Bravo to the Town of Cary for their very extensive program for curbside recycling and to the residents for their participation!   The town successfully diverted 10,579 tons of material from the landfill in FY 2011.   

Did you know that:

• All collected yaste waste is composted.   
• During the year compost give-aways are scheduled for residents.  Call 919-469-4090 for dates
• Residential waste cooking oil is used to make an environmentally friendly bio-fuel.  Call 919-469-4090 to schedule a free pick-up of your cooking oil. 
• Cary was first in the state to offer curbside pick-up of discarded computers for recycling. 

Find out how to recycle or get rid of anything!

See Cary's recycling page 

While this is a great tool, I would definitely recommend that you call the organization before going, as the information may not be up-to-date.

Other opportunities to recycle not mentioned on the sites listed above:

Postnet  (High House Rd - 461-3747 and Kildaire Farm Rd - 362-5678)

Will take used, clean packaging materials:

• styrofoam peanuts
• bubblewrap
• airpockets 
• flat sheets of styrofoam.

Whole Foods (Kildaire Farm Rd.  816-8830)

Bins inside the store entrance for:

• Natural corks
• Household batteries
• Cell phones
• ALL # 5 stamped plastics which include:
• yogurt, margarine/butter, take-out containers, hummus, cottage cheese/cream cheese, Preserve brand toothbrushes, Preserve razor handles, Preserve           tableware/kitchware
• Seventh Generation brand Baby Wipes Container
• Seventh Generation bottle caps
• Tom's of Maine brand deodorant packing (CLEAN deodorant stick & roll-on)
• Brita brand Water Pitcher filters - Wrap DRY filter in plastic bag.

Harris Teeter (all locations)

• Look at all the items you can put in their Recycling bins for plastics:       *************Important note: all plastics must be clean and dry!!!
• plastic shopping bags
• newspaper bags
• dry cleaning bags
• bread bags
• produce bags
• toilet paper, napkin and paper towel wraps
• furniture wrap
• electronic wrap
• zip lock bags (remove hard components)
• bulk cereal bags
• Tyvek (no glue, labels or other material)
• diaper wrap (packaging)\
• plastic shipping envelopes (remove labels)
• case wrap (e.g. snacks, water bottles)
• All clean, dry bags labeled #2 or #4
• NO  frozen food bags or prewashed salad mix bags
• NO bio-based or degradable bags

___source - Harris Teeter Communications Specialist   2/24/12