Curbside Recycling in Peoria
The City of Peoria provides co-mingled curbside recycling for city residents. There is no need to separate or bag the recyclables. Please DO NOT bag your recyclables, but do bag and tie your trash.
Acceptable Items:
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- ( NEW!) Plastics (with the symbol #1 through #7) - water jugs, milk jugs, juice jugs, detergent bottles and water bottles, squeezable bottles, yogurt, sour cream and cottage cheese containers, fountain drink plastic cups, disposable clean plates, CD cases, rigid plastics.
Not recyclable: plastic bags (recycle them at your local grocery store); plastic pipe
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Paper & cardboard - newspaper, magazines, junk mail, phone books, office and writing paper, broken down boxes, cereal boxes, detergent boxes, and shoe boxes.
- (NEW!) Wet Strength Material - frozen food boxes, soda carriers.
- (NEW!) Shredded Paper - must be tied in clear plastic bag
Not recyclable: photographs, hardback or paperback books, blueprints, heat sensitive receipt paper
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- Metal - aluminum (beverage cans) and steel cans (vegetables, fruit, soup cans), empty aerosol cans
(no paint, pesticide or oven cleaner cans), foil paper and clean pie plates.
Not recyclable: paint, pesticide or oven cleaner cans, computers and large electronics (use our Household Hazardous Waste drop-off program instead.)
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- Glass - jars, containers and beverage bottles.
Not recyclable: window panes, mirrors, light bulbs, windshields, car windows, treated glass, glass table tops, televisions.
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Other items that should not be placed in your recycling barrel: grass trimmings, toys, household trash, medical waste, packing material, or foam (styrofoam) products.
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For additional information please contact the Solid Waste Division at 623-773-7431 or e-mail recycling@peoriaaz.gov
Recycling Makes the Difference! 623-773-7836 Recycling Hotline
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