Recycling Collection

Automated Recycling Program

Automated "Single Stream" Recycling Collection Program


  • Recycling is picked up weekly; see street list schedule for your collection service day
  • Recycling should be placed at your curbside no later than 6AM of scheduled collection day (Memorial Day to Labor Day curbside by 5:30AM). Remove carts by dusk of your collection day
  • Keep cart away from all obstructions, face arrows towards the street and allow 4 ft. of space on all sides of recycling cart
  • Do not place near mailboxes, leaf piles, snow banks, under trees or in close proximity to containers or vehicles

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  • All recyclable materials can be placed loosely into the blue automated recycling cart for curbside collection. What goes where? Trash or Recycle?
    • Paper: Newspapers/ Magazines • Junk Mail/ Office Paper • Corrugated Cardboard (breakdown) • Cereal/Cracker/Cookie Boxes • Milk/Juice/Ice Cream Containers (rinsed & clean) • Phone Books/Paperback Books • Brown Paper Bags • Paper Egg Cartons
    • Plastic: Containers (Bottle & Non-Bottles) Coded: #1, 2, & 5. No plastic bags.
    • Metal: Aluminum Cans • Steel (tin) Cans • Foil & Pie Pans (cleaned)
    • Glass: Glass Bottles & Jars (remove lids & caps)
    • Cartons: Learn more about cartons 
  • Place all recyclable materials loosely into the blue automated recycling cart with or without paper bags, please no plastic bags
  • DO NOT tie or bundle corrugated cardboard, clipboard(cereal and shoeboxes...), junk mail, magazines, or newspapers 
  • Cardboard must be cut down to fit into the cart as to allow all materials to flow freely during the collection process 
  • Rinse all cans, bottles, cartons, and jars 
  • Blue Recycling Cart is for recycling only! 

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