Once a week pick up on designated recycling collection day. Plastic, glass, metals, and paper can be mixed in the Waste Management recycle bin. Yard Trimmings Recycling must be in a paper kraft yard bag or loose in an open container.
Please place at the end of your driveway by 7am. NO TRASH with recycling.
What can I recycle?
Recycle Plastic
YES...
Plastics #1-#7. All household plastic bottles can be recycled if the neck is smaller than the bottom of the bottle.
Remove caps and discard.
NO…
plastic bags, toys, motor oil or other household hazardous waste containers, Styrofoam/Polystyrene containers (egg cartons, foam cups, meat trays).
Recycle Glass
YES...
Glass Jars and bottles.
NO...Light bulbs, sheets of glass, mirrors.
Recycle Paper
YES…
Newspaper, magazines, catalogs, junk mail, office paper.
NO…
Paper that has touched food or is wet.
Recycle Aluminum and Steel Cans
YES…
Soda Cans, Juice Cans, Canned Food Steel Cans, Aerosol Cans.
NO…Aluminum Foil, Jar Lids
Recycling Basics:
- Use the bin provided for glass, plastic, paper and metal.
Crush plastic and cans to fit in bin.
- Co-mingle recyclables.
Empty glass, plastic, aluminum & tin containers mixed together in bin.
- Place paper in paper sack on top of bin. Paper must be dry so if rainy place out next recycle day.
- Place bin at end of drive by 7am.
Recycling is picked up once a week on the designated day.
- Yard Trimmings, like grass, leaves, and spent plants can be recycled by placing them in an open container or in a paper kraft bag and placed with your recyclables. Brush/Tree Trimmings can be recycled by bundling in 5 ft. lengths, less than 50 pound and tied with cotton or jute string.
For more information call the City of Coppell, Community Programs, 972-462-5100 or visit the city website
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