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Paper labels on containers

How to recycle paper labels on containers

Paper labels

  • Put into your blue cart or take to a community recycling depot

Put paper labels on containers:

  • Into your blue cart for recycling
  • Take to a community recycling depot

Special instructions

  • Remove paper labels from plastic containers, glass jars and food cans where possible. Recycle each item separately in your blue cart.
  • Paper labels/stickers that are not easily removed are ok to leave on container.
  • Put stickers into the black cart as garbage.

Why should I remove paper labels?

By removing labels, this helps to make the containers cleaner and more ready for being recycled into a new product. The paper labels are then also recycled into new paper products.

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