Recycling

Who's Recycling?

As of 1991, Connecticut State Law requires all residents & businesses to recycle.

Why Recycle?

Recycling helps industry processes to reduce energy use & to protect our precious air, water, and soil.

Collection Service Recycling

1. MIXED PAPER, NEWSPAPER & CARDBOARD
   • How to prepare
     • Remove all packing materials, plastic windows, etc. from cardboard.
     • Flatten cardboard.
     • Place all paper & cardboard in a paper bag or tie with string.
   • Includes
     • Newspaper
     • magazines
     • junk mail
     • brown paper bags
     • school papers
     • window envelopes
     • catalogues
     • paperbacks
     • hardcover books
     • office paper
     • corrugated cardboard (has a wavy inner liner)
     • unwaxed household cardboard (cereal boxes, paper towel rolls, beer boxes, paper egg cartons, toilet paper rolls, etc.)
   • Does Not Include
     • Tissues
     • paper towels
     • soiled paper
     • wax paper
     • wrapping paper
     • plastic bags
     • spiral notebook bindings
     • packing material
     • plastic or wax coated paperboard (frozen food boxes)
     • inner liners, pizza boxes
2. CONTAINERS
   • How to prepare
     • Clean & empty containers, flatten plastic bottles, drink boxes & milk cartons
     • Lids & labels ok
     • Dried paint residue cans only.
   • Includes
     • Plastic containers labeled HDPE 2 & PETE 1
     • drink boxes
     • milk & juice cartons
     • clean glass bottles & jars
     • clean beverage cans
     • clean aluminum food trays & foil
     • empty aerosol cans
     • empty paint cans
   • Does Not Include
     • Plastic bags
     • motor oil containers
     • mirrors
     • plate/window glass
     • ceramics
     • flower pots
     • broken glass
     • plastic toys
     • light bulbs
     • any other plastic
3. LEAD/ACID BATTERIES
   • How to prepare
     • Must have caps in place
   • Includes
     • Car, boat & tractor batteries
4. MOTOR OIL & OIL FILTERS
   • How to prepare
     • Put used motor oil in a labeled, non-breakable container with a tightly fitting screw cap.
     • Place oil filter in a labeled, sealed container.
     • Place items next to other recyclables.
   • Includes
     • Used oil and filters from internal combustion engines

Where To Place Recyclables For Mansfield Collection Service

Your recycling collection should look similar to this

• CURBSIDE
  • applies to all single family residences and some multi-family residences

    

    • Clean, empty containers placed inside a Town recycling bin or any other durable container.
    • Flattened cardboard may be tied with string or placed in a paper bag along with household paper.
    • Waste motor oil in labeled non-breakable, screw top containers.
    • Used oil filters in labeled, sealed containers.
    • Spent lead/acid battery with caps in place.
• CENTRALIZED
  • applies to most multi-family residences

    

    • Clean, Empty containers go directly into the green recycling container, labeled “Commingled Only.”
    • Flattened cardboard may be stacked between recycling containers or placed in a paper bag along with household paper. Bagged paper and cardboard goes into the blue recycling container, labeled “Cardboard and Mixed Paper Only.”
    • Waste motor oil in labeled non-breakable, screw top containers.
    • Used oil filters in labeled, sealed containers.
    • Spent lead/acid battery with caps in place.

Transfer Station Recycling

The transfer station accepts all the recyclable items collected curbside, plus many more. The attendant will show you where to place each item. We do not charge for several of the items we recycle. (transfer station recycling fee info)

Open:	Tuesdays and Saturdays 8:30 am to 4:00 pm, Thursdays 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Phone:	429-7189 (on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays only)
Location:	Route 89, approximately one mile from the intersection of Route 89 & Route 195, Mansfield Center, CT

• TIRES (on or off rims)
  • Includes
    • Car tires
    • bicycle tires
    • tractor tires
    • truck tires
• FLUORESCENT BULBS
• GROCERY BAGS
• ANTIFREEZE
• BRAKE FLUID
• HOUSEHOLD BATTERIES
  • Includes
    • Rechargeable batteries (look for rechargeable, lithium ion, Ni Cd or nickel cadmium on the battery)
    • button batteries (disc shaped batteries)
    • alkaline batteries

    There are labeled battery recycling buckets at the Senior Center, the Mansfield Town Library, & at the Town Hall in the Tax Collector's Office.

• TELEVISIONS, COMPUTER MONITORS & ACCESSORIES
• SCRAP METAL
  • Includes
    • Iron piping
    • motors
    • stoves
    • refrigerators
    • washers
    • dryers
    • empty aerosol cans, paint cans, & gas cylinders
  • Does Not Include
    • Metal attached to non-metals (example: a sofa bed)
    • containers with contents still in them
• BALLASTS
  • Includes
    • Fluorescent light ballasts
    • motor capacitors
    • wet transformers