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Plastic takeout food containers

How to recycle plastic takeout food containers

Plastic takeout containers

Plastic salad kit containers

Plastic takeout containers

Plastic takeout containers

Plastic takeout containers

Fruit cups

Remove lid

Sandwich wedge containers

Plastic sushi trays

Examples of takeout containers

  • Plastic takeout containers
  • Sandwich wedge containers
  • Deli containers
  • Salad kit containers
  • Dessert cups
  • Plastic sushi trays
  • Put into your blue cart or take to a community recycling depot

Put empty and clean plastic takeout food containers:

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

Special instructions

  • Remove any food scraps and put in the green cart for composting.
  • Rinse out container before recycling.

Map of community recycling depots