Wichita provides a voluntary curbside recycling program through single-stream collection. The city provides a recycling cart and collects recyclables every other week. Recycling is encouraged but not mandatory for residential properties.
The city provides a blue 96-gallon recycling cart for single-stream recycling. Accepted materials include cardboard, mixed paper, plastic bottles and containers (#1-#7), aluminum and steel cans, and glass bottles. All recyclables go in one cart without sorting. Contamination from non-recyclable materials, food waste, and plastic bags is a persistent challenge. The city partners with a materials recovery facility to process collected recyclables. Commercial recycling is handled through private haulers.
Since recycling is voluntary for residential properties, there are no penalties for not recycling. However, contaminating the recycling stream with non-recyclable materials may result in the cart not being collected and a warning tag placed on the cart.
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