Curbside Recycling

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CURBSIDE RECYCLING

The Curbside Recycling Program is provided bi-weekly to the Braeburn Terrace Neighborhood. 

2008 Recycling Dates:
February 5th & 19th
March 4th & 18th
April 1st, 15th, 29th
May 13th & 28th
June 10th & 24th

Materials collected include aluminum and tin cans, #1 and #2 plastic containers, corrugated cardboard, mail, envelopes, home and office paper, telephone books, newspapers, magazines and used motor oil.

ITEMS NOT ACCEPTED @ CURBSIDE RECYCLING:
(BATTERIES, OIL, PAINT & ANTI-FREEZE = B.O.P.A.) The Solid Waste Management Department has a B.O.P.A. recycling operation at the Westpark Recycling Center (5815 SW Freeway). Residents can drop off these items and tires from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday, except holidays. The facility is a drive through operation so you do not have to unload your own vehicle.

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Recycling now accepts far more plastics
 
Houstonians can now recycle most plastics at curbside, including those marked 1-5 and 7, and at recycling centers.

The only plastics not accepted are number 6, including styrofoam, as well as plastic bags, meat and food trays, food wrap, toys and furniture.

Recycler AbitibiBowater has committed $3 million to upgrade its Houston facility to process single-stream recyclables and has announced plans for further investments to "strengthen the recycling partnership with the city...to allow the city ... to proceed aggressively with a strategic plan for a sustainable recycling program.”

“With a single-stream processing facility in town, we will be able to provide more Houstonians with curbside recycling," Solid Waste Management Department Director Harry Hayes said.