management a Recycling Services City of South Bend, Indiana, Board of Public Works November 22, 2016 Recyclables Specifications The following are materials that Waste Management of Indiana, L.L.C. will accept in the recycling program. These Recyclables must be loose, not bagged: Aluminum food and beverage containers - empty Glass food and beverage containers - brown, clear, or Breen - empty Ferrous (Iron) cans - empty NET plastic containers with the symbol #1 - with screw tons only - emote HDPE natural rigid plastic containers with the symbol #2 (milk and water bottles) - empty plastic tubs or i, #6, #7 - emli HOPt pigmented rigid plastic containers with the symbol #2 (detergent, shampoo bottles, etc.) - #3, Newsprint ies, glossy inserts and boxes; detergent, gift paper wax Mail Any material not a listed Recyclable is a Non -Recyclable. Non -Recyclable Materials include but are not limited to: Bagged materials (even if containing Recyclables) Microwave trays Mirrors Window or auto glass Light Bulbs Ceramics Porcelain Plastics unnumbered Plastic bags Coat hangers Expanded polystyrene or polystyrene foam (e.g., e. Films foam packing peanuts) (e.g., plastic grocery bags) Glass cookware/bake-ware Flexible packaging and multi -laminated materials; foam products Excluded Materials Any recyclable materials, or pieces of recyclable materials, less than 2" in size in any dimension Household items such as cooking pots, toasters, etc. Wet fiber Fiber containing, or that has been in contact with, food debris or other contaminating material Materials: (a) that contain chemical or other properties deleterious, or capable of causing material damage, to any part of Company's property, its personnel or the public; and/or (b) that may materially impair the strength or the durability of the Company's structures or IF". s THINK GREEN: .STE MANASEMSNT