Services are restricted to residents of Monroe County only.
Please call for the curbside collection schedule.
www2.monroecounty.gov/des-residentialrecycling.phpRochester, NY 14610
The following commingled and paper materials should be placed in your recycling box and taken to the curb before 6:30 a.m. on your regular trash collection day. If high winds are forecast on your collection day, please delay recycling.
Only the materials listed below are accepted for recycling/recovery. All containers should be clean. Please do not separate the types of containers using plastic grocery bags—they should all be mixed together. Labels are accepted.
Metal Food and Beverage Cans: lids are accepted.
License Plates: defaced
Metal Pots, Pans and Aluminum Foilware
EMPTY Aerosol Cans: remove and recycle caps. NO pesticides or spray paints.
Plastic Containers and Items (#s 1 through 7): including CD cases, broken recycling bins, clamshell or blister packaging, flatware, etc.--remove and recycle caps, spray pumps and lids. Examples of plastic items not accepted curbside: styrofoam*, empty prescription bottles*, pesticide containers, bulky items* and bags or filmy product wrapping. *The ecopark will accept certain of these items. Click here for details.
Glass Food and Beverage Bottles, Jugs and Jars: remove and recycle all lids and caps. No drinking glasses, window glass, pyrex, light bulbs, etc.
Gable Top (Milk and Juice) Cartons and Drink/Soup Boxes: remove and throw away plastic straws; remove and recycle caps.
Paper items may be kept together by using a brown paper bag (except for holding shredded paper, do not use plastic bags). Almost any kind of clean paper product can be placed in the recycling bin (NO soiled papers, paper toweling or wet paper).
Material | Residential | Business | Note |
Aluminum Beverage Cans | pickup |
none |
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Aluminum Food Cans | pickup |
none |
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Aluminum Lids | pickup |
none |
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Blue Glass Beverage Containers | pickup |
none |
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Blue Glass Containers | pickup |
none |
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Blueprints | pickup |
none |
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Booklets | pickup |
none |
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Brochures | pickup |
none |
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Brown Glass Beverage Containers | pickup |
none |
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Brown Glass Containers | pickup |
none |
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Cardstock | pickup |
none |
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Catalogs | pickup |
none |
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Chipboard | pickup |
none |
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Clear Glass Beverage Containers | pickup |
none |
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Clear Glass Containers | pickup |
none |
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Construction Paper | pickup |
none |
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Corrugated Cardboard | pickup |
none |
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Drink Boxes | pickup |
none |
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Envelopes | pickup |
none |
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Gift Boxes | pickup |
none |
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Green Glass Beverage Containers | pickup |
none |
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Green Glass Containers | pickup |
none |
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Greeting Cards | pickup |
none |
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Kraft Paper | pickup |
none |
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Magazines | pickup |
none |
|
pickup |
none |
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Manila Folders | pickup |
none |
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Metal Paint Cans | pickup |
none |
|
Milk and Juice Cartons | pickup |
none |
|
Mixed Paper | pickup |
none |
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Multi-wall Paper Bags | pickup |
none |
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Newspaper | pickup |
none |
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Newspaper Inserts | pickup |
none |
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Office Paper | pickup |
none |
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Paper Bags | pickup |
none |
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Paper Egg Cartons | pickup |
none |
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Paper Labels | pickup |
none |
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Paper Sleeves | pickup |
none |
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Paper Tubes | pickup |
none |
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Paperback Books | pickup |
none |
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Paperboard | pickup |
none |
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Phone Books | pickup |
none |
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Pizza Boxes | pickup |
none |
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Shredded Paper | pickup |
none |
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Steel Cans | pickup |
none |
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Steel Lids | pickup |
none |
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Waxed Cardboard | pickup |
none |
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Wet-strength Paperboard | pickup |
none |
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Window Envelopes | pickup |
none |
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