Austin Resource Recovery provides curbside collection of recycling to single-family households up to four-plexes in Austin. Place mixed paper, plastic, metal and glass directly in your blue recycling cart; no sorting is required!
Keep these tanglers out of the blue recycling cart
Plastic bags, trash bags, plastic film and wrap
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What do I do with it? Some local retailers and stores accept these items for recycling— check our What Do I Do With tool to find a location near you. |
Garden hoses
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What do I do with it? Visit the Austin Reuse Directory to find a local organization that will accept these items for reuse or recycling, or place in your trash cart.
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Strings of lights and electrical cords
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What do I do with it? Drop these items off at the Recycle & Reuse Drop-off Center to be recycled or disposed of safely.
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Clothing and textiles
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What do I do with it? Visit the Austin Reuse Directory to find a local organization that will accept these items for reuse or schedule free clothing and housewares curbside collection.
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Rope
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What do I do with it? Visit the Austin Reuse Directory to find a local organization that will accept these items for reuse. |
Place these items in the blue recycling cart
Paper
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Boxboard and cardboard
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Metals
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Glass
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Hard plastics
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Keep these items out of your blue recycling cart
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Collection guidelines
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Place your recycling cart at the curb by 5:30 a.m. on your collection day. (The set-out time has been shifted to an hour earlier to minimize workers' exposure to the extreme summer heat.)
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Place trash, recyclables and compost five feet apart to allow our automated trucks to collect materials safely and efficiently.
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Do not bag recycling.
- Did we miss your cart? Call Austin Resource Recovery at 3-1-1 or send us an e-mail within two days of the missed collection. We will come by to pick up the missed material as soon as possible.
- Extra recycling is collected at no extra charge. Extra recycling that does not fit into your blue cart with the lid closed should be placed next to your cart in a reusable container or a cardboard box no larger than your cart (use the lid of your recycling cart as a size guide). If you would like to request an additional blue cart, free of charge, call 512-494-9400.
Keep contamination out of your blue cart
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