Commonly acceptable paper materials include:

• White ledger paper: computer, copy machine and typewriter paper; white ledger pads, adding machine tape
• News Quality Papers:  newspaper, phonebooks, wide-lined news print 
• Folders: manila, colored and coated folders
• Mail: letters, brochures, advertisements, magazines
• Correspondence: legal pad paper, colored paper and message sheets, self adhesive notes, index cards, fax paper
• Envelopes: with or without windows, with labels, colored and coated
• Computer paper
• Brown Papers: brown envelopes, brown grocery bags, cereal boxes, beverage cartons, grey cartons and clean pizza boxes (without grease)
• Cardboard Boxes: broken down into 3 feet by 3 feet sections
  

Unacceptable paper materials:

• Text Books: the glue binding contaminates the paper
• Candy Wrappers: candy and sugars contaminate the paper
• Dirty plates, cups and napkins: these items have food particles contaminating the paper
• Facial tissue and paper towels: these items are contaminated

Commonly acceptable plastic materials include:

• Plastic bottles number 1 (PETE): soda, water, shampoo and other small mouth bottles
• Plastic bottles number 2 (HDPE): milk, detergent and other small-mouth bottles

Unacceptable plastic materials:

• Oil jugs
• Plastic plates, cups and utensils
• Butter tub
• Plastic bags (i.e. grocery bags)
• Toys
• Film containers

Commonly acceptable metals include:

• Aluminum cans: beverage and food cans
• Steel cans: soup, food and aerosol cans

Unacceptable metals:

• Paint cans

Commonly acceptable glass:

• Glass bottles and jars: clear, brown, blue and green. Please rinse and remove lids

Unacceptable glass:

• Window glass
• Drinking glasses
• Fish tanks
• Light bulbs