St. Petersburg provides bi-weekly single-stream curbside recycling under Chapter 27 Article V using blue carts, with zone-specific schedules and rules against contaminating accepted materials.
Chapter 27 Article V of the City Code governs the city's residential recycling program. Single-family residents receive a blue wheeled recycling cart, and pickup is on a bi-weekly schedule based on the resident's color-coded zone. Accepted single-stream materials include paper, cardboard, glass bottles and jars, metal cans, and plastic bottles and containers numbered 1 and 2. Plastic bags, food waste, yard waste, electronics, batteries, and hazardous materials are prohibited and must be taken to the Pinellas County Solid Waste facility or other approved drop-offs. Recycling carts follow the same set-out window as garbage: out after 7 p.m. the day before collection and removed by 7 p.m. on collection day. Contaminated loads may be rejected.
Putting prohibited items in the blue cart, contaminating loads with food or liquids, or leaving carts at the curb after collection can result in warnings, rejected loads, and code enforcement fines under Chapter 27.
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