Unincorporated Cupertino Residential Recycling Program

Unincorporated Cupertino 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 Plastic bags (please bag together before placing in cart) Polystyrene (foam plastic - Place in clear plastic bag before putting in cart) Water bottles Paper Most clean and dry household paper: Cardboard Food boxes (cereal, crackers, remove liners) Junk mail & envelopes Magazines & catalogs Newspaper Paper (colored, computer, white, wrapping) Paper and hard cover books Paper bags Paper egg cartons Paper towel rolls Phone books Pizza boxes (empty)
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 Place batteries in a clear, sealed plastic bag on top of the recycling cart. Sorry, we cannot accept cell phone batteries. Contact your cell phone dealer, or the Countywide Household Hazardous Waste line at (408) 299-7300 for recycling information. We cannot accept car batteries. 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

How to Set Out Your Carts at the Curbside

Recycling is collected with a fully automated truck, using a mechanical arm that retrieves, empties and sets the cart down in the street without the driver leaving the truck.

Using the fully automated system makes the set out of the carts more important than ever, so that the mechanical arm can grab a cart without interfering with the other carts.

Place your carts on the street by 6:00am on your scheduled collection day.
Place wheels against the curb and close cart lids.
For easy reference, print the Curbside Placement Reference Guide!