Goodyear, AZ Trash & Recycling: Recycling Rules (2026)

City Code § 10-1-1 defines RECYCLABLE MATERIALS as clean and dry paper, cardboard, chipboard, and plastic containers made from PETE, HDPE, PVC, LDPE, PP or PS, along with steel food cans, aluminum cans, disposable aluminum bakeware and aluminum foil. NON-RECYCLABLE MATERIALS are separately defined to include garbage, hazardous and medical waste, plastic bags, film or sheeting, any plastic not made from PETE or HDPE, organic material other than acceptable paper products, and any material the Sanitation Director decides, at their discretion, is unacceptable. Under § 10-2-3(B), every customer must accept both the refuse container and the recycling container the city assigns; customers who refuse a recycling container, or who have one removed for repeated contamination, can be charged an additional fee.

Customers may request one container-size change per fiscal year without a fee, and an additional recycling container is available at no extra monthly charge once a customer is already using the largest size (§ 10-2-3(C), (E)). Commercial entities can opt into the city's recycling program and receive a container for a refundable deposit and monthly fee (§ 10-2-3(I)), while participation is optional for multi-family dwellings when city sanitation service is provided (§ 10-2-3(H)). Recycling containers must be placed curbside with at least three feet of separation from other containers to allow automated collection, and stored out of street view between pickups (§ 10-3-2).