The 36th Ward is young, vibrant and growing. Our neighborhoods are a great place to raise a family, and we need to make sure our kids have the same beautiful neighborhoods, so lets recycle together! Here is a list of things that can be recycled in the blue bins:

• Glass jars and bottles
• Aluminum cans, foil and pie tins
• Tin or Steel cans
• Cereal boxes, paper towel rolls
• Cardboard (flatten all boxes)
• Plastic bottles and containers (# 1-5, 7 accepted)
• Junk mail, magazines and catalogs
• Telephone books
• Paper bags
• Office paper and file folders
• Newspaper and inserts
• Beverage cartons (milk, juice, soy cartons)
• Beverage carrier stock: plastic rings and cardboard carrying cases
• Wrapping paper (no bows or ribbons, please)
• Paper greeting cards

On the other hand, these are things often found in the blue bins that cannot be recycled:

• Clothes and linens (please donate!)
• Plastic or metal hangers
• #6 Plastics (polystyrene or Styrofoam)
• Diapers or feminine products
• Construction debris (bricks, wood, cement, etc.)
• Paint or spray paint
• Unnumbered plastics (toothbrushes, toys, hoses, cereal box liners, etc.)
• Loose plastic shopping bags (bring those back to retailers for recycling)
• Hard, reusable plastic bottles (like Nalgene or baby bottles)

We do have a more complete list here

In case the Streets and Sanitation team cannot pick up the blue bin, they will mark the bin with one of these tags:

For more information, please check out the following links: