Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio (SWACO) offers these guidelines for its residential recycling program.

• Plastic: Plastic bottles #1-7 are accepted. Containers that do not have a bottle neck or a base larger than the top are not. That includes these ineligible items: yogurt cups, drinking cups, disposable storage containers, and plastic bags.

• Glass: Clear, brown, green and blue glass bottles and jars in which food and beverages are packaged are accepted. Drinking glasses, light bulbs and any other glass not in the shape of a bottle or jar cannot be recycled.

• Paper: Newspapers (including “slick” ad inserts), magazines, phone books, brown grocery bags, corrugated cardboard, and office paper can be recycled. Not accepted are paper cups, paper plates, egg cartons, and tissues.

• Metal: Aluminum beverage cans, steel and tin cans, aluminum foil, and empty aerosol cans may be recycled. Metals not in the shape of a container (like coat hangers and steel scraps) are not accepted.

• General: Please rinse all containers. Labels do not need to be removed from accepted bottles and cans. Flatten all boxes.

For more information, visit the SWACO website.