New recycling schedule! Recycling is now being picked up every other week based on a rotating schedule. Customers have been assigned to a BLUE week or a WHITE week. Trash and yard waste will continue being collected weekly. Your collection day will also remain the same.

  

To find out when your recycling will be collected, follow these two simple steps:

			Find out if you are on a BLUE or a WHITE recycling schedule by following the instructions below.
			Click here to view the recycling collection schedule for 2013.

Read these instructions carefully to find out your recycling pickup week. 

• Enter your address in the search box in the following format: STREET NUMBER STREET NAME 
• A street number is not required for the search, but entering only a street name will bring up every address on that street
• DO NOT enter the type of street (i.e. Road, Street, Drive, Lane, Rd., St., etc.)
• If applicable, enter the street direction as a single letter without punctuation (i.e. South would be S) 

For example, if you wanted to see what the pickup week would be for 1234 South College Road, enter "S College" or "1234 S College." 

The new carts have lids that prevent recycling from blowing around and wheels that make it easier to bring your recycling out to the curb. This change is saving the city over $220,000 per year since recycling is only being collected every two weeks. It is also anticipated that 15-20% of recyclable materials will be diverted from the landfill.

If you want the city to pick up your old red recycling bin, please call 341-7875 and the Solid Waste Division will schedule a time to pick it up. Otherwise, feel free to keep the bin. Thank you for recycling!

 

Items that can be recycled include:

Aluminum cans Glass bottles and jars Tin cans Newspaper, including all inserts Mixed plastic containers identified with #1 - #7 on the container's bottom Rigid plastic (Ex. laundry baskets and plastic tubs) Mixed paper, including magazines and junk mail

Catalogs (under 2 inches thick) Cardboard boxes (flatten first) Cereal and food boxes Gabled drink containers, juice boxes, carton drinks File folders and computer paper Metal pots and pans without plastic handles

Download a flyer displaying all accepted recycling items- Items accepted by City of Wilmington recycling collection.pdf

The City’s recycling program is a voluntary curbside collection program.

• Recycling is provided as part of your trash collection, at no additional charge. To sign up, call 910.341.7875.
• Recycling is collected is on the same day as trash pick up, but on a bi-weekly collection schedule.
• Place your recycling bin in the right-of-way by 7:30 a.m. and remove it as soon as possible once it has been emptied.
• Do not put anything in your recycling bin that is not recyclable.
• Rinse out the items before placing them in your recycling bin.
• Lids and caps are now acceptable recycling items.
• Please flatten any cardboard boxes.

Residents who are not offered curbside recycling may use the recycling drop-off centers located throughout the county. For location information, visit the New Hanover County Department of Environmental Management webpage or call 910.798.4400.