Preparing Your Recyclables
Residential Customers Only, Please
Clean recyclables must be separated by type and placed in the appropriate bin at the Recycling Center. Cash is not paid for any recyclables other than CRV bottles and cans.
- #3 through #7 plastic (Clean, numbered "Food Grade" containers only, such as yogurt and margarine tubs, microwave trays, produce & meat trays or clamshells; laundy product containers, etc. Lids OK. No Styrofoam, food-contaminated items, tarps, toys, swimming pools, plastic bags, bubble wrap, folding chairs or other non-food plastic items.)
- Blankets, comforters, sheets, towels (Must be clean, dry, in good condition)
- Clothing (Must be clean, dry, in good condition)
- Mixed paper, including white and colored office paper, newspaper, phone books, magazines, and shredded paper in paper bags, paper gift wrap (No paper towels, tissues, used paper plates, paper napkins, waxed paper, plastic gift wrap)
- Scrap Metal (Place large items in scrap metal pile.)
- Shoes (Must be clean, dry, in good condition)
- Cardboard and chipboard, such as cereal boxes, shoe boxes, cardboard egg cartons, mailing tubes, toilet tissue tubes, gift boxes (No waxy refrigerator cartons such as milk & juice cartons or shelf-stable cartons such as soup, soy milk, juice & wine cartons)
- CRV bottles and cans for redemption (Look for CA CASH REFUND on the label.)
- Household batteries (Separate rechargeable from non-rechargeable.)
- Non-CRV #1 plastic (PET/PETE) (Clean, numbered "Food Grade" plastic only, such as: food & beverage containers; shampoo, liquid soap, mouthwash & other personal care product containers; laundry product containers. Lids OK. Put black microwave trays in #3-7 bin even though labeled #1 PET/PETE. )
- Non-CRV #2 plastic (HDPE) (Clean, numbered "Food Grade" plastic only, such as: food & beverage containers; shampoo, liquid soap & other personal care product containers; laundry product containers. Lids OK. No plastic bags, motor oil containers, tarps, other industrial plastic.)
- Non-CRV aluminum
- Non-CRV glass bottles and jars (Separate colored from clear. No light bulbs, lead crystal, ceramics, knick-knacks, beverage glasses, vases, eye glasses, picture galss, window glass or glass items other than bottles and jars)
- Tin cans and small metal items
Other Acceptable Items
These items are also accepted for recycling from residential customers at no charge. (Find information about business recycling (PDF).) Bring them to the scale house at the Landfill and you will be directed where to drop them off.
(Please call ahead if you have large quantities.)
- Concrete, asphalt, bricks less than 12” in diameter, no rebar
- CRTs, LCDs, laptops & other screens less than 36” on the diagonal
- Cell phones, PDAs, pagers, iPods
- Computers, home printers & copiers
- Empty propane tanks, valves removed
- Fluorescent tubes and bulbs
- Stereos, radios
- Uncontaminated soil
- VCRs, answering machines
- Vehicle batteriesOil – used motor oil and oil filters
Items With Fees
Materials for which a minimal fee is charged:
- Appliances, including microwaves
- Business-size printers & copiers
- Concrete, asphalt, bricks more than 12” in any direction with or without rebar
- CRTs, LCDs, laptops & other screens 36" or greater on the diagonal
- Organics (manure, yard waste, etc.)
- Refrigerators
- Tires
Non-digital electrical devices such as microwaves, small appliances, power tools, heaters, lamps, clocks, tape or film cameras, irons, vacuum cleaners and fans are not E-waste and must be disposed of as trash. (Exception: If they are made out of metal, they can be recycled as scrap metal. Ask the attendant if you are unsure.)
