The City of Gainesville collects single-stream recycling and provides City customers with a recycling container. Recycling bins must be placed curbside by 6:30 a.m., rain or shine, on your designated collection day.
Learn your residence's assigned recycling collection day here. Please note your recycling collection day is the same as your garbage collection day.
What can I recycle?
- Cans: Aluminum and tin cans. Rinse out, flatten (optional)
- Scrap metal: Less than 5 pounds and less than 18 inches in length
- Paper: Newspaper or magazines
- Plastic: No. 1 and No. 2. Numbers are listed on the bottom of containers
- Broken-down cardboard
For additional questions, please review the Garbage + Recycling Guidelines pamphlet.
Items Not Accepted
For additional questions, please review the Garbage + Recycling Guidelines pamphlet.
