Recycle Your Christmas Wrapping

Don’t add to the after Christmas garbage and trash problem piling up in Mobile - recycle after Christmas ….. and all year long!

Here are a few tips from Keep Mobile Beautiful on how to be a good after Christmas recycler.  First, make sure you know what CAN and CANNOT be recycled.

Recyclable materials can be delivered to the Metro Recycling Center located at 1451 Government Street from 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. seven days a week.

Here is what you CAN bring in for recycling:

• Paper gift boxes and bags – boxes must be flat, no plastic gift bags.
• Wrapping and tissue paper
• Cards, envelopes and other paper goods
• Paper and cardboard packaging
• Corrugated cardboard boxes – boxes must be flat
• Styrofoam packing peanuts – securely packaged in a box or plastic bag
• Used cooking oil

Remember that ALL boxes MUST be flattened!

Here is what you CANNOT bring:

• No ribbon and bows
• No Mylar or Tyvec type wrapping material (material you can’t tear)
• No block Styrofoam
• No plastic/clamshell packaging from toys, tools, etc.
• No plastic or wax coated boxes, bags or cartons

For a complete list of other recyclable materials and a list of 200 paper recycling drop boxes located around Mobile County visit www.cityofmobile.org.  Click on Metro Recycling Center or Paper Recycling.

For a complete list of used cooking oil recycling locations visit www.itseasytobeungreasy.com.