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Curbside Recycling      Curbside recycling varies by city.  For details on your city's program, call your garbage and recycling hauler or 503-390-4000 (877-390-4001 outside the Salem calling area). We are fortunate to be able to recycle many items curbside in most areas.  However, please put ONLY those items listed below in your recycling containers. MIXED RECYCLING ROLLCART Paper/Cardboard including: Junk mail Gift wrap (no foil / ribbons / bows) Magazines Newspaper Paperboard Phone books Paperback books Shredded paper in paper bags Egg cartons (no styrofoam)   Plastics Rinse first! #1-7 bottles & tubs (discard caps & pumps) No styrofoam & no plastic bags!                                                                         Metal Rinse first! Tin & aluminum cans - paper labels can be added separately Aerosol cans (tips and caps discarded) Small scrap metal (under 10 lbs & 18" long)   SMALL RECYCLING BASKET Household batteries - Alkaline, rechargable & small button cells.  Sizes AAAA through D, 6-volt - 9 volt.  Must be in a zip-sealed bag.   Paint - no rusty cans! Usable latex paint and any oil-based paint.  Place up to 2 one-gallon labeled cans.   Used motor oil Place in a sealed, leakproof, plastic screw-top container.   Antifreeze Place into a screw-top see-thru plastic jug.  Keep separate from motor oil.   Glass Bottles & Jars Please sort large quantities of glass into paper sacks - keep clear separate from colored.   Vegetable cooking oil Place up to 2 gallons of cooled oil into original or clean see-thru plastic screw-top container. PLEASE KEEP OUT OF RECYCLING BINS AND CARTS:   Plastic bags styrofoam plastic bottle caps syringes medical waste greasy or waxed cardboard garbage no glass in mixed recycling rollcarts   If you have any further questions please feel free to call Environmental Services at 503-588-5169 or email environmentalservices@co.marion.or.us.

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