Frozen food boxes are made of cardboard, but are coated with
plastic. The plastic coating makes frozen food boxes unrecyclable.
Take-out, deli or other food containers, including clamshell containers are garbage.
Paper coffee cups are coated with plastic making them
unrecyclable. Plastic coffee cup lids and straws are not recyclable.
They are recyclable, but not at the curb. Plastic bags are a serious problem for recycling facilities. They get caught in machinery.
Plastic lids and caps are too small or too flat to be sorted out of recycling. These items are garbage.