What items can I recycle?
Scott County has a dual-stream recycling system, meaning you need to keep paper products separate from containers. These items can be kept in separate bins or separate components of a recycling cart, or paper products can be placed inside a paper bag and placed inside the recycling bin with the containers. Acceptable paper products include: newspaper, office paper, envelopes, bulk mail, magazines, catalogs, boxboard (shoeboxes, cereal boxes, etc.) and corrugated cardboard. Acceptable containers include #1 and #2 plastics, steel cans, aluminum cans and glass food and beverage jars and containers. See a full listing here.
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Do you pay money for aluminum cans or beer and soda containers?
Waste Commission of Scott County is not a redemption center. We will recycle your cans and bottles but we do not pay you for the material. Local redemption centers include Can City in Eldridge (563-285-2311); Eastern Iowa Recyclers in Davenport (563-391-8613); and Iowa Can Company in Walcott (563-284-5053). Please call for hours and regulations. For non-Iowa aluminum cans call: Alter Metal Recycling in Davenport (563-328-3601) or Waddell’s Metal in Blue Grass (563-381-3814).
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How do I recycle plastic bags?
Plastic bags can be taken to Wal-Mart stores, Hy-Vee stores, Fareway stores or to City Carton Recycling at 4002 Kimmel Drive in Davenport.
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If a product has the three arrows symbol on it, does that mean it’s recyclable?
Not necessarily. The three arrows symbol is not an indication that an item can be recycled. The recycling symbol is unregulated, meaning that no authority controls who places the symbol on what product, be it recyclable or not.
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What does the number inside the three arrows symbol mean?
The plastics industry uses the numbers as a coding system to identify resin types. It is not meant to indicate recyclability. In Scott County, we are able to recycle items with a #1 or #2 inside the three arrows (mobius) symbol.
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Can I recycle Styrofoam, packing peanuts, bubble wrap, etc?
These items are not recyclable through Scott County’s recycling program. Contact packaging and shipping stores in the area - many of them will take some or all of these items for reuse. All of these items can be disposed of with regular trash.
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