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What to Recycle: The Basics

The Town of Lillington, through CTS, provides residential curbside recycling collection.

Recyclable items should be free of food debris. Rinse glass, metal, and plastic containers before placing them in your recycling bin.

Plastic bags are not accepted in your curbside bin. (Do not bag your recyclable materials, place recyclables directly in your bin. Bags can jam sorting equipment.) However, most grocery stores have collection boxes.

Any item smaller than 2 inches should not be recycled in your curbside bin; these small items will become lost in recycling center sorting equipment.

Please Recycle:

• Newspapers
• Inserts
• Junk Mail
• Notebook Paper
• Copy Paper
• Computer Paper
• Brown Paper Bags
• Corrugated Cardboard
  • Up to 7 Boxes, broken down and tied into a 3x3 foot bundle. Remove packing material and flatten boxes.
• Plastic Beverage Rings
• Cereal Boxes
• Food Boxes (so long as they have minimal grease saturation- 20% or less)
• Clear Glass
• Blue Glass
• Brown Glass
• Green Glass
• Metal and Bi-Metal Cans
• Plastic Bottles, Tubs, and Jars
• Gable Top Cartons

Please do NOT recycle the following items in your curbside recycling bin:

• Hazardous Waste/ Hazardous Waste Containers
• Needles
• Propane Tanks
• Motor Oil
• Pesticides
• Waxed Cardboard
• Wood and Yard Waste
• Wire, Hose, Cords, Rope, Chains
• Styrofoam
• Plastic Bags
• Food-Contaminated Boxes and Bags
• Antifreeze
• Waxed Boxes

I'm a new resident. How do I get rid of my moving boxes?

Break down all boxes and place the boxes in 3'x3' square stacks beside your curb the night before your scheduled pick-up. All packing materials need to be placed in your garbage cart. You also can take flattened boxes to the Harnett County Solid Waste (910) 814-6156.

Interested in even more ways to recycle?

Visit the Earth911 Website, which offers a Recycle Search that lets you know how to recycle a variety of materials- even those not collected at your curb.