Glass bottles & jars
Metal Cans
Empty Aerosol Cans
Plastic bottles with
a or a on the bottom.
(Goes in a PAPER bag or a SECOND BLUE BIN)
Newspapers
Circulars
Office paper
Notebook paper
Stationery
Envelopes
Junk mail
Magazines
Catalogs
Sticky Notes
Flatten corrugated boxes and cut or fold them down to 2 feet x 2 feet. Tie them into manageable bundles with string or twine.
Place your recycling at the curb by 6:30 a.m.
Do not use plastic bags for your recycling
Rinse your containers and put the lids in the garbage.
Separate your paper from the rest of your recycling.
If you have garbage & recycling collection on the same day, place your recycling five feet from your garbage cart.
Put the following items in your GARBAGE CART:
containers with needles or syringes inside; paper milk cartons and similar boxes; coat harngers; egg cartons; dairy or margarine tubs; motor oil bottles; pizza boxes; plastic bags; scrap metal; Styrofoam; and take-out containers.
Pick up a recycling bin at any City of Austin fire station. Please bring your utility bill to show you have the City of Austin's garbage service.

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