What Goes In Your Black Box
(Paper/Cardboard)


Acceptable

Check mark - Acceptable

All paper and cardboard
must be clean

  • Newspaper and flyers
  • Magazines and catalogues
  • Corrugated cardboard
  • Telephone books
  • Cereal and cracker boxes (liners removed)
  • Shoe and laundry detergent boxes
  • Fine paper such as writing paper, computer paper, paper pads, advertising mail
  • Hard and soft cover books
  • Paper egg cartons, toilet paper and paper towel rolls
  • Paper gift wrap, greeting cards
  • Clean paper shopping bags or paper packaging
  • Frozen dinner boxes
  • Pizza boxes (no pizza please!)

Your black box should not weigh more than fifteen (15) kg when full.

   

Not Acceptable

X - Not Acceptable

Place these items in your
regular garbage

  • Waxed paper
  • Cereal and cracker box liners, chip and cookie bags and canisters
  • Chocolate bar and candy wrappings
  • Wooden clementine and orange crates
  • Foil wrapping paper, bows, ribbons
  • Plastic of any kind
  • Paper and cardboard lined with foil
  • Fast food drink cups
  • Tissues

The following organic waste materials will be accepted in the green bin when collection begins in January 2010:

• soiled paper products

• soiled tissues

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