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General Recycling Information
More than half of what we throw away can be recycled. Recycling helps conserve landfill space, preserve natural resources and control rising waste disposal costs.
Homeowners that receive city garbage collection can participate in the citywide "Phoenix Recycles" program. Each home can have two storage containers - one black or green container for bagged and tied garbage and the other, a blue container, for recycling (to request additional containers, contact Solid Waste Customer Service at 602-262-7251).
Blue recycling containers are collected each week. If you are new to your home, please consult the literature delivered with your container for the correct day of collection for your home, or watch when your neighbors place their containers out or call Solid Waste Customer Service at 602-262-7251 to verify your service day. Containers may be placed at the curb for service after 6:00 PM on the day preceding collection, but must be out by 5:30 AM the day of collection to ensure service. Containers should be removed prior to 5:30 AM of the day after collection. Store containers between collection days on your property so as to not interfere with pedestrian or vehicular traffic.
Used telephone books from Phoenix Recycles participants may be placed in your blue Phoenix Recycles container. For more information, call 602-262-7251. For information on recycling telephone books at commercial locations such as work or school, call 877-243-8339 or visit their website at www.DexKnows.com/Recycle
PLASTICS
Hard plastic bottles and containers including buckets.
PLASTIC DON'TS
No plastic bags of any kind with or without a recycling symbol.
No plastic pipes.
No pool chemical/household hazardous waste containers.
No foam peanuts or bubble wrap. To find out where to drop-off used packing peanuts for reuse click here.
These items can damage the sorting equipment, be harmful to workers in
the sorting facility or are too small to be sorted (foam peanuts can be reused
for shipping purposes, click here to find out more.
), or make the sorting process inefficient.
GLASS
Food or beverage glass bottles and jars only. Please remove lids (put plastic lids in black or green barrel and metal lids in blue recycling containers).
NO WINDOW PANES, MIRRORS, CERAMICS, DISHES, TELEVISIONS,
OR LIGHT BULBS.
These items are made with treated glass, have hazardous materials in them
(TVs) or are not glass at all and cannot be recycled in Phoenix Recycles.
Office paper - staples do not need to be removed
Newspapers - remove plastic bags and rubber bands
Magazines, catalogs, comic books
Telephone books
Cardboard - flatten boxes to fit in blue barrel loosely. If you
have a large number of boxes, flatten and stack them and call Solid Waste
Customer Service at 602-262-7251 to arrange a special collection. Or email
your request.
Chipboard - cereal, cookie, tissue, gift boxes. (Remove and place cereal, cookie or cracker inserts bagged and tied in your green or black barrel.
Milk/juice cartons
Juice boxes
Junk mail - includes non self-sealing envelopes. Remove plastic credit cards or bags. Previous literature may
say no plastic windowed envelopes, however improvements at paper recycling plants allow for these windows to be strained
out of the paper pulp mix. It is still
good recycling habit to tear the window out, however it is not necessary.
Shredded paper
(Placed in clear plastic bags.)
NO HARDBACK OR PAPERBACK BOOKS, SELF SEALING ENVELOPES,
PHOTOGRAPHS, EMBOSSED CARDS OR WRAPPING PAPER, MYLAR BALLOONS, NEWSPAPER
PLASTIC BAGS, RUBBER BANDS OR BLUEPRINTS.
All of these items cannot be recycled with regular paper. They cause de-inking
and pulping processes to be disrupted and reduce the value of acceptable
paper items.
Aluminum cans
Clean pie plates and foil
Steel cans - soup, vegetable, pet food ; place lids inside can
Metal hangers - bound with twist tie
Scrap metal under 25 pounds including small appliances
Aerosol cans - no spray paint, pesticides, oven cleaners
To recycle large metal appliances or computers, please use our special Appliance/Electronics collection and recycling program. Call Solid Waste Customer Service at 602-262-7251 for more information.
IMPORTANT RECYCLING GUIDELINES:
- All recyclable material must be relatively clean, dry, empty and uncrushed. No need to wash recyclables.
- Do not bag, box or tie recyclables.
- No grass, yard or food waste.
- Lids are okay on most containers. Due to magnet strength for sorting iron metal objects, it is important to remove metal lids from glass jars and place both in your blue Phoenix Recycles container.
Click here to download a detailed list of material accepted and not accepted in the "Phoenix Recycles" program. To view this list you will need to have Adobe's acrobat reader installed. If you do not have it, you may download Adobe Acrobat Reader here. Click on the previous link to download the reader and follow the instructions for installation. For more information, call 602-262-7251 or send e-mail.
Recycling Drop-off sites
" Phoenix Recycles" curbside recycling is available to all neighborhoods serviced by the city of Phoenix. Recycling drop-off sites are designed to provide a way to for those not serviced by the City of Phoenix. City of Phoenix residents may drop off commingled recyclable material at any of the blue roll-off bin locations listed below:| Name | Address/Location |
|---|---|
| Hudson-Baylor West | 1919 E. University Drive |
| North Gateway Transfer Station and Materials Recovery Facility | 30205 N Black Canyon Highway (northbound Dixileta Exit off I-17) |
| 27th Avenue Solid Waste Management Facility |
3060 South 27th Avenue (27th Avenue and Lower Buckeye Road) |
Questions? Call 602-262-7251 or send e-mail.
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Meeting/Tour Information
Educational opportunities for City of Phoenix residents regarding recycling are provided by Recycling Contracts and Education staff. If you would like to reserve a free speaker on recycling or other solid waste issues for your own group or if you would like to schedule a tour of the North Gateway Transfer Station or the 27th Ave. Solid Waste Management Facility and their recycling Material Recovery Facilities, call 602-495-5362 or e-mail. Meetings / tours last approximately one hour.For information on a presentation or appearance, call 602-495-5362 or e-mail.
Why do we recycle?
Click here to visit the section on "Why do we recycle?" This section includes historical and statistical information including information on the background studies when "Phoenix Recycles" was designed.
Recycle a Bicycle
The City of Phoenix no longer directly coordinates a recycled bicycle program. Arrangements have been made by the Human Services Department to have the St. Vincent DePaul Society at 420 West Watkins accept bicycles for refurbishing. Individuals are learning how to fix bikes, which are then given to clients that need transportation to and from work. Please give St Vincent DePaul a call at 602-261-6854 for more information.Metal bicycle parts and frames are accepted in blue Phoenix Recycles containers. However, the pieces need to be small enough so that container lids can close.
Questions? Call 602-262-7251 or send e-mail.
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Other Solid Waste Field Services program information
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