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Tucson Recycles Blue Barrel Curbside Recycling Program - Updated Jan 17, 2014 Back

Please place your Blue Barrel at the curb by 6am on your once-a-week Garbage-Recycling collection day.

Please do not sort recyclables or enclose in plastic bags (except for shredded paper which needs to be in a clear plastic bag). All recyclables are loosely commingled in the blue barrel together.

If in doubt about whether an item is recyclable, please call the Recycling Info Line at 520-791-5000.

Materials Accepted

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Material	Residential	Business	Note
#1 Plastic Beverage Bottles	pickup	none	This site accepts milk, water, juice, liquid detergent, and shampoo containers. No hazardous material containers or other plastics are accepted. Please empty and rinse container.
#1 Plastic Clamshells	pickup	none
#1 Plastic Non-Beverage Bottles	pickup	none	This site accepts milk, water, juice, liquid detergent, and shampoo containers. No hazardous material containers or other plastics are accepted. Please empty and rinse container.
#1 Plastic Trays	pickup	none
#1 Rigid Plastics	pickup	none
#2 Plastic Bottles	pickup	none	This site accepts milk, water, juice, liquid detergent, and shampoo containers. No hazardous material containers or other plastics are accepted. Please empty and rinse container.
#2 Plastic Caps	pickup	none
#2 Plastic Clamshells	pickup	none
#2 Plastic Jugs - Clear	pickup	none	This site accepts milk, water, juice, liquid detergent, and shampoo containers. No hazardous material containers or other plastics are accepted. Please empty and rinse container.
#2 Plastic Jugs - Colored	pickup	none	This site accepts milk, water, juice, liquid detergent, and shampoo containers. No hazardous material containers or other plastics are accepted. Please empty and rinse container.
#2 Rigid Plastics	pickup	none
#3 Plastic Bottles	pickup	none
#3 Rigid Plastics	pickup	none
#4 Plastic Bottles	pickup	none
#4 Rigid Plastics	pickup	none
#5 Plastic Bottles	pickup	none
#5 Plastic Caps	pickup	none
#5 Plastic Clamshells	pickup	none
#5 Plastic Cups	pickup	none
#5 Rigid Plastics	pickup	none
#6 Plastic Bottles	pickup	none
#6 Plastic Cups	pickup	none
#6 Rigid Plastics	pickup	none
#7 Plastic Bottles	pickup	none
#7 Rigid Plastics	pickup	none
Aerosol Cans - Empty	pickup	none	This site accepts "non-hazardous" empty aerosol cans. For information about aerosols that are considered hazardous, please visit the Tucson Environmental website at www.tucsonrecycles.org or call the recycling info line at 520-791-5000.
Aluminum Beverage Cans	pickup	none	This site does NOT accept cans that have contained automotive fluids, paint, or other hazardous materials. Please do NOT flatten cans and bottles to ensure sorting equipment works properly. Please empty and rinse container.
Aluminum Food Cans	pickup	none	This site does NOT accept cans that have contained automotive fluids, paint, or other hazardous materials. Please do NOT flatten cans and bottles to ensure sorting equipment works properly. Please empty and rinse container.
Aluminum Lids	pickup	none
Blue Glass Beverage Containers	pickup	none	This site only accepts food and beverage bottles and jars and does not accept any other forms of glass. Please empty and rinse container.
Blue Glass Containers	pickup	none
Blueprints	pickup	none
Booklets	pickup	none
Brochures	pickup	none
Brown Glass Beverage Containers	pickup	none	This site only accepts food and beverage bottles and jars and does not accept any other forms of glass. Please empty and rinse container.
Brown Glass Containers	pickup	none	This site only accepts food and beverage bottles and jars and does not accept any other forms of glass. Please empty and rinse container.
Cardstock	pickup	none
Catalogs	pickup	none	This site accepts catalogs no thicker than 1/2 inch.
Chipboard	pickup	none	This site accepts items such as paper egg cartons. Please remove liners from boxes. Metallic or wax-coated items are not taken.
Clear Glass Beverage Containers	pickup	none	This site only accepts food and beverage bottles and jars and does not accept any other forms of glass. Please empty and rinse container. Please empty and rinse container.
Clear Glass Containers	pickup	none	This site only accepts food and beverage bottles and jars and does not accept any other forms of glass. Please empty and rinse container.
Construction Paper	pickup	none
Corrugated Cardboard	pickup	none	Please remove any plastic wrapping, flatten and fold corrugated cardboard boxes, or cut into pieces that are small enough to fit inside the barrel.
Drink Boxes	pickup	none
Envelopes	pickup	none
Gift Bags	pickup	none
Gift Boxes	pickup	none
Glassine	pickup	none
Green Glass Beverage Containers	pickup	none	This site only accepts food and beverage bottles and jars and does not accept any other forms of glass. Please empty and rinse container.
Green Glass Containers	pickup	none	This site only accepts food and beverage bottles and jars and does not accept any other forms of glass. Please empty and rinse container.
Greeting Cards	pickup	none
Kraft Paper	pickup	none
Magazines	pickup	none	This site accepts magazines no thicker than 1/2 an inch.
Mail	pickup	none
Manila Folders	pickup	none
Metal Paint Cans	pickup	none
Milk and Juice Cartons	pickup	none
Mixed Paper	pickup	none	This site accepts mixed paper including window envelopes.
Motor Oil Containers	pickup	none
Newspaper	pickup	none	This site accepts newspaper inserts. Please do not leave newspaper in plastic bags and do not bundle or tie newspaper.
Newspaper Inserts	pickup	none
Office Paper	pickup	none
Paper Bags	pickup	none
Paper Egg Cartons	pickup	none
Paper Labels	pickup	none
Paper Sleeves	pickup	none
Paper Tubes	pickup	none
Paperback Books	pickup	none
Paperboard	pickup	none	This site accepts items such as cereal and shoe boxes. Please remove liners from boxes. Metallic or wax-coated items are not taken.
Pesticide Containers	pickup	none
Phone Books	pickup	none	Telephone directories are accepted year-round in the Blue Barrel program and at Neighborhood Recycling Centers.
Shredded Paper	pickup	none	Please place in a clear plastic bag.
Steel Cans	pickup	none	This site does NOT accept cans that have contained automotive fluids, paint, or other hazardous materials. Please empty and rinse container.
Steel Lids	pickup	none
Wet-strength Paperboard	pickup	none	Please remove any plastic wrapping, flatten and fold corrugated cardboard boxes, or cut into pieces that are small enough to fit inside the barrel.
Window Envelopes	pickup	none

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