PUBLIC WORKS Environmental Programs Residential Solid Waste and Recycling Services
How to Set Out Garbage, Recyclables and Organic Material for Weekly Residential Service
What can you put in your BLUE recycling 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 cart?
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 your BLACK
garbage 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
How to Properly Set Out Residential Carts:
Carts should face the same direction, with the wheels against the curb.
Cart should be two feet apart.
Carts must be placed curbside (in the street) with wheels against the curb, or roadside, with about 24 inches between each cart. Arrows on lids should point toward the street.
