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Plastic drink lids

How to dispose of plastic drink lids

Coffee cup lids

Fountain pop lids

Dome lids

Examples of plastic drink lids

  • Coffee cup lids
  • Soft drink and fountain pop lids
  • Dome lids 

  • Put into your black cart

Put plastic drink lids into your black cart as garbage. 

  • Plastic stir sticks, straws, and beverage plugs also go in the garbage.

Why can't this be recycled?

Even if they have a recycling symbol on it, these lids are too small and light to be sorted properly at the recycling facility. They end up contaminating the other recyclables instead.

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