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City of Palo Alto Curbside Recycling Program - Updated Feb 15, 2013

Materials Accepted

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Material	Residential	Business	Note
#1 Plastic Beverage Bottles	pickup	pickup	Please rinse and flatten #1 bottles such as soda and water bottles.
#1 Plastic Non-Beverage Bottles	pickup	pickup
#1 Rigid Plastics	pickup	pickup
#2 Plastic Bags	pickup	pickup
#2 Plastic Bottles	pickup	pickup
#2 Plastic Caps	pickup	pickup
#2 Plastic Film	pickup	pickup	Please place inside a clear plastic bag and tie.
#2 Plastic Jugs - Clear	pickup	pickup	Please rinse and flatten #2 plastic bottles such as milk and water jugs and juice and detergent bottles.
#2 Plastic Jugs - Colored	pickup	pickup	Please rinse and flatten #2 plastic bottles such as milk and water jugs and juice and detergent bottles.
#2 Rigid Plastics	pickup	pickup
#3 Plastic Bottles	pickup	pickup
#3 Rigid Plastics	pickup	pickup
#4 Plastic Bottles	pickup	pickup
#4 Rigid Plastics	pickup	pickup
#5 Plastic Bottles	pickup	pickup
#5 Plastic Caps	pickup	pickup
#5 Rigid Plastics	pickup	pickup
#6 Plastic Bottles	pickup	pickup
#6 Rigid Plastics	pickup	pickup
#7 Plastic Bottles	pickup	pickup
#7 Rigid Plastics	pickup	pickup
Aerosol Cans - Empty	pickup	pickup	Aerosol cans must be empty and non-hazardous.
Alkaline Batteries	pickup	pickup	Put batteries inside a zip lock bag and place on top of recycling bin.
Aluminum Beverage Cans	pickup	pickup	This program accepts aluminum cans and metal lids and food trays.
Aluminum Foil	pickup	pickup	This program accepts clean aluminum foil.
Aluminum Food Cans	pickup	pickup
Aluminum Lids	pickup	pickup
Auto Parts	pickup	pickup	Please remove all fluids.
Blue Glass Beverage Containers	pickup	pickup
Blue Glass Containers	pickup	pickup
Blueprints	pickup	pickup
Booklets	pickup	pickup
Branches	pickup	pickup
Brochures	pickup	pickup
Brown Glass Beverage Containers	pickup	pickup
Brown Glass Containers	pickup	pickup
Brush	pickup	pickup
Cardstock	pickup	pickup
Catalogs	pickup	pickup
CDs	pickup	pickup
Cell Phone Accessories	pickup	pickup
Cell Phones	pickup	pickup	Cell phones can be recycled when placed in sealed tear-resistant bags and placed next to your blue bins.
Chipboard	pickup	pickup
Christmas Trees	pickup	pickup	Christmas Trees are picked up curbside during the (3) weeks following the holiday. Please remove all decorations, metal, lights, and tree stand.
Clear Glass Beverage Containers	pickup	pickup
Clear Glass Containers	pickup	pickup
Computer Peripherals - External	pickup	pickup
Construction Paper	pickup	pickup
Cookware	pickup	pickup	This program accepts metal pots and pans.
Corrugated Cardboard	pickup	pickup	Please flatten, fold or cut corrugated cardboard into pieces that are no larger than 2 feet by 3 feet and place next to your recycling crates at the curb. Please cross tie large quantities of cardboard with string.
CRT Computer Monitors	pickup	pickup
Desktop Computers	pickup	pickup
Envelopes	pickup	pickup
Ferrous Metals	pickup	pickup
Game Consoles	pickup	pickup
Gift Boxes	pickup	pickup
Glassine	pickup	pickup
Grass Clippings	pickup	pickup
Green Glass Beverage Containers	pickup	pickup
Green Glass Containers	pickup	pickup
Greeting Cards	pickup	pickup
Hardware	pickup	pickup
Inkjet Cartridges	pickup	pickup
Kraft Paper	pickup	pickup
Laptop Computers	pickup	pickup
LCD Computer Monitors	pickup	pickup
Leaves	pickup	pickup
Lithium-ion Batteries	pickup	pickup	Put batteries inside a zip lock bag and place on top of recycling bin.
Lumber	pickup	pickup
Magazines	pickup	pickup
Mail	pickup	pickup
Manila Folders	pickup	pickup
Metal Paint Cans	pickup	pickup
Mixed Paper	pickup	pickup
Motor Oil	pickup	pickup	Please pour used motor oil into clean one-gallon plastic containers with tight-fitting screw top lids and place next to your recycling bin.
Motor Oil Containers	pickup	pickup
MP3 Players	pickup	pickup
Newspaper	pickup	pickup
Newspaper Inserts	pickup	pickup
Nickel-cadmium Batteries	pickup	pickup	Put batteries inside a zip lock bag and place on top of recycling bin.
Nonferrous Metals	pickup	pickup	This program will accept small household appliances (toaster size or smaller) or scrap metal. Please place in a small cardboard box at your curbside.
Office Machines	pickup	pickup
Office Paper	pickup	pickup
Oil Filters	pickup	pickup	Please place used oil filters in a sealed, leak-proof plastic bag and place curbside next to your recycling bin.
Pallets	pickup	pickup
Paper Bags	pickup	pickup	Please place brown paper bags with your flattened corrugated cardboard next to your recycling crates at the curb.
Paper Egg Cartons	pickup	pickup
Paper Labels	pickup	pickup
Paper Sleeves	pickup	pickup
Paper Tubes	pickup	pickup
Paperback Books	pickup	pickup	This program accepts paperback books.
Paperboard	pickup	pickup
Phone Books	pickup	pickup
Pipe	pickup	pickup	This program accepts plastic pipe.
Printers	pickup	pickup
Sawdust	pickup	pickup
Scrap Metal	pickup	pickup
Shredded Paper	pickup	pickup	Please tie in a clear plastic bag.
Small Appliances	pickup	pickup
Steel Cans	pickup	pickup	This program also accepts empty paint cans.
Steel Lids	pickup	pickup
Telephones	pickup	pickup
Toner Cartridges	pickup	pickup
Tools	pickup	pickup
Toys	pickup	pickup
Weeds	pickup	pickup
Window Envelopes	pickup	pickup
Wood Chips	pickup	pickup
Yard Waste	pickup	pickup

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