The city of Phoenix offers a weekly recycling collection, that occurs on the same day as landfill container collection, but using different trucks to avoid contamination. Collected recyclables are brought to the city-owned Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) where they are sorted and processed for repurposing. The Zero Waste team handles all recycling education.

Recycling Guidelines: Remember, all materials must be emptied of liquids and free of food scraps and grease before tossing them in the container. Plastic bags are not accepted in the recycle container. Materials must also be placed in the container loosely, and not bagged.

Programs

Eco-stations
Recycling at the Transfer Station
Appliance Recycling Green Organics Container
Reduce your junk mail

Acceptable Recyclables

The following list represents the items that can be placed in your recycle container.

Paper products

Office paper, mail, newspaper, magazines and pamphlets, paper bags, food and beverage cartons (these often contain milk, juice, soup, cream, beans, water, or broth, etc.), phonebooks

Hard plastic products

Jugs, bottles, jars, cups, to-go containers

Please keep lids on

Metal products

Steel/tin food cans, aluminum beverage cans, party trays, aluminum foil

Cardboard products

Boxes, clean pizza boxes (no grease, if the bottom is greasy, then recycle just the top half), food packaging boxes

Glass products

Bottles, jars

Please remove all lids

REMEMBER: All materials must be emptied of liquids and free of food scraps and grease before tossing them in the container.

Master List

Our new Master List has a lot of helpful recycling tips.

Master List (en Espanol)

Unacceptable Items

The following list represents items that cannot be placed in your recycle container. Please note that although these items are not recyclable in your blue container, they may be recyclable elsewhere.

Batteries

All batteries: Vehicle batteries, rechargeable batteries, alkaline, lithium ion, nickel-cadmium, nickel-metal hydride batteries

Thin paper products

Tissue paper, toilet paper, paper towels, napkins

Soft plastics

All flexible and stretchable plastics: plastic kitchen bags, plastic shopping bags, thin film plastics, candy wrappers, chip bags, dog/cat food bags

Drop-off Locations

Large metal items

Metal sheets, electronics, car parts, hoses, lights, pots/pans

Greasy cardboard food containers

Greasy pizza boxes, greasy to-go containers

Specialty glass items

Light bulbs, ceramics, sheets of glass

Miscellaneous Plastic

Polystyrene (ex. Styrofoam^TM), plastic straws, plastic utensils

Other

Grass, yard waste, food waste, clothing, diapers, garden hoses

Household Hazardous Waste Drop-off
Medication Drop-off

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