Can I use plastic grocery / retail bags to bundle or sack newspaper, paperboard and junk mail?

No. Plastic grocery bags are not accepted in our recycling program. These bags are currently only recyclable at the stores where they originated. Please recycle your bags at these stores, which have recycling boxes at their entrances. To keep newspaper, paperboard and mixed paper separate, we suggest that you use two recycling bins, one for containers and one for paper, newspaper and paperboard. If you only want to use one bin, we ask that you stack your newspaper, junk mail and paperboard neatly in your bin to allow for quick sorting by our drivers. You may bag newspaper, mixed paper and paperboard in paper grocery bags if you have them available.

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1. Can I recycle magazines and telephone books in the curbside recycling program at my home?
2. Can I use plastic grocery / retail bags to bundle or sack newspaper, paperboard and junk mail?
3. Can I recycle large amounts of cardboard and paper?
4. Are all plastics recyclable in our community?
5. Can I use another bin or do I have to use the City of Fayetteville recycling bins?
6. What if one recycling bin is not enough?
7. I can't remember, what items are recycled in Fayetteville?
8. Can I recycle my Christmas tree?
9. Where can I take household hazardous waste like jet cartridges and batteries, electronic waste, and tires?