Home / Community / Recycling / Cheboygan County Recycling / What do I do with?
Cheboygan: What do I do with?
Containers
Juice boxes, milk cartons & paper cups
- Please rinse and flatten
- No juice pouches or straws
- Paper, Boxes, & Bags
Plastic bottles, jugs & Jars
- All numbers: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, and #7
- Please rinse and flatten (no need to remove labels)
- No styrofoam, motor oil jugs, toys
- No buckets, durable dishes, or "biodegradable" or corn-based plastics (PLA)
- No plastic bags - they go in the Paper, Boxes and Bags Bin
Plastic Tubs, trays, clamshells & cups
- All numbers: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, and #7
- Please rinse and flatten (no need to remove labels)
- No styrofoam, buckets, durable dishes
- No washtubs or "biodegradable" or corn-based plastics (PLA)
- No plastic bags - they go in the Paper, Boxes and Bags Bin
Glass: Clear/Green/Brown
- Bottles & jars only
- Please rinse and remove lid (no need to remove label)
- No lightbulbs, window glass or dishes
Aluminum, steel & tin
- Cans, foil, foil trays, metal lids
- Please rinse and flatten. Remove labels if possible
- No aerosol cans or propane tanks.
Paper, Boxes & Bags
Paper
- Newspapers & inserts
- Magazines, catalogs & books, including hardcover, paperbacks and phonebooks
- Office paper & junk mail (there is no need to remove small non-recyclables like staples, paperclips, rubber bands, stickers, sticky notes or plastic windows from envelopes)
- Light cardboard
- Junk mail, envelopes, file folders
- Shredded paper (in clear plastic bag)
- No construction paper or dark/bright/neon colored paper
- No padded, Tyvek, or golden manila envelopes
- Please remove packing material and flatten
- No styrofoam or pet food bags
- No newspapers which are wet or yellowed
Plastic grocery & bread bags
- Stretchy bags only
- Clean and dry, stuffed into one plastic bag and tied closed
- Shrink wrap (like around paper towel rolls or cases of water)
- No cling wrap or cereal box liners
- No "crunchy" plastics (i.e. potato chip bags, cellophane)
Cardboard
- Light cardboard
- Corrugated boxes
- Boxes for us in coolers or freezers (pop can cases, frozen food and butter boxes)
- Please remove packing material and flatten
Household Hazardous Waste
WINTER November - April, only the first Wednesday of each month, Noon - 3 pm.
SUMMER May - October, each Wednesday (except August 10 & 24, 2022) from Noon - 3 pm.
We are accepting TVs, computers, desk printers and non-latex paints.
The other hazardous waste items listed below will be accepted at drop-off events (2 per year).
Adhesives, sealers & tar
Aerosol cans
Propane tanks or other flammables
Antifreeze
- Either ethylene or propylene glycol-based antifreeze, in secure, sturdy, leak-proof containers. We ask that antifreeze be poured into our large container and residents take the empty containers back with them for disposal in their own garbage.
Automotive fluids
- Includes hydraulic fluid, fuel oil, automatic transmission fluid, lube oils, diesel fuel, gasoline or oil contaminated with gas or water.
Batteries
- Rechargeable and non-rechargeable
Electronics
- Only computers and televisions.
Paints
- Oil-based, wood finishes, shellac, varnish, wood protectors, latex-based paint manufactured before 1980
- No water-based paints. Instead, mix with kitty litter to a stiff, putty-like consistency, seal containers tightly and put in trash.
- No latex paint.
Fluorescent light bulbs & compact fluorescent bulbs
- Do not break bulbs - they contain mercury
- NO incandescent (ordinary) or halogen bulbs - they should be put in the trash
Tires, on or off the rim
Household cleaners and polishers
Mercury and items that contain mercury
No explosives, ammunition or radioactive materials.