Recycling Center

Contact Information

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Hours of Operation

Monday – Friday
7:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
1st and 3rd Saturday
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Closed on all City Holidays

*After hours drop-off is available at Recycling Center.

It is our mission to provide the community a convenient and efficient method of diversion of renewable resources from the city landfill, the education of recycling to the public, and to continue the pursuit of meeting the goals of SB1340 by the State of Texas. Recycling Center collaborates with Sanitation Division and Landfill Division to collect City’s recycling.

Materials Accepted

• Aluminum Cans & Scrap
  Foil, pie tins, and soda cans – Please flatten if possible. (If a magnet sticks, it is not aluminum
• Bi-Metal, Steel, & Tin Cans
  Metal lids; soup, fruit, vegetable, & pet food cans, etc. – Please flatten if possible.
• Corrugated Cardboard
  Corrugated Only – Please flatten or use a large box to hold smaller ones. Please remove styrofoam.
• Glass – NOT accepted at this time
• Paper – Computer, mixed, & newspaper

Please separate magazines, mixed paper, and white office paper. Non-corrugated cardboard (cereal boxes, TP rolls)

NOT Acceptable: Carbon paper, overnight envelopes, or waxed boxes
NOT Acceptable: Wet or yellowed newspaper
NOT Acceptable: Pizza boxes

Plastic
Look for #1 through #7 located on the bottom of the bottle.
Milk jugs, shampoo, soda, and misc. bottles – Please remove lids and caps.
NOT Acceptable: Oil bottles and styrofoam
Please rinse out all food containers.

Document shredding is available by appointment. Please call the office. The cost is $0.15 per pound. Presentations and on/off-site tours for groups, organizations, and schools are available by appointment.

For more information please call the Recycling Center at 361-595-8040