Curbside Recycling
Single-family residents can recycle all of these items curbside in their blue bin*:
- Plastic food, beverage, detergent bottles, that are labeled 1 - 7 Labels do not need to be removed.
- Glass bottles and jars (green, brown, and clear; please place tops/lids in garbage; labels do not need to be removed)
- Metal and aluminum cans
- Newspapers and inserts (on rainy days, please hold until next collection day)
- Magazines, catalogs & telephone books
- Shredded paper must be bagged
- Brown paper bags (can also be used to hold excess recyclables)
- Corrugated cardboard (flattened and cut in pieces 2' by 3' or smaller)
- No plastic bags
*Note: Blue plastic bins are provided to new residential property owners (apartment/condo dwellers please contact your property management company for recycling options), and available to new program participants. If you do not have blue plastic bins residents can use paper bags or other comparably sized plastic bins for their recyclables. The bins can be any color. The city issued blue bins are 18 gallon containers measuring at 15" wide by 22" long and 15" deep. (No plastic bags, please.) Except for Republic /Southland Waste Services (SWS) customers, no "tall' recycle bins can be used since the collection employee has to separate material prior to it being put in the truck. You may check online to verify if SWS is your service area.
Please call 630-CITY (2489) for assistance with your collection schedules.
Recycling Guide (pdf 279K) This file is in PDF format. You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to view/download this file.
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