Curbside Recycling Items

Elwood Curbside 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)

• 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 

• Juice Boxes/ Drink Pouches  

• Plastic #1 & #2 Containers

• Plastic #3 & #4 Containers

• Plastic #5 & #7 Containers

• Plastic Six-Pack Rings

• Steel/Tin cans

Does NOT include -  Plastic #6, Styrofoam, Plastic Bags or Film, Contaminated Paper    
                                                                                                                         Refuse & Recycling Contract

Click this Hotlink for information on Battery disposal and recycling options

Click this Hotlink for information on Compact Fluorescent Light (CFL) recycling

Click this Hotlink for information on Electronic recycling

(Electronic Household Front Door Pickup Service now offered in Elwood! Click Here for more information.)

Click this Hotlink for information on disposing of Household Hazardous Waste

Click this Hotlink for locations to take Latex Paint for recycling

Click this Hotlink for information on Pharmaceutical take-back