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How to Set Out Garbage, Recyclables and Organic Material for Commercial Service
What can you put in your BLUE recycling bin/cart?
Plastic Containers Numbered 1 through 7 (except black plastic, plastic bags, or Styrofoam)
Glass Bottles & Jars
Metal Cans& Aluminum Foil
Small Scrap Metal
Paper & Cardboard
Milk & Juice Cartons
Paper Egg Cartons & Newspaper
Magazines & Junk Mail
What can you put in your GREEN organics bin/cart (available at a reduced rate)
Food Scraps (meat and bones, dairy, fruits, vegetables)
Pizza Boxes
Paper Products (plates, napkins & cups)
Yard Trimmings (grass clippings & prunings)
Please NO cooking oil, animal waste, treated wood, or diapers. Use kitchen pail for collecting food scraps in your home.
**Biodegradable bags certified by the Biodegradable Products Institute are acceptable. For a list of acceptable bags, click here.
What goes into yourgarbage bin/cart?
Styrofoam Packing
Black Plastic
Packaging Peanuts
Ceramics & Glassware
Regular Light Bulbs
Mirrors & Window Glass
Bagged Animal Waste
Diapers
Snack Papers & Wrappers
Juice & Soup Boxes
Plastic Bags & Film
Nursery Plant Containers
These items CANNOT be placed in black garbage cart:
Fluorescent Lights, Tubes & CFLs
TVs, Computers, Monitors
Medicines
Sharps, Needs, Syringes & Lancets
Batteries & Cell Phones
Motor Oil & Filters
Household Hazardous Waste
Resources to Help your Business Recycle More.
FREE internal recycling and compost containers (subject to availability) from Recology San Mateo County
FREE technical assistance from Recology San Mateo County's Recycling Coordinator to help your business divert more material from your garbage and answer questions about hard to recycle items like ink jet cartridges and packaging.
FREE internal recycling containers are also available from the State of California. Click here for information on starting your business recycling program.
