Trash & Recycling Guidance

Waste rooms are located on each floor for your convenience. Our building porter is responsible for gathering recycling and bringing it downstairs, but residents are expected to do their part by following the below guidelines for proper recycling and trash disposal.  

Trash

If items are too large or bulky to fit down the chute, please take them downstairs and dispose with the garbage outdoors. 

Recycling

Please take a few minutes to watch the video How to Recycle Properly and keep reading to ensure our building is in compliance with city regulations and we avoid fines. 

Paper and Cardboard

Place mixed paper, newspapers, magazines, catalogs, and phone books into the plastic crate. Cardboard boxes must be broken down and flattened before placing in the waste room. 

• It is helpful to place items into a paper shopping bag to avoid a messy trash room

• Cardboard boxes must be broken down and flattened

• Heavily-soiled or greasy cardboard should be disposed of with regular trash

Plastic, Metal & Glass 

Place plastic, glass, and metal items into the large bin.

• Rinse all food and drink containers 

• Only glass bottles and jars may be recycled (NO drinking glasses, eyeglasses, glass tables, light bulbs, or mirrors)

The following can NOT be recycled and must go in the trash or be recycled elsewhere:

• • Styrofoam (foam cups, foam egg cartons, foam trays, foam packing peanuts, foam sporting equipment, etc.)

  • Plastic shopping bags, wrappers, shower curtains, and all kinds of plastic "film"

  • Plastic tubes (toothpaste, lotion, and cosmetics, etc.)

  • Single-serve food and drink squeezable pouches (juice pouches, baby food squeeze pouches, yogurt-to-go pouches, etc.)

  • Containers that held dangerous or corrosive chemicals

  • Lighters

  • Umbrellas

  • Drinking glasses and glassware

  • Eyeglasses

  • Glass tables

  • Glass windows

  • Light bulbs

  • Mirrors

The following are items you may not have realized can and should be recycled:

• • Beverage cartons and drink boxes (juice cartons, juice boxes)

  • Plastic utensils (spoons, forks, knives) 

  • Plastic hangers

  • Rigid plastic food containers (tupperware, yogurt, deli, hummus, dairy tubs, cookie tray inserts, "clamshell" containers, and other plastic takeout containers)

  • Rigid plastic nonfood containers

  • Rigid plastic packaging ("blisterpak" and "clamshell" consumer packaging, acetate boxes)

  • Rigid plastic housewares (flower pots, mixing bowls, plastic appliances, etc.)

  • Bulk plastic (crates, buckets, pails, furniture, large toys, large appliances, etc.)

  • CDs, DVDs, disks, vinyl records, CD and DVD cases

  • Aerosol cans (empty)

  • Aluminum foil wrap and trays

  • Household metal (wire hangers with paper removed)

  • Nuts and bolts

  • Metal utensils (including forks, spoons, and knives)

  • Metal caps

  • Pots and pans

  • Knife blades (Blades of sharp metal knives (such as carving or chef's knives) should be wrapped in cardboard, taped, labeled "CAUTION: SHARP" and placed out with metal/glass/plastic recyclables)