Denton provides single-stream curbside recycling through its blue-lid roll cart program. Accepted materials include paper, cardboard, metal cans, glass bottles, and plastics numbered 1 through 5 and 7. Plastic bags, Styrofoam, and food-contaminated items are not accepted. Denton encourages recycling participation but does not mandate it through fines. Contaminated carts may be tagged and left uncollected.
Dentons single-stream recycling program accepts a wide range of materials in one cart without sorting. Accepted items include newspaper, office paper, junk mail, cardboard (flattened), paperboard, aluminum cans, steel and tin cans, glass bottles and jars (all colors), and rigid plastics numbered 1 through 5 and 7. Items should be empty, clean, and dry. Materials not accepted include plastic bags and film, Styrofoam or expanded polystyrene, food-contaminated paper products (greasy pizza boxes, used paper plates), electronics, textiles, and hazardous materials. Recycling is collected weekly on the same day as trash. The city uses educational tagging -- if a recycling cart contains significant contamination, the cart is tagged with a notice explaining what was wrong and may not be emptied that week. Denton does not impose fines for failing to recycle or for contamination, but repeated contamination may lead to suspension of recycling service for that address. The organics program (green-lid cart) accepts yard waste, food scraps, and compostable materials separately from recycling. Denton Solid Waste at (940) 349-8700 can answer sorting questions.
Denton does not fine residents for failing to recycle or for cart contamination. However, contaminated recycling carts may be tagged and left uncollected. Repeated contamination may result in temporary suspension of recycling service. Placing hazardous materials in the recycling cart is prohibited and may trigger enforcement action.
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