Did You Know that all of these types of paper are Recyclable in Massachusetts?

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	Booklets Books – soft cover Boxes – for office supplies, like paper clips Boxes – cereal, shoe, cracker, pasta, etc. Boxes – with plastic windows Brochures – including glossy Calendars – wall type Cardboard – corrugated and paperboard Catalogs Charlie cards – paper MBTA tickets Clasp envelopes Colored paper Construction and kraft paper Cover and card stock, index cards Envelopes – with plastic windows and/or labels File folders Flyers Glossy paper Greeting cards Hanging file folders Lottery tickets Mail	Magazines Mat board – used in picture framing Math paper – graph and ledger, etc. Newspapers – with or without inserts Newsprint Office and copy paper Packing paper Paper – lined and white Paper – fax Paper bags – brown and white Paper bags – with handles Paper towel and toilet paper tubes Pendaflex hanging file folders Phone Books Photocopies Post-it notes Receipts Shredded paper in paper bags Spiral notebooks Writing tablets
	Metal spiral notebooks Paper Clips Plastic envelope windows	Self-stick labels Staples
	Candy wrappers Envelopes with bubble wrap Label backings Paper cups and plates Food-soiled paper and cardboard	Paper towels, napkins, tissues Photographs Tyvek® mailing envelops Waxed paper and cardboard

The purpose of this list is to include papers common to ALL paper mills and paper recycling programs in Massachusetts.

MassRecycle has surveyed the paper mills and materials recovery facilities in Massachusetts to determine what types of paper can be recycled. If your current program takes more papers than what is on this list, please keep recycling them!