Spokane operates a single-stream recycling program with a blue cart collected every other week. Accepted materials include paper, cardboard, metal cans, and plastics #1 and #2. Glass is collected separately at drop-off sites.
Spokane's single-stream recycling program accepts clean paper, newspaper, cardboard (flattened), metal food and beverage cans, aluminum foil balls larger than 2 inches, and rigid plastic containers numbered 1 and 2 with necks. All items must be empty, clean, and dry. Plastic bags, plastic film, styrofoam, pizza boxes with grease, hoses, textiles, and tanglers are not accepted and cause contamination. Plastics 3 through 7 were removed from the program in 2018 due to international market changes. Glass is collected separately at more than a dozen neighborhood drop-off sites including the downtown library and various community centers. Yard debris goes in the green Clean Green cart year-round or at the Waste-to-Energy for self-hauled loads. Food scraps are not yet included in residential curbside service. Contamination rates above 10 percent in a neighborhood can result in route-wide education mailers and fee increases.
Contaminated loads tagged and left; repeated contamination: $50 fee or cart conversion to garbage.
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