Cleveland provides curbside single-stream recycling collected every other week. Accepted materials include paper, cardboard, plastic bottles and containers (#1-5, #7), glass bottles and jars, and metal cans. Materials should be clean and dry. No plastic bags, Styrofoam, or food-contaminated items.
Recycling is collected every other week in city-issued recycling carts. All recyclables go into a single cart without sorting. Materials must be rinsed clean. Cardboard should be broken down flat. No plastic bags, shrink wrap, Styrofoam, or electronics. Contaminated carts (containing non-recyclable items) may not be collected.
Contaminated recycling carts may be tagged and left uncollected. Repeat contamination may result in service warnings.
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