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Recycling
Service
"Single stream" recycling carts are easy to
use. Just mix all your recyclables into the cart and wheel
it out to the curb on your regular pickup day. To maintain
efficiency, please place your cart out only when it is
at least over half full as it requires the same amount
of time, energy and labor to dump a nearly empty cart
as it does to dump a full one. You no longer need to reduce
large cardboard boxes into two-foot square bundles, but
we do ask that you flatten and bundle all cardboard boxes
that won't fit in the cart so that our drivers can easily
throw them into the truck. If you have more recyclables
than will fit in the cart on any given week, simply pile
the extra by your cart for disposal. Please remember to
be a good neighbor and keep your street neat by pulling
your empty cart off the street as soon as you are able.
Thank you.
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Brown Recycle Carts vs. Blue Recycle Carts
We have stopped purchasing blue recycle carts and now only supply the preferred brown color. When your blue recycling cart wears out or breaks, it will be replaced with a brown one. Many people feel the brighter blue color is not too attractive when left out on the street, which is why we ask everyone to please set the cart out only on the night before your scheduled pick up day, and wheel it out of sight as soon as possible after pick up.
Exchange a Brown for a Blue?
It is our policy NOT to exchange a brown cart for an undamaged blue one because of the expense and waste of swapping them out simply because the blue color is considered less attractive. HOWEVER, if your home provides you with no off-street or out-of-sight location to store your cart during the week, we will make the switch if you request it. Call our office at 457-9760.
Why Can't We Recycle Styrofoam?
Styrofoam, in the form of packing "peanuts"
or molded blocks, is not being collected for recycling
because it is not operationally or economically feasible
to do so.
Not "operationally feasible" means Styrofoam
that is left at the curb and mixed with other recyclables
in the truck cannot be sorted out and separated at the
processing plant. (Imagine trying to sort out crushed
pieces of molded Styrofoam blocks and "peanuts"
from a load of cans, bottles and paper by hand!)
Not "economically feasible" means that even
if Styrofoam was collected separately, it does not have
sufficient value to cover the expense of transporting
loads of it from the street to a processing plant and
on to another facility that would actually make new Styrofoam
out of the old. (This is essentially why plastic bags
are not recyclable as well.)
Many local packing stores are willing to take bags of "peanuts"
for reuse, but we know of no one who is willing or able to
take molded blocks. These should be thrown into the garbage.
For more information about recycling just about anything
that is possible to recycle or reuse in Marin, see the
Marin County Recycling Guide insert in the yellow pages
of the latest SBC Marin County phone book. |
"Mixed" Recycling
Guide
Mix recyclables into your cart and
roll it out to the street by 5 AM on your regular
recycling day
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Mixed
Paper and Cardboard
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Newspaper and inserts
Mixed paper - Including junk mail, magazines,
catalogs, paperback and phone books.
Office
paper - Including white & colored, envelopes
with or without windows.
Paperboard - Such as cereal boxes (remove liners) & shoe boxes.
Corrugated cardboard - Please flatten
and bundle for easy disposal.
DO NOT INCLUDE soiled paper, wax or plastic coated paper, tissues, paper towels, photographs or hardcover books.
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Milk Cartons and Juice/Rice/Soy
Beans
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Milk cartons
Drink
boxes - Including juice, soy and rice milk containers
and other aseptic packaging.
Juice concentrate
containers
Please rinse and empty
before recycling. Remove plastic pop tops and straws.
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Glass Bottles and Jars
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Food and beverage glass
- All clear and colored food and and beverage bottles
and jars.
Please rinse before recycling.
No need to remove labels, but DO remove caps and corks.
DO NOT INCLUDE ceramics, Pyrex, stemware, light bulbs, window glass or mirrors. |
Plastic Containers
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Food and beverage containers
-- All containers with the plastic recycling symbol numbers 1 or 2 only. Most common types are plastic milk, soda and water bottles. Empty shampoo
and detergent bottles are also OK.
Please rinse and empty
before recycling. No need to remove labels, but
DO remove caps.
DO NOT INCLUDE any other plastics--even ones with a recycling symbol--as there is no current market for them. |
Metal Cans
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Aluminum Cans
Steel
Cans
Tin and bi-metal cans
-- Aerosol & metal paint cans are accepted if completely
empty and dry.
Please rinse and empty before recycling.
No need to remove labels.
DO NOT INCLUDE scrap metal, propane tanks, hangers or containers with liquid. |
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Important Note: Items accepted in the curbside collection program are not the only ones Marin residents can recycle. For a wealth of added information click on the following link:
http://www.marinrecycles.org
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No garbage,
yard waste or hazardous wastes in the carts. MVRS offers
free curbside collections of latex paint, used motor
oil, oil filters and common household batteries. (no
car batteries). See our Hazardous Waste page for more
information. |
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