FARMINGTON — The New Year brings good news for the 20 member towns of the Sandy River Recycling Association.

In addition to the No. 2 narrow-necked clear and colored jugs the Sandy River Recycling Association has been recycling for years, now it will recycle No. 1 plastics, the non-beverage kind, and Nos. 3, 4, 5 and 7.

“In translation that means residents in member towns in Greater Franklin County will now be able to recycle everything from squeezable ketchup bottles and plastic mayonnaise jars (No. 1) to wide-mouth yogurt containers (No. 5) and much more, and they won’t have to separate them,” Ron Slater, manager of the nonprofit, 20-year-old Farmington-based organization, said.

“Despite the fact that the resale value of these plastics is low, we recognize that most residents of member towns wish to recycle these plastics and anticipate that the towns will see some level of savings associated with the shift away from the municipal waste stream,” Slater said.

Member towns received letters earlier this month advising them to get ready to accept the plastics from residents by setting up a barrel lined with a plastic bag at their transfer station. A metal sign supplied by SRRA will direct residents to place the five kinds of plastics in the single barrel.

The numbers, found on the bottom of the containers, are the plastic industry’s way of distinguishing the different kinds of plastics, Slater said. The No. 2 containers are to be kept separate from the new types of plastics accepted.

SRRA serves 20 towns throughout Franklin County.