What can/cannot be recycled in Merrittonian’s curbside bins?

MERRITT — The City of Merritt provides curbside collection of some, but not all, recyclable materials.  Acceptable materials include Paper products, Cardboard products, Hard Plastic products, and Metal products.

Here is an example of “Acceptable Materials.”

While other materials, such as glass, batteries, flexible plastics, and foam, are recyclable, they CANNOT go in the curbside bin.

Not all communities are alike in terms of what can be recycled curbside. Machinery is used to manage the recycling process. There is not enough manpower to fix “wish-cycling.” When unacceptable items are placed in the Curbside bins, they cause the whole lot to be contaminated, requiring the entire load to be dealt with as garbage.

Here is a list of some things that CANNOT go in our curbside bins:

glass, plastic bags or other flexible plastics, paper towels or tissues, foam including meat trays, books, batteries, propane tanks, or other hazardous waste, including bleach, motor oil, and paint containers. Nothing with a Danger or Poison symbol. Lightbulbs, electronics or appliances, pots, pans, hangers, or scrap metal, waste, compost. No unemptied containers.

ALL MATERIAL MUST BE CLEAN before being discarded into recycling.