Bi-Weekly Curbside Recycling Collection
Residents in our service area receive:
Curbside recycling collection service every other week
Recycling carts available in two sizes: 60 or 90 gallons
Cart Services: Set-out instructions, request missed cart service, add/remove carts, change cart size, broken/missing cart services
2025-26 Residential Curbside Collection Services Guide (Language Translations) provides information about curbside programs
Acceptable and Unacceptable Recycling Cart Items
Recycling Guidelines
Recyclables must be empty and dry; Lids and labels ok; Bag your Garbage but not your Recyclables - place loose in cart - do not bag. Containers with liquid or food can spoil everyone’s recycling, learn more on CalRecycle irecyclesmart.com video: Shake It Out.
Acceptable Recycling Cart Items
Clean flattened cardboard & paperboard (must fit loosely to fall freely when cart is serviced); Glass bottles & jars; Clean paper; Plastic bottles & containers; Metal cans.
Unacceptable Recycling Cart Items
No plastic bags or plastic wrap, Styrofoam (TM); No propane tanks, paint, batteries, needles; No hoses, cords, chains, clothes hangers; No coated paper or cartons; No clothing, shoes, blankets; No organics; No liquids. No oversized items (must fit in cart and fall freely when serviced)
Below is a detailed list of items that can be recycled in your curbside recycling containers or use the "How do I get rid of" tool on our website or free SacGreenTeam App - available on the App Store or Google Play - and features your collection calendar, street sweeping calendar, sign up for reminders, schedule a bulky waste pickup, report missed service or play the Sort Smart game.
To learn more about Robbie Recycle, visit RecycleReboot.com.
Recycle More Of These
Includes newspapers, magazines, junk mail, paper egg cartons, and cereal/cracker boxes (with plastic bag/liners removed). Breakdown cardboard to fit - items must fall freely when serviced.
Empty and dry soup and vegetable cans, dog and cat food cans, and soda cans. Labels and lids are ok.
Empty and dry glass bottles and jars. All colors are accepted. Labels and lids are ok.
Empty and dry plastic food and beverage containers. Examples include plastic liter soda bottles, plastic laundry, shampoo, and conditioner bottles, plastic milk and juice jugs, plastic butter and yogurt containers, plastic laundry baskets, and plastic five gallon buckets. Labels and lids are ok.
Styrofoam and packing peanuts are not accepted. Please reuse these items or dispose of them in your garbage cart.
Do NOT Put These Items In Your Recycling Cart
All recyclables must be loose in the Recycling cart. No bagged items, plastic bags or film plastics – find a drop-off film plastic recycler or place in the Garbage cart. No oversized items - must fit and fall freely when serviced.
No padded plastic envelopes, plastic bags, and plastic wrap. Thin, flimsy plastics jam the recycling processors machinery. Even if these items have a chasing arrow image (three arrows in a shape of a triangle) they are not allowed in your curbside Recycling cart. Please reuse these items if possible. Some local stores accept flimsy plastics for recycling. Find a drop off near you on the How2Recycle website. If none of these are options, put flimsy film plastics in the Garbage cart.
No food waste, liquids, food-soiled items. Food and liquids contaminate other recyclable items so they are no longer recyclable and go to the landfill. Empty liquids and scrape or shake out food residue from your recyclables before placing in your Recycling cart.
No clothes, shoes, blankets. These items get tangled in the recycling processing equipment. Donate, or dispose of these in your Garbage cart.
No hangers, cords, hoses, plastic packaging straps. Because these items get tangled in the recycling processing equipment. Reuse or dispose of in your Garbage cart.
No Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) In Any Curbside Cart
Items like household batteries, cleaners, pesticides, fluorescent light tubes/bulbs and paint never belong in any of your curbside carts (Garbage, Recycling or Organics)! Drop off HHW items for free at any Household Hazardous Waste Regional Drop-Off Facilities in Sacramento County.
Scavenging
Removing recyclables from a curbside cart is a crime pursuant to Section 6.20.160 of the Sacramento County Code. To report scavenging, call 3-1-1 (or 916-875-4311 if outside the unincorporated County), or for hearing/speech impaired, call TDD 7-1-1 or 916-875-7105.
Related Content
- Bulky Waste Pickup
- Kiefer Landfill
- North Area Recovery Station
- Household Hazardous Waste Drop Off Centers
- Report Illegal Dumping
- SacGreenTeam Careers
Tools
- Collection Calendar & Sweeping Schedule
- How Do I Get Rid Of...
- Language Translation
- Sign-up for Email Updates
- SacGreenTeam Mobile App
Never miss your curbside collection day! The app is available to download in the app stores for both Apple and Android devices.