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The Borough of Quakertown will provide single-stream recycling. Single-stream recycling means you don’t have to separate your recyclables. Recycling is collected every week on the same day as your trash pick-up. Both solid waste and recycling containers should be placed at the curb at the same time and removed from the curb as soon as possible. Recycling containers must be labeled with recycling symbol. Recycling stickers can be picked up at Borough Hall.
THE ULTIMATE RECYCLING LIST- A complete list of what can be recycled
Paper
All office paper, white paper, colored paper, newspaper (bags and strings removed), magazines (all types), catalogs (all types), phonebooks, junk mail, paperboard, tissue boxes, heavy weight folders, paper towel and toilet paper rolls, food packaging, shredded paper (in a bag to minimize blow-away potential), paper milk, juice and soy milk cartons (emptied), books: all soft cover, hard covers should be ripped off, empty paper coffee cups (plastic lids removed).
Cardboard
ALL cardboard boxes must be broken down! Pizza Boxes (food and wax paper removed), brown paper bags, boxboards: shoeboxes, gift boxes, cereal boxes.
Metal
Please wash out all food jars! Metal and tin beverage containers, metal and tin food containers, aluminum foil, aluminum take-out containers, aluminum pie plates and trays, kitchen cookware: metal pots, pans, tins and utensils.
Glass 
Please wash out all food jars! All colors glass bottles and jars, clear glass, green glass, blue glass,
Plastics
All plastics numbers 1-7, food and beverage containers, screw top jars, deli-style containers, clam-shell take-out containers, plastic cups (lids and straws removed), milk jugs, soap bottles (no other type accepted), plastic jugs/bottles, soda bottles
Flexible Plastic Packaging Now Accepted!
| Grocery Bags | Salad Bags | Bubble Wrap | ||
| Case Wrap | Chip Bags | Retail Bags | ||
| Wipes Pouches | Pet Food Bags | Shrink Film | ||
| Meat Bags | Candy Pouches | Cereal Bags | ||
| Food Storage Bags | Cheese Bags | Detergent Pouches | ||
| Baby Food Pouches | Paper Towel Overwrap | Snack Food Pouches | ||
| Drink Pouches | Bread Bags | Air Pillows | ||
| Diaper Wrap Packaging (No Diapers New or Used) | ||||
NOT ACCEPTED AS RECYCLING
| Napkins | Tissue paper | Paper towels | ||
| Wax paper | Wrapping paper | Mirror glass | ||
| Mirror glass | Window glass | Ceramic | ||
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Crystal |
Cardboard lined with plastic |
Waxed/waterproof cardboard |
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| Plastic baggies | Plastic tableware | Batteries |
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| Compact fluorescent bulbs (CFL) |
Light bulbs |
Computer equipment and electronics | ||