Here's a list of questions that we are frequently asked.
Please let us know if you have a question that you don't see answered below. We'll be glad to help you!

Q: Are you an equal opportunity employer?

A: Yes

Q: Do you charge for your service?

A: Yes there is normally a service fee for our collection service. The average cost for a small business (less than 50 employees) is $26.50/collection. However the fees can vary based on the amount of materials you are recycling and the number of containers you have. There are instances where we share revenues with our customers who generate large quantities of materials.

Q: Can any metal or plastic be recycled with paper or newspapers?

A: The only objects that can be recycled with your office paper and newspapers are staples. No paper clips, or other metal clips. No plastic or metal bindings, no notebooks or plastic bags.

Q: Can white paper have colored ink?

A: Yes if it doesn?t exceed 50% of the paper surface of one side of the paper.

Q: Do you take yogurt containers or other take-out plastic containers?

A: No we do not. We only take #1, #2, #5 and #7 plastic bottles. What determines a plastic bottles is that the lid or neck of the container is smaller than the base. To find the number for a bottle, look on the bottom of the bottle for the bottom of the bottle for the Chasing arrows or Triangle and the number should be there. You will find these same numbers on the bottoms of other plastic containers, but they can not be recycled with plastic bottles. The reason being is that bottles are formed through a method of blow modeling and other containers are formed through a method of injection molding. The melting temperatures for materials made through blow molding differ from their same number counterparts that are formed through injection molding thus they can not be recycled together. Unfortunately there are not good markets for plastic containers other than bottles at this time.

Q: Do you recycle envelopes?

A: We recycle all paper envelopes (not chipboard envelopes such as Federal Express envelopes). They can be recycled with Blend Paper if you sort your materials or with Office Paper if you do not sort your materials. Please do not recycle envelopes with any type of padding. Plastic windows in small quantities are fine, but we encourage you to purchase envelopes with windows made of a recyclable material (glassine or cellophane).

Q: Do you recycle books?

A: We recycle soft back books. Soft back books made with bond paper are recycled with blend paper and soft back books made with newsprint are recycled with newsprint. Hardback books can be recycled if you remove the cover and recycle the rest of the book in blend or office paper.