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getting started
The City of Greenville collects recyclables from the curb once a week on your scheduled collection day. Please place your bin at the curb by 7 a.m. each day and remove after service. In case of rain, please hold your paper-based recyclables until the next week, is possible. We do not accept plastic bags. Please rinse all containers before placing them in the bin.
Items collected curbside include:
- mixed paper (magazines, bulk mail, phone books, newspapers, etc.)
- cardboard. Please flatten boxes and remove all non-paper packaging such as Styrofoam. No pizza boxes accepted.
- paperboard. No wax covered paper accepted, such as orange juice or ice cream containers.
- aluminum cans
- steel cans
- glass jars and bottles (clear, brown, blue and green). No ceramic items, no window glass, no drinking glasses or mirrors . Including these items can ruin an entire load of glass.
- all plastic bottle and jugs. We do not accept plastic bags or wide-mouth containers such as yogurt cups, butter tubs or take-out boxes.
Garbage carts, recycling bins and bulk waste should be out at the curb no earlier than 12 hours before collection day and all City containers must be returned to the rear of the structure within 24 hours of collection.
recycling bins
If you would like an extra recycling bin, please call 467-8300. For more recycling information, click here.
additional container options
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city recycling drop-off site
Recycling and Environmental Education Center
800 E. Stone Ave., Greenville
Open 24 hours
864-467-8300
Click here for information about What We Recycle.
Items accepted:
- Vehicle tires (limit 4 per person), no rims or debris, no heavy equipment tires
- VHS and Beta tapes
- CDs and CD cases
- Used books
- Cellular phones (please do not drop-off standard phones)
- Ink cartridges
- Crayons
- Eyeglasses
- Greeting cards
- Floppy disks
- Batteries (all types)
- mixed paper (magazines, bulk mail, phone books, newspapers, etc.)
- cardboard. Please flatten boxes and remove all non-paper packaging such as Styrofoam. No pizza boxes accepted.
- paperboard. No wax covered paper accepted, such as orange juice or ice cream containers.
- aluminum cans
- steel cans
- glass jars and bottles (clear, brown, blue and green). No ceramic items, no window glass, no drinking glasses or mirrors . Including these items can ruin an entire load of glass.
- all plastic bottle and jugs. We do not accept plastic bags or wide-mouth containers such as yogurt cups, butter tubs or take-out boxes.
We do not accept:
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