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What & How to Recycle
Your garbage hauler delivers a recycling container along with your solid waste container. If you have not received your recycling cart, please contact your hauler. For more recycling information in the Twin Cities area visit Rethink Recycling and Washington County Public Health and Environment Recycling and Yard Waste website.
- All Number 1 through Number 7 Plastics. Examples:
- Butter tubs/dairy containers
- Ketchup bottles
- Laundry detergents
- Milk jugs
- Soda and water bottles
- All tin and steel cans
- Aluminum cans
- Cereal, chip, cake, cracker boxes
- Corrugated cardboard
- Egg cartons
- Glass beverage bottles (green, clear, or brown)
- Glass food jars (green, clear, or brown)
- Junk mail
- Magazines
- Newspaper
- Office paper
- Paper grocery bags
- Phone books
- Pop, beer, tissue boxes
Information
- Place all your recyclable items loosely together (please do not bag any items except shredded paper).
- Place a recycling cart or bin(s) on the opposite side of your driveway from your trash container or at least 4 feet apart at the curb.
- Please rinse all containers
- Aerosol cans
- Diapers
- Drinking glasses
- Fast food wrap
- Foam, styrofoam
- Food waste
- Landscape edging
- Light bulbs
- Mirrors
- Napkins
- Pizza boxes
- Plastic toys
- Porcelain, ceramic
- Pyrex
- Soiled tissue
- Used Paper plates
- Vinyl siding
- Window glass
Waste Management
Waste Management distributes a 32, 64, or 90-gallon heavy duty green carts with hinged yellow lid, to their customers. Waste Management picks up recyclables every other week. For more information about Waste Management's services please follow this link.
Tennis Sanitation & Tennis Brother Sanitation
Tennis Sanitation and Tennis Brother Sanitation either distributes 2-18 gallon recycling containers, 65-gallon, or 90-gallon heavy duty brown cart with hinged orange lid single sort recycling cart, to their customers. Tennis Sanitation and Tennis Brothers Sanitation picks up recyclables every week.
Every day we make choices about how to dispose of the things we no longer need. Many common household items are hazardous and can threaten our health and the environment if thrown in the trash or poured down the drain. Other items can be reused or recycled. Washington County's Disposal Directory will help you make the best decision for your health and the environment.
The Disposal Directory is provided by the Washington County Department of Public Health and Environment as a public service and is not an endorsement of specific businesses, services, or products. The information listed may contain unintentional omissions and/or inaccuracies. Please call businesses or agencies to confirm hours, locations, and charges for services, if any.