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Planet Alameda Home
Cool Online Activities
Recycle Bottles & Cans
Don't Trash that Cell Phone
Disposing of Universal Wastes
Household Hazardous Waste
Batteries, Fluorescent Tubes
Dealing with Food Scraps
Recycle Used Motor Oil
Sea of Cortez Expedition
Zebra Mussel Alert


Recycling Program

Questions about recycling
or organics?
Visit


Aquatic Outreach Institute
Workshops for Educators

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Your local guide to living and working the environmentally sensitive way.
Items for the Blue Cart
Residential Recycling Guide
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No Organics or Solid Waste

Before discarding, please consider reusing or donating.

Please make sure all materials fit inside the cart with the lid closed.


aerosol cans (empty)
aluminum cans
aluminum foil
aluminum pans
appliances, small (toasters, mixers, etc.)
aseptic containers
bleach bottles
boxes (shipping)
cans, food (bi-metal/tin)
carbonless paper
cardboard (no need to bundle)
catalogs
cereal boxes
computer paper
cookie sheets
detergent boxes
detergent bottles
drink boxes (juice)
egg cartons (paper)
envelopes with metal clasps
envelopes with plastic windows
fruit baskets (plastic, and if labeled )
glass bottles
glass jars
grocery bags (paper only)
juice bottles
junk mail
lids & caps
magazines
newspaper (including inserts)
paint cans (empty/dry latex only)
paper (adhesive/post-its)

paper packaging with remnant tape
paper towel & toilet paper tubes
phone books
plastics labeled (excluding bags)
pots & pans
salad dressing bottles
scrap metal
shampoo bottles
shoe boxes
soft drink bottles
soup boxes
soy milk boxes
tub-type containers such as those used for yogurt, cottage cheese, and margarine if labeled
water jugs

Helpful Tips…
No one piece larger than 2x2 feet in dimension
No one piece weighing more than 30 lbs.
No microwaves
No plastic bags
No Styrofoam


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