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Recycling
Recycling is one of the easiest and most effective ways for Dallas residents to get involved in the City’s efforts to protect the environment. We can all do our part to sort out discarded materials from our trash that could otherwise be used again. It is all about efficiency.
DO YOU have an interest in reducing water pollution, air pollutants, and mining waste? Well, by recycling you can do just that.
You can also drop-off your recyclables at any one of the numerous drop-off locations in Dallas. See a complete list of locations at Sanitation's web site.
Dallas’ Recycling Efforts and Accomplishments:
Waste has no place in Dallas, which is why the City is so proud of the recycling efforts already made by its residents and is looking forward to coming up with new, innovative ways to make the process even more simple and accessible to everyone. Record numbers show that the Dallas community is recycling more and discarding less helping us to maintain our efforts of being an environmental leader.
- Dallas residents doubled their recycling pounds from 9,680 tons in FY 2005-06 to 21,500 tons for FY 2006-07!
- The City’s goal is to increase that figure to 35,000 tons in FY 2007-08 and 45,000 tons by 2011, with a residential participation rate of at least 50 percent of households.
- The City of Dallas’ “Too Good To Throw Away” Recycling Program offers several convenient features:
- Convenient Single Stream Recycling means no sorting necessary! Don’t bother sorting…just simply place all recyclables into your blue recycling bag or blue recycling roll cart and the City’s Sanitation Services will collect them on your scheduled dates.
- Large recycling roll carts give residents plenty of room to recycle.
- Blue recycling bags are still accepted and available, giving people another option in how they choose to recycle.
Did you know….About 75 percent of what people currently throw into the trash is “too good to throw away” and could be reused for another purpose? Challenge your friends, family members and neighbors to think about what might be “too good to throw away” and encourage them to join the large-scale city-wide effort to lead the country to a more environmentally-sustainable future through recycling!
Recyclable Items Include:
- Glass: unbroken bottles and jars of any color (please rinse)
Plastics: bottles, jars, containers labeled #1, 2,3,4,5 and 7 (please rinse!) - You'll find the plastics number in a triangle on the base of the container. If in doubt, put it in the cart - we'll sort it out, if need be.
Metals: steel, tin, and aluminum (please rinse!) Used aerosol (non-hazardous) cans are ok too. - Paper products: newspapers and inserts, magazines, catalogs, telephone books, mixed office paper, mail and junk mail.
- Cardboard: cardboard boxes, chipboard (like cereal and tissue boxes).
Recyclable items DO NOT include:
- Food waste
- Containers stained with food
- Wet paper products
- Styrofoam Waxed paper or cardboard
- Plate glass (windows or doors)
- Electronics
- Yard waste (grass trimmings, branches, leaves) please leave these it items for the once-monthly Brush/Bulk
For more recycling information, visit the City of Dallas Sanitation Services Recycling web page or call the City’s “Recycle Line” (214) 670-4475.
