Recycling Collection
Any concerns regarding your recycling, such as missed pick up or needing a different size cart, please contact Waste Management at 888-960-0008.
Recycling is picked up every other week. The city is divided into zones which determine the day of service. Service will be delayed a day for certain holidays. To see what zone you are in, and when your collection may be modified by a holiday, see the Recycling Zones and Calendar.
With Single Sort recycling, paper products, bottles and cans can be placed in the same bin, excluding type 3 and 6, and all black plastics.
About the Services
Recycling should be placed at the curb by 7 a.m., and carts should be spaced at least 3 feet from one another. It's helpful to put recycling on the opposite side of the driveway from your trash. Seniors and people with disabilities may sign up for free walk-up service where the driver will pick up your recyclables at your garage door or stoop.
At apartment and condominium complexes recycling is collected in carts or dumpsters in designated areas. Carts and dumpsters are single sort so you don’t have to separate your paper, bottles & cans into different containers. For more information, see the sorting guidelines which are the same as the curbside program. Multi-units are collected on varying schedules based on the required level of service.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
You may have heard of the 3 Rs - Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. It's more important to reduce than reuse which in turn is more important than recycling. Putting all three into personal practice benefits the economy and the environment.
Reduce
How to generate less waste