Recycling

 

ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES

 

Residential Curbside Recycling:
Once a week collection
96 gallon blue bin provided
For customers under the ADA/Waiver program, recyclables will be emptied the 2nd and 4th calendar week.
96 gallon blue bin provided
Co-mingle recyclable items
Must maintain at least 3 feet between the gray and blue container.
Only recyclable items should be deposited in the blue container.


*Note: Recycling service is tentatively scheduled to begin in April 2008.

Acceptable Items:

  • Paper: corrugated cardboard, brown paper bags, newspapers with inserts, magazines, junk mail, white bond paper, colored bond paper and computer paper.
  • Plastic: Clear #1 plastic (soda pop and small clear water bottle containers; Colored #2 plastic containers (empty dish soap bottles, shampoo bottles and margarine tubs)
    Clear or opaque non-colored #2 plastic containers (milk jugs)
    To determine what kind of number is the plastic look for the symbols at the bottom of each container.
  • Metals:
    1. Aluminum cans
    2. Tin and steel cans
    3. Aluminum foil, pie plates
    4. Copper ( clean copper wire, electrical copper wire and copper tubing)
    5. Brass (valves, faucets & pipes)
    6. Iron (tire rims, chairs & siding)
    7. Clean aluminum (home siding, screen doors & picnic chairs)
Citizen Collection Sites:
Location: Lower Valley 7970 San Paulo
  West 121 Atlantic (Doniphan)
  Northeast 4501 Hondo Pass
  Central 4200 Delta
  West Central 2492 Harrison
  Mission Valley 9000 Escobar
     
Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Days: Tuesday through Saturday
Fees: None - Must present a recent El Paso Water Utility bill and identification matching the household address

ACCEPTABLE ITEMS: Residential waste, bulk waste, yardwaste, furniture and appliances, eight (8) automobile tires.

NOT ACCEPTABLE ITEMS: Dirt, rocks, concrete or construction materials, no appliances w/Freon. No commercial, industrial or agricultural waste.
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