Residential Recycling Program

Recycling is more important today than ever. In order to keep our communities safe and clean, we all must pitch in to help recycle and reuse as much as possible. Recology Mountain View provides a convenient curbside recycling collection program to all residential customers.

Please set out your garbage, recycling and yard trimming carts in the street by 6:00am on collection day and remove them no later than the next day. Place carts at least 18 inches apart on the street by the curb. Store the carts behind a hedge, fence or other area screened from street view as a courtesy to your neighbors.

Please contact us for more information.

Acceptable Recycling Materials Only place recyclable materials into your blue container! Please empty and rinse all food and beverage containers and remove the caps and lids from the containers before placing them into the blue recycling cart. Place lids in the garbage. You do not need to remove any labels.
Household Batteries Place used household batteries in a bag provided by Recology Mountain View and set on top of recycling cart. Glass (blue lid) All colors of bottles and jars. We accept both California Redemption Value (CRV) and Non-redeemed containers. Glass Bottles (beer, juice, liquor, soda, wine) Glass Jars (apple sauce, pasta sauce, mayonnaise) Metal (blue lid) You do not need to crush cans. Aluminum cans (soda and beer cans) Tin Cans (vegetable & meat products, pet food, soup) Plastic (blue lid) Plastic bottles & tubs marked #1-#7. Detergent and shampoo bottles Milk and orange juice jugs Water, soda & juice bottles Yogurt, margarine & cottage cheese tubs	Paper (gray lid) Most clean and dry household paper: Brown paper bags Cardboard (please flatten cardboard and wrap it with twine in bundles no larger than two feet by three feet) Chipboard (cereal, crackers, shoes or gifts) Junk mail and catalogs Magazines, catalogs and phone books (includes glossy publications) Newspaper (include inserts) Office paper (all colors) Paperboard egg cartons (not Styrofoam)

Unacceptable Recycling Materials Please do not place the following un-recyclable materials into your blue container!
Construction Debris Concrete, rocks, dirt Electronic / Universal Waste Televisions, computers, cell phones, fluorescent light bulbs, mercury switches Green Waste Grass, leaves, tree and bush cuttings	Household Hazardous Waste Paints, solvents, cooking oil, motor oil, cleaners, corrosives, fuel tanks - propane tanks Un-Recyclable Glass, Metal, Paper and Plastic

Extra Collection Services:

Residents can schedule three "On Call Plus" clean-ups per calendar year. Each clean up allows for the collection of bagged or boxed items, (not to exceed 4 ft. high by 4 ft. wide by 8 ft. long), and up to three bulky (large) items. See the Special Clean-Up Services page for a partial list of "bulky items". To make an appointment for your "On Call Plus" cleanup, call Recology Mountain View at (650) 967-3034 or e-mail customer service.

Close the Loop -- Buy Recycled!

There is another important step to recycling: buying products made with recycled content. When you purchase products with recycled content, manufacturers will continue to use recyclables in their products and will expand their use to other products.

Compare labels to find the product with the highest percentage of "post-consumer" recycled content. ("Post-consumer" is the material you recycle in your curbside bin.) Many products, such as greeting cards, tissue, toilet paper and paper towels, offer a variety of recycled-content choices. Be sure to look for the recycling symbol! Other products, such as aluminum cans, almost always contain high post-consumer recycled content, even if the can doesn't have the symbol.

Remember to look for the familiar "chasing arrows" recycling symbol when you shop!

REUSE -- Leave less for the future!

You can help the environment and your pocketbook by buying reusable products. Consider sponges, dish towels, and cloth napkins in place of paper towels and disposable napkins, rechargeable batteries, and products in reusable packaging, such as glass jars.

Instead of throwing that old coat or dress away, consider donating your unwanted household items to a nonprofit or church-run thrift store. Look in the Yellow Pages under "consignment", "second hand", "thrift", "antiques", or "used" such as "clothing - used" or "furniture dealers - used".