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Recycleable Materials - Terms Of Acceptance
Antifreeze
- Please place Antifreeze In easily emptied containers.
- Call ahead for any changes in drop off hours.
- Containers remain with Consumers once emptied
- No container larger than 5 gallon accepted - Must be sealed.
Cardboard
- Must be clean and dry, Tape and staples are accepted. All material must be broken down and flattened.
- Brown paper bags, Corrugated cardboard (Heavy brown wavy paper sandwiched between two other layers of same material.)
- Boxboard - IE: Cereal or cracker boxes.
- No wax coated boxes, No foil covered boxes, No food contamination, No wood/foam supports. Please remove styrofoam or plastic bags.
Glass
- Caps and lids must be removed, Plastic caps and lids must be discarded.
- Metal caps and lids are recycled separately, Bottles and jars must be rinsed clean and dry.
- Food and beverage container glass, Unbroken bottles and jars, Clear glass only.
- NOT ACCEPTED: Pyrex, Plate glass, Light bulbs, Beverage glass, Ceramics or cookware, Colored glass bottles.
Paper
Paper Classifications - Newspaper/NewsPrint, High grade white office paper, mixed grade office paper, magazines, catalogs, books & boxboard, phone books.
- Newspaper - Dry, Clean - Either bundled tightly with string or stacked neatly in brown paper bags. Inserts are ok.
- Office Paper - Either placed in cardboard boxes or contained loose in brown paper bags.
- Junk mail - Include with office paper.
- Phone books - Include with newspaper.
- No tape
- No crayon
- No staples
- No carbons
- No magazines
- No paper clips
- No wet material
- No glossy magazines - please keep separate.
Definitions of above stated materials
- Boxboard - Include with newspaper or cardboard.
- Magazines - Please keep separate from other paper.
- Books - Please keep separate from other paper
- High grade office paper
- Mixed grade office paper
- Magazines/Catalogs
- Newspaper/Newsprint
Plastic
Terms of acceptance - All plastic materials must be dry, clean. No dirty drink cups, no dirty food trays/containers. Remove and Discard plastic caps/lids.
Accepted
- #1 and 2 plastic bottles (Must have screw top)
- #6 styrofoam
- NOTE: Look on bottom of container to find the number. NOTE: Bottle and Jug form only!
Not Accepted
- No dirty containers, No plastic container lids or caps.
- No medical items, No margarine tubs, No unrinsed plastics, No LIDS OR CAPS, No deli trays.
- No cool whip containers, No large mouthed containers, No automotive oil containers.
- No yogurt cups, no fruit cups, no plastic cutlery.
Tires
County Residents
- Car tire $1.00 Car tire with rim $2.00
- Semi truck or trailer tire $5.00
- Semi/trailer with rim $10.00
- Tractor tire $20.00
- Tractor tire with rim $40.00
- No more than 10 tires at a time without an appointment.
- No tire accepted on any type of axle.
- Tires must be clean inside and out.
- Cash or check only.
Non-County Residents
- Car tire $2.00
- Car tire with rim $4.00
- Semi truck or trailer tire $10.00
- Semi truck or trailer tire with rim $20.00
- Tractor tire $40.00
- Tractor tire with rim $80.00
- No more than 10 tires at a time without an appointment.
- No tire accepted on any type of axle.
- Tires must be clean inside and out.
- Cash or check only!
Commercial
- Call for details - 989-672-1673
Metals
Terms of acceptance - Remove labels, Must be rinsed clean and dry, Remove ends if possible, Flatten cans if possible.
Accepted
- Aluminum food containers, Lined cans are acceptable.
- Foil pie plates and food trays.
- Steel food containers.
- Steel lids and caps from glass bottles and jars.
- Empty aerosol cans.
- All scrap metal items also accepted.
Not Accepted - No dirty metal, No coated foil wrappers, No dirty unrinsed food containers, No hazardous products or materials, no items containing freon, no dishwashers.
Motor Oil
Terms of acceptance - Used MOTOR oil only, Please place oil in easily emptied containers. Cannot be mixed with water or any other fluids. Call ahead to learn of any changes in drop off hours.
CFL ( Compact Fluorecent Bulbs)
For information on disposal of CFL bulbs, see the links below.
http://www.michigan.gov/deq/0,1607,7-135-3585_30068_30172---,00.html
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mdch/CFL_Fact_Sheet_193840_7.pdf
http://www.energystar.gov/ia/partners/promotions/change_light/downloads/Fact_Sheet_Mercury.pdf
Paints
One of the questions we answer the most is *How do I get rid of my water based paint?*
Latex paint is water based (any paint that has water cleanup is water based) and it is not considered hazardous by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ). According to the MDEQ, residents can dry up their old latex paint and once it is dry and solid, it can go into your regular trash. You can speed up the drying process by adding cat litter, wood chips, sand or shredded paper to the cans of paint. Remember to store the open paint cans somewhere safe where pets and children will not have access to it.
Oil based
Oil based paint and stains, cleaners, paint strippers, polishes and pool chemicals are all items that are accepted at the yearly Household Hazardous Waste collections. Tuscola County Recycling Center sponsors two collection dates each year. Both collection dates are open from 9:00am to Noon and an appointment is required to attend either event date. Please call ahead for an appointment and list of acceptable items.
Kate Neese - Recycling Coordinator
Tuscola County Recycling
1123 Mertz Road
Caro, MI 48723
(989) 672-1673