Recycling / HHW

Texas Recycles Day is Saturday, November 15th, in 2008

City of Carrollton Recycling Curbside Program

CURBSIDE RECYCLING FOR SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS

Recyclables are collected from the blue 95-gallon rolling recycling carts on your regular weekly collection day. Simply drop all recyclables into the blue recycling cart. Do not place any recyclables in plastic bags. To find out if you are a yellow week or a blue week, please go to www.cityofcarrollton.com/solidwaste. If you have questions, please call Allied Waste Services at 972-422-2341or go to www.awin.com.

Accepted items: No presorting necessary!


Aluminum cans (rinse - no foil or aluminum pans)	Glass bottles and jars of any color (rinse containers and discard lids)	Plastic bottles and jugs #1 through #7 (rinse containers and discard lids)	Boxboard (such as cereal and cracker boxes - discard liners)

Newspaper (no need to bundle separately)	Magazines, catalogs and junk mail	Aerosol cans	Paper bags

Phone books	Office and school paper (any color)	Cardboard (flatten large pieces and place beneath recycling bin)	Steel and tin cans (rinse containers and discard lids)
			(Graphics - City of Denton)

Placement of recyclables

Place blue roll-out recycling carts curbside —no need to presort. Place blue bin at least 3 feet away from green roll-out container with arrow facing the street, mailboxes, gas meters, fences, parked cars and other obstacles.

According to city ordinance, residential waste should be placed at the location designated by the city no earlier than 6:00 p.m. of the evening before and no later than 6:30 a.m. of the collection day. Do not block or impede a street or alley right-of-way, water or gas meter, drainage ditch, or sight triangle at an intersection or sidewalk. Improperly placed waste will not be collected.

Items not accepted
Plastic bags; food-soiled paper products or pizza boxes; waxed cartons; kitchen waste, yard waste or trash; batteries of any kind; hardback books; Household Hazardous Waste or toxic containers; chemical; tires; plastic takeout containers or utensils; Styrofoam; scrap aluminum; or foil.

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Multi-Family Housing Recycling (please call 972.466.2121 if your interested in getting a program started for multi-family housing)

Hazardous Disposal Program

Hazardous waste is not collected curbside. Carrollton citizens may take household hazardous waste to the Home Chemical Collection Center at 11234 Plano Road in Dallas, approximately 1 mile north of IH-635 between Miller Road and Forest Lane.

The Home Chemical Collection Center is a free service for residents of Carrollton and other participating cities. Residents must provide a drivers license and a utility bill as proof of residency.

For Home Chemical Collection Center hours of operation call 214-553-1765.

Hazardous waste includes, but is not limited to, the following items:

Paint products
Lawn & pest control products
Pool chemicals
Household cleaners and batteries
Medicine
Mercury
Photo chemicals
Propane cylinders
Car batteries
Automotive fluids
Fluorescent light tubes

Waste not accepted at the Home Chemical Collection Center includes business waste, radioactive materials, biomedical waste, ammunition, explosives or common trash and recyclables. For questions regarding other hazardous waste call the Home Chemical Collection Center at 214-553-1765.

Keep Carrollton Beautiful is recycling cell phones.
Look for the bins in High School administrative offices and City buildings. You can support us by getting rid of your old cell phones PROPERLY!