Can I recycle ... New Year’s party items?
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New Year's party items?
When the New Year's celebration is over, which items can be recycled, and which must go in the trash? The sampling presented here is meant to give some sense of how policies vary from city to city. A plain check mark (✓) means the city can recycle the item. For past installments of Can I recycle, visit www.latimes.com/recycling.
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| Burbank | Glendale | Long Beach | Los Angeles | Santa Barbara | Santa Monica | Torrance | Unincorporated L.A. | Ventura |
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Wine and beer
| Champagne bottle cages | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓*** | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cork | No | Green bin | No | No | Green bin | Green bin | No | Green bin | Green bin |
| Beer bottle caps | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓*** | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Metallic screw tops | ✓ | ✓ | No | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Plastic stopper | ✓ | ✓ | No | ✓ | ✓ | No | No | ✓ | No |
| Foil wrapper (around neck of bottle) | ✓ | ✓ | No | No | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | No | No |
| Polylaminate aluminum wrapper | No | ✓ | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Heat-shrunk plastic wrapper | No | ✓ | No | No | No | No | No | ✓ | No |
For the celebration
| Silly string (string & metallic bottle) | ✓* | ✓* | ✓* | ✓* | ✓* | ✓* | No | ✓* | ✓* |
| Confetti | No | No | No | No | No | Paper only | No | ✓** | No |
| Noisemakers | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ✓ | No |
| Serpentine throws (paper) | NA | ✓ | ✓ | No | No | No | No | ✓ | No |
| Party hats (paper) | ✓** | ✓ | ✓ | ✓** | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
*No to string; yes to empty metal container
**Must not have glitter, foil, Mylar or elastic attached
***Must be completely metallic with no plastic or adhesives
Sources: Cities listed. Reporting by Susan Carpenter.