Curbside Recycling
If you live in an area where curbside recycling service is offered by a commercial garbage company, here's some information that may be helpful.
What you can recycle:
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Glass bottles, jars
- Tin cans (Please rinse)
- Aluminums cans
- Plastic bottles, jars, jugs (No. 1 thru 7)
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Newspapers
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Magazines
- Junk Mail
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Corrugated Cardboard
- Cereal Boxes (Please remove liner)
- Phone Books
- Waxed cartons (Milk, juice)
What should not be recycled:
- Window glass, stemware
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Pizza boxes (used)
- Food Waste (Much food waste can be composted, see compost page)
- Hazardous Waste containers (See HHW page)
- Scrap metal
- Plastic film, plastic bags
- Medical waste, used medical sharps
Those areas that offer curbside recycling through their garbage Company:
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City of Oroville, Including Kelly Ridge, South Oroville & Thermalito
- City of Gridley
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City of Biggs
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City of Chico and the greater Chico urban area as well as the Community of Durham
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Town of Paradise, including the Magalia/Upper Ridge area up to Steiffer Rd.
- Additional areas may have curbside recycling. Contact your service provider for specific areas.
For more information on curbside recycling please contact your garbage company.
- Waste Management: 530.893.4777
- Recology of Butte-Colusa Counties: 530.533.5868 (Now serving Forest Ranch with curbside recycling)
- Northern Recycling & Waste Services: 530.876.3340
Curbside Greenwaste Recycling:
If you live in an area where curbside greenwaste recycling service is offered by a commercial garbage company, here's some information that may be helpful.
What you can recycle:
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Grass clippings, weeds
- Leaves
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Pine needles, pine cones
- Brush, small branches
What you can not recycle:
- Palm fronds
- Pampas grass
- Anything over 3 inches in diameter
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Anything over 3 feet long
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Food waste
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Lumber
Those areas that offer curbside greenwaste recycling through their garbage company:
- City of Oroville, Including Kelly Ridge, South Oroville & Thermalito
- City of Gridley
- City of Biggs
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City of Chico and the greater Chico urban area as well as the Community of Durham
- Town of Paradise, including the Magalia/Upper Ridge area up to Steiffer Rd.
For more information on curbside greenwaste recycling please contact your garbage company
- Waste Management: 530.893.4777
- Recology Butte-Colusa Counties : 530.538.5868
- Northern Recycling & Waste Services: 530.876.3340