Department of Public Works

Recycling helps to protect the environment by reducing trash, preventing pollution, decreasing emissions of greenhouse gases which affect our climate, and reduces the number of items that are dumped into our landfills or would need to be incinerated.   

Follow these easy steps for recycling:

1.  Use the City-issued container, or any container you want: paper bags, cardboard boxes, old laundry baskets – you can even use a trash can (just mark it “recycling”).  There is only one rule:  Do not place recycling in plastic bags!  

2.  Fill your container with any of the approved recycling materials: paper, cans, cardboard bottles, etc.   3.  Place your container at the same  pick-up location as your regular trash collection .    Recycling collection occurs EVERY OTHER FRIDAY.  Should a holiday fall on the scheduled collection day, pick-up will be rescheduled to the following Saturday.    

Call 311 to report violations and/or cans left in the alley.