Recycle your Glass Bottles and Jars Now!

Glass bottles and jars are now accepted in Pensacola’s curbside recycling program. Just rinse out your bottles and jars and remove the lids. Then place your UNBROKEN glass bottles and jars in your recycling cart along with your other recyclables. There is no need to remove the labels.

Placing non-recyclable items in your recycling cart contaminates the target recyclables and hurts the program. Please help us.

Recycle these items (updated 3/7/12)

• Glass bottles & jars (rinsed – no lids)
• Newspapers & inserts
• Junk mail & envelopes
• Office & school paper
• Magazines & catalogs
• Paperback books
• Phone books
• Plastic bottles (narrow necked)
• Plastic milk jugs  
• Aluminum cans
• Steel cans
• Tin cans
• Corrugated cardboard
• Cereal and cracker boxes
• Soda cartons
• Shoe boxes
• Dry pet food bags
• Plastic cups, plates, utentsils
• Plastic produce clamshells
• Aluminum foil and foil pie tins
• Metal pots and pans
• Pizza boxes
• Bubble wrap 

Don't recycle these (updated 3/7/12)

• Porcelain
• Light bulbs
• Plate glass or mirrors
• Ceramics or glass cookware
• Oil containers
• Plastic toys or garden items
• Waxed milk or juice cartons
• Food contaminated paper items
• Frozen food bags
• Batteries
• Computer equipment
• Paint cans
• Aerosol cans
• Packing peanuts or Styrofoam
• Hazardous materials

Remember to place your recycling cart curbside by 6:00 a.m. on your collection day and remove your cart from the curb after collection.

Customer Service 435-1890

Tips for Recycling

• Place your recycling cart curbside by 6:00 a.m. on your designated recycling day.
• Make sure your recycling cart is at least 3 feet from any parked cars, mailboxes, power poles or any other objects to ensure proper collection.
• Rinse all food containers before placing the items in your recycling cart.
• There is no need to remove labels or to crush cans before placing them into your recycling cart.
• Flatten cardboard boxes before placing them in the recycling cart.
• Place recyclables loosely in the recycling cart.
• Make it a household challenge to fill the recycling cart each week with your separated recyclables.