Unity Regional Recycling Center
Leonard Road
Thorndike

568-3117

ALL RECYCING MUST BE SORTED INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:

CORRUGATED CARDBOARD Includes the following: Broken-down corrugated boxes, brown grocery bags.

NEWS/MAGAZINE Includes the following: Newspapers, magazines, catalogs, telephone books, paperbacks, junk mail. Please remove and discard all plastic magazine wrappers.

LOW-GRADE PAPER FIBER Includes the following: Cereal and shoe box type boxboard, greeting cards, non-metallic wrapping paper, postcards, egg cartons, construction paper, register tape.

SORTED OFFICE PAPER Includes the following: Computer paper, non-windowed envelopes, index cards, coated stock, white or colored bond paper, manila file folders, photocopies.

STEEL FOOD CANS - MUST BE CLEAN

ALUMINUM FOOD CANS - MUST BE CLEAN

H.O.P.E. #2 PLASTIC BOTTLES Includes the following: Milk bottles, detergent bottles, water bottles, soap bottles, shampoo bottles. NO PESTICIDE CONTAINERS.

P.E.T. #1 PLASTIC BOTTLES Includes the following: shampoo bottles, mouthwash bottles, ketchup bottles.

GLASS BOTTLES/JARS Please do not break your glass.

This facility also accepts television sets, microwaves, computers, computer monitors, printers (including empty ink cartridges), fax machines, scanners, and other electronic devices.

If you need help with the correct way to prepare the material for recycling or if you have a suggestion that we can pass along to other recyclers, please call or stop by.



HOW TO PREPARE YOUR RECYCLING MATERIAL

1. Make sure all material is clean: cans washed, bottles rinsed.

2. Please remove all screw lids and caps. If they are plastic, they should go in your trash; if they are steel, they can go with the steel cans.

3. Make sure all paper and cardboard is dry.

4. If you're putting recycing out for door-to-door pickup, please keep categories physically separate. If you're delivering to the center, we have containers for you to sort into.

5. Please do not include any hazardous/dangerous material in with your recycling. Not only is it illegal, but someone could be badly hurt.

We are open to the public:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday from 10 AM. to 4 PM.,
Friday from 5 PM. to 6 PM.
Saturday from 8 AM to 1 PM.

Commercial deliveries should be on
Monday, Tuesday. Wednesday, Thursday from 10 A.M. to 5 PM.
Friday from 2 PM. to 6.30 PM.

The Center is closed on the following holidays:
New Year's Day, Patriots Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day,
Labor Day, Election Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day.

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