RECYCLE PLASTIC BOTTLES!

All plastic bottles -- and only bottles -- will be collected for recycling. Other kinds of plastic items will not be collected.

What’s a bottle? Check for the Neck! Recycle bottles, jars and jugs with openings that are smaller than the base (or widest part).

RECYCLING PLASTIC BOTTLES IS EASY. HERE’S HOW:

• Make sure your plastic container has an opening that is smaller than rest of the container. Acceptable plastics generally have screw tops.
• Remove and throw away caps, lids and pumps.
• Empty contents. Rinse thoroughly. You don’t need to remove labels.
• Crush plastic bottles by carefully stepping on them so they take up less room in the recycling container. Hold onto something steady so you don’t slip.
• Place empty, uncapped and flattened plastic bottles in a paper bag inside your curbside recycling bin or use a separate box placed next to the blue bin. At the drop-off sites, simply place the bottles in the barrel that is designated for plastics.

DO include these kinds of plastic bottles:	DON’T include these kinds of plastic items:
Kitchen	Tubs such as yogurt or margarine
Soda, Milk, Water, Juice	Convenience food trays
Syrup	Bags, film, or wraps
Ketchup	Coffee cups
Cooking oils	Food storage and microwave containers
Jars with necks, like peanut butter	Pails, such as ice cream
Household Cleaners	Toys
Liquid dish detergent	Pesticides and herbicides
Liquid household cleaners (window, bathroom & kitchen cleaner)	Motor oil containers
Bathroom	Solvent, paint and adhesive containers
Shampoo	Medical supplies
Conditioner	Flower pots and garden plastics
Mouthwash	Plumbing supplies
Lotions	These plastic items can not be recycled in Durango's program
Liquid soap
Pump hair spray
Laundry
Liquid laundry detergent
Bleach
Liquid fabric softener
Beverage Containers At Home & On the Go
Soft drinks
Teas
Sport drinks
Water

Recycled plastics are turned into many cool products. For example, your soda bottle could become carpeting, fleece, pillow stuffing, a t-shirt or a new plastic container. And, your milk jug could become a plastic lumber deck, park bench or garden furniture.