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Services > Garbage > Special & Unacceptable Items

Recyclable Items

Recyclable items are not allowed in the garbage as of January 1, 2005. Enforcement starts January 1, 2006. For more information about this new recycling rule, see Ban on Recyclables in Garbage below.

What are recyclable items?

For residents

For businesses

  • • Paper
  • • Cardboard
  • • Glass bottles and jars
  • • Plastic bottles and jars
  • • Aluminum and tin cans
  • • Yard debris
  • • Paper
  • • Cardboard
  • • Yard debris
For yard debris, see Yard Waste Collection, below. You have 2 options to recycle the other items:


Recycling Collection
You can recycle of these items in your recycling containers or dumpsters. See Recycle at Your House, Recycle at Your Apartment, or Recycle at Your Business below for more information.


Recycling & Disposal Stations
You can recycle at either the North or South Recycling & Disposal Station for free. See Recycling & Disposal Stations below for more information.


Related links
Ban on Recyclables in Garbage

Yard Waste Collection

Recycle at Your House

Recycle at Your Apartment

Recycle at Your Business

Recycling & Disposal Stations