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Thank you for reducing waste in Humboldt County, thereby conserving energy, natural resources and landfill space.



 

Quick Recycling Info:
Aerosol Cans
Aluminum Cans
Aluminum Foil & Formed Foil Containers
Antifreeze
Appliances
Batteries - Household
Batteries - Auto & Marine
Batteries - Rechargeable
Bicycles
Books
Bubble Wrap
Building Materials
Cans (Bi-Metal)
Cans (Steel/Tin)
Cardboard
Cell Phones
Christmas Trees
Cleaners & Solvents
Clothes
Compact Disks (CD's)
Composting
Computers
Construction & Demolition
Egg Cartons
Electronics (e-waste)
Fluorescent Lamps & Ballasts
Fuel
Garbage Collection
Glass (non CRV bottles and food containers)
Glass Bottles
Green Waste/Yard Debris
Hazardous Waste
HPS bulbs
Junk Mail
Magazines & Catalogs
Materials Exchange
Medicines
Metal Halide Bulbs
Mercury Products
Motor Oil & Oil Filters
Newspaper
Packing Peanuts
Paint
Paper - Mixed or "Office Pack"
Pharmaceuticals
Photo Chemicals
Plastic Bags & Film
Plastic - #1 PET or PETE (non-bottles)
Plastic - #1 thru #7
Plastic - #2 HDPE
Plastic - #3 PVC (Vinyl)
Plastic - #4 LDPE (Low Density Polyethylene)
Plastic - #5 PP (Polypropelene)
Plastic - #6 PS (Polystyrene)
Plastic - #7 Other
Plastic Bags and Film
Plastic Bottles - #1 PET or PETE
Plastic Bottles - #2 HDPE
Plastic Bottles - #3 PVC (Vinyl)
Plastic Bottles - #4 LDPE (Low Density Poly)
Plastic Bottles - #5 PP (Polypropelene)
Plastic Bottles - #6 PS (Polystyrene)
Plastic Bottles - #7 Other
Printer Cartridges
Propane Tanks
Radiators
Recreation & Sporting Goods
Scrap Metal
Sharps & Syringes
Soil
Telephone Books
Televisions
Thrift Stores
Tires
Toilets & Sinks
Transfer Stations
Tyvek Envelopes
Vegetable Oil
Yard Waste

Humboldt County Waste Reduction and Recycling Guide
Humboldt County Waste Reduction and Recycling Guide


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Plastic - #6 PS (Polystyrene)


Once recycled, this material is commonly used for packaging pellets or "Styrofoam peanuts", cups, plastic tableware, meat trays, to-go "clam shells".
Recycle

To recycle, separate "peanuts" for reuse. Sort non-styrofoam #6 plastics with other #1-7 plastics. Recycle Plastic - #6 PS (Polystyrene) at these locations:

Arcata
Arcata Community Recycling Center

Eureka
Eureka Community Recycling Center

Fortuna
Eel River Disposal & Resource Recovery

Rio Dell
Rio Dell City Hall