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Find out how to properly dispose of your items below. Customers may also drop off recyclables, hazardous waste, and bulky items at the SF Transfer Station. Please also visit SF Recycles for a comprehensive list of accepted items.
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COMPOST
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RECYCLE
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LANDFILL
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We accept all food scraps, soiled paper, and plants in the green composting cart. Items clearly labeled "compostable" and displaying a green or brown stripe may also be placed in your green cart. Contact us to change the size of any of your carts.
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Food Scraps:
Dirty, Soiled Paper:
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Do You Have Extra Yard Trimmings?
Place your extra yard trimmings next to your green Recology cart in a compostable bag or bundle them together with string into a manageable size (2'x3′). Please do not leave food scraps outside of your cart! The lid on your cart must be fully closed at pickup. Additional collection charges may apply. Contact us to change the size of your Recology cart.
Recycling must be loose, free of a plastic bag liner. Recycling must be clean and dry. Give food and beverage containers a light rinse.
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Metal (no liquids or food):
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Do You Have Extra Recycling?
If you have extra recycling, you may place extra cardboard in a bin, cardboard box or paper bag next to your blue Recology cart at the curb. The cardboard must be broken down to a manageable size (2'x2') max. The lid on your cart must be fully closed at pickup. Additional collection charges may apply. Contact us to change the size of your Recology cart.
Visit SF Environment's website for options to donate reusable items.
Few things, once they are used, are actually trash. Among such things are non-recyclable plastics and other complex materials that were not designed to be recycled. Only place materials that cannot be reused or recycled in your trash.
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Styrofoam ™
Large blocks of clean Styrofoam™ can be dropped off for recycling at the Recology San Francisco Transfer Station at 501 Tunnel Avenue in San Francisco.
Do You Have Extra Trash?
If you have extra trash, that does not fit in your cart, set it out in a sealed bag on top of your Recology cart. Your Recology collector will pick it up and charge your account for the extra service. Contact us to change the size of your Recology cart.
- Bulky items: appliances, furniture, textiles, metal, electronics…
- Household hazardous waste: fluorescent bulbs, pesticides, and other chemicals…
- Electronic & universal waste: computers, monitors, cords, phones, TVs, VCRs, DVD players, stereos, microwave ovens, or iPods…
- Styrofoam™: large blocks of clean Styrofoam™ can be dropped off for recycling at the Recology San Francisco Transfer Station at 501 Tunnel Avenue in San Francisco.
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Source: https://www.recology.com/recology-san-francisco/what-goes-where/