What Goes Where & Recycling

Need to know if an item goes in trash, recycling, or yard waste?

View what items should be placed in a trash, recycling, or yard waste container.

Trash

Place these items in your brown trash container.

  • Household garbage
  • Food waste
  • Styrofoam
  • Plastic bags
  • Glass
  • Hardback books
  • Light bulbs
  • Wrapping paper
  • Ceramics or dishes
  • Motor oil containers (empty)

Recycling

Place these items in your blue recycling container.

  • Aluminum, tin, & steel
  • Paper
  • Magazines
  • Junk mail
  • Plastic bottles and containers #1 through #7 (remove lids).
  • Cardboard boxes and cartons (flatten all boxes)
     

 

 

Yard Waste

Place the following items in the green yard waste container:

  • Grass trimmings
  • Leaves
  • Weeds
  • Small tree branches

Do not place painted wood or construction debris in the yard waste container.