Recycling
Seat Pleasant Recycle Right Program
The Seat Pleasant Environmental Justice Department Waste Management Division provides curbside recycling collection for the City of Seat Pleasant residents and citizens.
Our goal is to make recycling easy and effective for all residents. By recycling right, we can reduce waste, conserve resources, and protect our environment. Here’s everything you need to know about recycling in our city.
Recycling Tips:
- Rinse out containers to prevent contamination.
- Break down cardboard boxes.
- Only recycle rigid plastics.
- When in doubt, throw it out!
Additional Resources:
- Download our comprehensive recycling guide
- Watch our educational videos on recycling practices.
- Sign up for our monthly newsletter to stay updated on recycling tips and events.
Recycling is your opportunity to keep Seat Pleasant a clean and healthy place to live. It is easy, saves energy and is good for the environment. By placing your recycling bin at the curb once a week on Tuesdays, you can help reduce the amount of trash that is disposed of at the landfill.
Green Recycling Bins can be obtained from the Environmental Justice Department. Call City Hall for details, 301-336-2600. Please do not place recyclables in a bag. They must be loose in your Green Recycling Bin, otherwise Waste Management will not dump your items.
Acceptable Items
Remember to rinse all food and beverage containers and to recap or place the lids in the recycling cart/bin.
Glass
- Food and beverage containers
Metals
- Empty aerosol cans
- Aluminum, bimetal, ferrous, and steel containers
- Aluminum foil
- Coat hangers
Mixed Paper / Corrugated Cardboard
- All paper
- Aseptic/gable-top milk and juice cartons
- Catalogs
- Corrugated cardboard (boxes)
- Frozen food packaging
- Books
- Paper bags and wrapping paper
- Magazines
- Newspapers with inserts
- Paperboard (cereal boxes)
- Telephone Books
Plastics
- Bagged grocery bags, shrink wrap, and stretch-film (Insert all bags within one bag; no loose single bags)
- Drinking cups/glasses
- Flower pots
- Narrow-neck containers with code identification numbers 1 through 7
- Wide-mouth containers such as:
- Peanut butter
- Yogurt
- Cottage cheese
- Sour cream
- Mayonnaise and whipped topping
- Margarine/butter tubs
- Prescription bottles
- Coat hangers
Unacceptable Items
- Auto parts
- Broken glass
- Dishes
- Electronics
- Hazardous materials
- Light bulbs
- Medical waste
- Mirrors
- Motor oil containers
- Packing foam and peanuts
- Plastic utensils
- Windowpanes