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Any residential building in Glendale with five or more units can receive recycling services where City staff empty one or more gray automated recycling containers or a white recycling bin located at the building. Upon request, City staff will evaluate your recycling needs and determine the most appropriate type of recycling containers to provide. It is only necessary for the building management to locate space to store the containers or bin. The containers or bin will be emptied on a schedule that is appropriate to the volume of recyclables.
As is the case throughout the City, please place the following in the gray containers or white bin:
Materials Accepted:
- All Clean Paper
newspaper and inserts, junk mail, white and colored office paper, wrapping, art and craft paper, telephone books, paperback and hardback books, magazines, paper bags, catalogs, envelopes (including those with windows), shredded paper (in a closed paper bag/box or clear plastic bag), note cards, Post-it notes
- All Cardboard Boxes and Chipboard
cereal boxes (liners removed), dry food, frozen food, shoe and detergent boxes, paper and toilet rolls, and corrugated boxes (flattened)
- All Food and Beverage Cartons
(milk, juice, soup, etc.)
- All Aluminum, Tin, Metal, Bi-Metal Cans and Scrap Metal
rinsed if possible, soda, juice, soup, vegetable, and pet food cans; pie tins; wire hangers
- All Glass Bottles and Jars
rinsed if possible, soda, wine, and beer bottles, food jars
- All Clean Plastic Bottles and Containers (#1 through #7)
soda, juice, detergent, bleach, shampoo, lotion, mouthwash, containers, milk jugs, tubs for margarine and yogurt, plastic planters
- Clean Plastic Bags and Film Bags (bundled in a tied bag)
grocery and store bags, dry cleaner bags, newspaper bags
- Miscellaneous Plastics
non-electric plastic toys, clean plastic eating utensils, plastic coat hangers, plastic swimming pools, plastic laundry baskets
- CDs and DVDs (without cases)
Other miscellaneous items accepted:
- Shredded paper
(place in clear plastic bags, paper bags or boxes)
- Cracked plastic buckets
- Padded mailers, padded envelopes, plastic mailers padded with plastic bubbles or paper mailers padded with plastic bubbles
- “Plant” bottles
(certain water bottles and juice bottles now being manufactured by soft drink companies)
- Small scrap metals such as cooking pans
- Plastic plant containers
(sold by nurseries or retail stores, normally black plastic)
- Metal beer caps or metal soft drink caps
- Six-pack plastic rings
- Garden hoses, provided they are cut in 1 foot sections
(please note that uncut garden hoses jam the mechanical conveyor belts at the Glendale Recycling Center)
Preparation:
- Materials should not protrude outside the top of the container.
DO NOT RECYCLE THESE ITEMS IN THE GRAY CONTAINER OR WHITE BIN
- Contaminated Paper
all soiled papers or bags with oil and food waste, paper cups, paper towels, wax paper, unclean food boxes
- Broken glass
window glass, mirrors, auto glass, light bulbs, fluorescent lights and ceramics, drinking glasses, mugs
- Other plastic
Garden hoses can be dropped off at the Glendale Recycling Center.
- Miscellaneous Materials
cloth, appliances, tires, carpet and padding, computer parts, diapers, dryer lint, food waste, packaging materials, lawn furniture, pens and pencils, phones, clocks, wood/lumber, construction materials, yard trimmings
- Hazardous Materials
batteries, needles and syringes, electronic items, all partially filled aerosol cans and containers for cleaning fluids, automotive fluids, pesticides, paint, garden chemicals, and pool cleaners
Go to Electronics Recycling for information on recycling batteries, fluorescent lights, and other electronic waste.
Please flatten cardboard and cereal boxes. As a reminder, we do not accept aluminum foil, scrap metal, window or safety glass, mirrors, light bulbs, drinking glasses, plastic bags, plastic wrap, food waste, packaging materials, TV dinner trays, and margarine tubs.
We also have flyers available in English, Spanish and Armenian that can be distributed to tenants explaining what to place in the gray containers or white bin.
Building managers or owners can also request one or more of our green yard trimmings containers for the placement of brush, leaves, grass, trimmings, and tree limbs less than six inches in diameter. The green containers must be placed at or on the curb on the curbside collection day for your area.
Do not place palm fronds, plastic or paper bags, tree limbs greater than six inches in diameter, fruit or vegetables, animal waste or dirt in the green containers. Do not bundle or tie yard trimmings and make sure the lid of the container is closed.
By using one of the City's recycling or yard trimmings containers, building managers will be decreasing the volume of refuse and making it possible to save money by reducing the size or collection frequency of your refuse containers.
To request recycling or yard trimming services, to receive recycling flyers, or to learn the curbside collection day for your area, contact the Integrated Waste Management Section at 818-548-3916.
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