Generally, anything made of paper can be recycled.
Those items that specifically CANNOT be recycled include...
Freezer boxes, butter boxes, ice cream containers, take-out
containers (These are impregnated or lined with a plastic moisture
barrier)
Paper bags lined with plastic that contain pet food, cat litter, coffee and other products.
Waxed paper (wax makes paper unrecyclable)
Photographs (chemical coatings on photos are not recyclable)
Tissues, napkins or paper towels (residues on these contaminate recycling processes)
Food contaminated paper or cardboard (food particles and
greases/oils leave residues that are contaminants and aren't recyclable)
Paper cups (they are lined with plastic which makes them unrecyclable-uncompostable, too)
Cereal and cracker box liners (these are plastic or waxed paper)
Plastic envelopes (Tyvek®, etc.) and plastic-lined mailers
Mailers that are a combination of paper and plastic (such as paper lined with bubble wrap).
Hard cover or paperback books (the binding glue is a contaminant
and makes books difficult to recycle)
Plastic bottles, jugs and jars-any container with a threaded
neck (for a screw-on lid) or neck narrower than the base. This includes
milk jugs, peanut butter jars, bottles from grooming and cleaning
products, not just food (shampoo, cleansers, laundry soap, etc.).
Plastic tubs: 6 ounces or larger, marked with either a 2 or 5, are
usually round with a wider rim than base and contain products such as
salsa, margarine, cottage cheese, hummus, etc.
Planting/nursery pots, larger than four inches in diameter and made
of rigid (rather than crinkly or flexible) plastic.
