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Curbside Collection Services & Rates

Mixed Recycling

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Residential recycling

Curbside collection of mixed recycling occurs every-other-week and is picked up on an A week or B week schedule.

Find your recycle day use our collection calendar.

The market for recyclable items is complicated, and so we must make better choices about reducing our reliance on plastics, reusing items where we can and putting the right items in the blue recycle bin. The presence of a recycling "Chasing Arrows" symbol does not always mean an item can be recycled in our facility, and some manufacturers may use the symbol without guaranteeing the item can be recycled. Senate Bill 343 was passed in 2021 to help ensure manufacturers are truthful in advertising with the recycling symbol. 

Manufacturers who recycle materials have significantly changed what they will and won't accept, and so our list of recyclables can change. 

What to recycle

Learn how to sort and prepare your mixed recycling for collection. 

Below is a list of what you can recycle in your blue containers. You can also use our Waste Wizard quick search.

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Paper recycling

  • Cardboard (break down before placing in the recycling can)
  • Paperboard (e.g. cereal, pasta and frozen food boxes)
  • Newspapers, magazines, catalogs, junk mail
  • Paper bags and packaging 
  • Phone books and soft cover books 
  • Office paper (all colors) 
 

Please NO: shredded paper, binders, used tissue, towels, paper with plastic coatings (such as photographs or label backing), food-soiled paper (put in the organics), waxed paper, or foil-lined paper, or non-tearing envelopes. 

Plastic

  • All CRV (California Redemption Value) containers accepted
  • Containers with a recycling symbol #1 - 7
  • Soda bottles, milk jugs, shampoo bottles, etc. (lid on)
  • Buckets, pails and crates
  • Laundry baskets

Please NO: Styrofoam or packing peanuts, clam-shell trays, deli food containers, plastic utensils, straws, or plastic bags.

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Plastic bottle

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Glass

Bottles and jars

  • All colors okay
  • Lids removed
  • Rinsed and empty
  • Labels okay

Please NO: Window glass, mirrors, crystal, Pyrex®, ceramics, light bulbs, or fluorescent lamps/tubes.

Metal

  • Aluminum and tin cans
  • Aluminum trays and foil (clean)
  • Empty aerosol cans
  • Pots, pans and utensils
  • Lids from jars 

Please NO: Propane tanks, electronic or computer equipment. 

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Empty clean can for recycling

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