Town officials on Wednesday issued an appeal to residents to step up their recycling efforts.
Tolland has experienced a "small drop" in recycling rates over the first quarter of the fiscal year, officials said.
There has also been "a modest decrease in refuse tons," town officials said.
Last year, Tolland's trash output decreased by 9.5 percent and recycling contributions increased by 2 percent compared to the prior year.
The list of items that are acceptable to recycle include:
• Cardboard and brown paper bags
• Milk and juice cartons
• Glass and metal food containers
• Mixed Paper (including junk mail, magazines, multi-ply carbon paper)
• Newspaper
• Soft- and hard-covered books
• Phonebooks
• Copy, color and computer paper
• Plastic containers No. 1 through No. 7
• Cans (aluminum and tin)
More information on recycling can be found at:
www.tolland.org/solid-waste-recycling
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