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Paper boxes and bags with plastic windows

How to recycle paper boxes and bags with plastic windows

Paper bags (remove plastic window)

Cake boxes (remove plastic window)

Examples of packaging with plastic windows

  • Cookie and dessert bags used at coffee shops and restaurants
  • Bakery bags used at grocery stores 
  • Cake boxes and dessert boxes
  • Pasta boxes and other food packaging boxes 

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

Put empty and clean paper bags and boxes:

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

Special instructions

  • Remove the plastic window and put in the garbage (even if it is labelled compostable).
  • Put any food scraps in the green cart for composting. Shake out crumbs or take a used napkin to wipe out any icing or food residue.

Map of community recycling depots

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