Curbside Recycling- Keep it Clean, Dry and Empty
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.
All items must be clean dried and empty. Do not bag your recycling, put it in loose.
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
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
- 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