Crete

Traditional Recycling Drop-Off Items

Crete Traditional Drop-Off Program accepts:

• All types of paper (includes - newspaper, office paper, unwanted mail, colored paper, magazines, phone books, catalogs, paperback books, construction paper, note paper, greeting cards, envelopes, Post It notes, maps, receipts, coupons, ticket stubs)

• Cell Phones

• Corrugated Cardboard (includes clean pizza boxes)

• Chipboard/Paperboard (includes the interior of the toilet paper rolls)

• Aluminum cans & foil

• Empty aerosol cans

• Empty dried paint cans

• Glass Bottles & Jars  

• Plastic #1 & #2 Containers

• Plastic #5 & #7 Containers

• Plastic Six-Pack Rings

• Steel/Tin cans

Does NOT include -  Plastic #3 & #4 Containers,Plastic #6, Styrofoam, Plastic Bags or Film, Juice Boxes/ Drink Pouches, Contaminated Paper                                                          
                                                                                                 Refuse & Recycling Contract

Crete Drop-Off Facility:

• Crete Lions Club
  1215 Douglas Rd
  708-672-4575
  Open Monday-Friday 7am-9am
  Saturdays 7am-12pm

   

   

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