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Mail, stationery and office paper

How to recycle mail, stationery and office paper

Envelopes

Remove plastic windows

Magazines

Flyers and newspapers

File folders and paper printouts

Sticky notes

Postcards

Phone books

Examples of paper items

  • Brochures and magazines 
  • Letters and envelopes 
  • File folders, presentation folders and duotang folders (remove metal parts)
  • Office printouts and paper reams
  • Greeting cards and postcards
  • Flyers and junk mail
  • Newspapers and community newsletters
  • Notepads and sticky notes
  • Loose paper, sheets and other printed materials
  • Put into your blue cart or take to a community recycling depot

Put brochures, flyers and paper:

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

Special instructions

  • It’s ok to leave staples on sheets and magazines.
  • Remove any plastic wrapping and shrink wrap and recycle separately.
  • Remove any plastic windows from envelopes and recycle separately.
  • Remove elastic bands and reuse or put in garbage.

Map of community recycling depots

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