Garland Texas

The following items are accepted for curbside recycling:

• Newspaper, junk mail, advertising inserts, magazines, chipboard (cereal and cracker boxes), white and colored paper,
• telephone books, small, empty and flattened cardboard boxes that fit into the recycling container
• Aluminum, steel & tin cans (rinse, lids okay)
• Empty aerosol cans that do not contain chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
• Glass bottles & jars (rinse & remove lids)
• Plastic containers #1 – #5 and #7 (except #6 Styrofoam)

Certain products, if placed in the recycling bins, contaminate the recycling process because they are not marketable commodities. Therefore, we ask your cooperation to eliminate the following products from your recycling bin:

• Plastic grocery bags, Plastic wrap, candy and chip wrappers and food wrapping.
• Plastic containers that contain hazardous material (such as bleach, motor oil, or antifreeze).
• Styrofoam cups, food clamshells, egg cartons and meat trays labeled #6.
• Wax coated milk, orange juice or food containers.
• Paper towels.
• Pizza boxes coated with cheese and grease (okay to tear off lid if no food or grease spots).
• Paint cans.
• Aerosol cans with chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs).
• Automotive product containers.
• Aluminum foil or disposable aluminum plates or pie tins.
• Light bulbs (incandescent, fluorescent or CFC).
• Plate glass, auto glass, tempered glass.
• Mirrors or leaded glass.
• Ceramics, ovenware, glass that is not a container.