City of Los Altos Residential Recycling Program

Recycling is more important than ever before to individuals and communities today. There is a pressing need to preserve our environment, save natural resources, reduce the amount of garbage going to landfills and make recycling easier.

Recology South Bay is committed to providing long-term environmentally conscious waste management services in our communities at the lowest rates possible.

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Acceptable Recycling Materials Only place recyclable materials into your recycling container! Please rinse food and beverage containers and crush plastics.
Aseptic containers Aseptic containers are sterile cardboard containers, which are used to preserve food. Cardboard milk cartons. Cardboard orange juice cartons Fruit juice boxes Glass All glass food, beverage jars and bottles. Remove metal lids and place separately in bin. Fruit juice Mayonnaise jars Spaghetti sauce jars Metal All metal food and beverage containers including those made of aluminum, tin, steel and bi-metal. Aluminum foil and pie pans Aerosol cans (emptied of gas and liquid) Metal lids from glass bottles and jars Metal pots and pans Rinsed food and beverage cans (aluminum, steel, and tin) Scrap Metal Soda, pet food, soup, and tuna cans (lids okay)	Plastic Containers marked #1 - #7 Detergent and shampoo containers Milk and orange juice jugs Polystyrene (foam plastic - Place in clear plastic bag before putting in cart) Water bottles Paper Place all acceptable paper items in your paper recycling bin. Adhesive notes Brown paper grocery bags Food boxes (cereal, crackers, remove liners) Junk mail & envelopes Home & office paper Magazines & catalogs Paper (colored, computer, white) Paper bags Paper egg cartons Paper towel rolls Phone books Wrapping Paper

Corrugated Cardboard If cardboard cannot fit in your recycling cart, flatten and place it alongside your recycling cart. Cardboard pieces should be no larger than 3 feet by 3 feet. Tie large quantities of cardboard with string. Household Batteries To recycle household batteries contact the Countywide Household Hazardous Waste Program at (408) 299-7300 for information. Newspaper Newspapers should be placed in paper bags or bundled and tied with string and put next to your recycling bin. Plastic Bags Recycle grocery, produce, dry cleaning, shopping, newspaper and bread bags. Please bundle all bags together inside a tied plastic bag (preferably a clear bag or labeled as recycling). Polystyrene Includes Styrofoam™ packing blocks, egg cartons and "take-out" containers (emptied and rinsed). Place large foam blocks in a secured, clear plastic bag, and place next to recycling bins. Motor Oil & Filters Used Motor Oil Place used motor oil in one-gallon plastic containers with tight fitting, screw top lids. (Milk and water jugs with pop-on lids are acceptable.) Lids must be taped securely! You may place up to two one-gallon containers next to your recycling bin for pickup. Used Oil Filters Place fully drained filters in a sealed, leak-proof, plastic bag and place curbside next to your recycling bins.

Unacceptable Recycling Materials Please do not place the following non-recyclable materials into your blue container!
Construction Debris Concrete, rocks, dirt Electronic / Universal Waste Televisions, computers, cell phones, batteries, fluorescent light bulbs, mercury switches Household Hazardous Waste Paints, solvents, motor oil, cleaners, corrosives, fuel tanks - propane tanks, syringes, medical waste	Unacceptable Glass, Metal, Paper and Plastic Yard Waste Leaves, small branches, grass clippings