Elvira Neighborhood Association

Recycling Tips

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Recycling Tips to help Wrap Up the Holidays (courtesy of City of
Tucson Environmental Services)

The holiday season is here and the City of Tucson Environmental Services Department would like to encourage residents to reduce, reuse and recycle. Between Thanksgiving Day and the New Year??fs Day Holiday, Americans generate 25% more trash than at other times of the year. Discarded items include holiday wrap, cards and ribbon, not to mention the enormous quantity of cans, bottles and plastic containers tossed after holiday celebrations. Environmental Services offers these tips for residents who want to ??gDo More Blue.??h Many items used during the holidays can be recycled including most greeting cards and wrapping paper (exceptions noted below), and some packaging materials. For a complete list of recyclables, visit www.DoMoreBlue.com or call the
Tucson Clean & Beautiful Recycling Info Line at 791-5000.

Please DO recycle:
??œ greeting cards and wrapping paper (unless they have metallic,
glitter, plastic or other nonpaper coatings)
??œ paperboard boxes that clothing or shoes might come in
??œ fiberboard packing materials (like egg cartons)
??œ cardboard
??œ plastic bottles and jugs
??œ glass food and beverage containers

Please DO NOT recycle:
??œ plastic packaging, toys, etc.; the only recyclable plastics are
#1 and #2 bottles and jugs
??œ wrapping paper with glitter or metallic finishes
??œ tissue paper
??œ ribbon, string or twine
??œ tinsel and ornaments
??œ anything with food residue, paper towels, napkins, plates, cups

??œ polystyrene blocks or packing peanuts (call 791-5000 or visit
http://www.tucsoncleanandbeautiful.org/rd/rmbsr3.htm#peanut

Please remember that blue barrels are for recyclable materials only-do
not put food waste and other trash in the blue barrel.