Household Recycling

Updated: 1/3/2013
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What Do I Recycle?


Most items accepted for household recycling are the same regardless of the community.  However, there may be slight differences in communities with wheeled carts; call or visit your community's website.  All communities with blue bins accept the following:  
                                                  (Please bundle or bag papers to keep them separate from containers.)

                                          Paper*
                               Bag of paper

                          Bottles, Cans and Cartons
                                Bin with Commingles                      
Newspaper
Newspaper		 Mail
Junk Mail
(windowed envelopes okay) 
 Alum cans
Aluminum Cans                        		Glass bottles
Glass Bottles/Jars
Magazines
Magazines		 cardboard
Corrugated Cardboard
(3' x 4' max)		 Plastic#1
#1 Plastic Bottles*
(Caps may be left on.)		 plastic 2
#2 Plastic Bottles*
(Caps may be left on.)
Cereal Tissue boxes
Cereal, Snack and Tissue Boxes		 Office paper
Office Paper and Shredded Paper
Steel Tin cans
Steel/Tin Cans 		 Cartons
Milk, Juice, Soup Cartons
Egg cartons paper rolls
Beverage Carriers, Paper Egg Cartons,
Paper Towel and Toilet Paper Rolls		 Phonebook_Paperback book
Phone Books and Paperback Books		                                    No Plastic Bags
                          NO PLASTIC BAGS
                                    Thank you! 

For printable PDF of our recycling guide, click here.

*NO OTHER #1 or #2 plastics such as margarine, veggie/fruit basket containers, yogurt containers.  ONLY #1 & #2 bottles, jugs and jars accepted.
*No wrapping paper or gift bags accepted; may dispose of in trash.

Need a Blue Bin? 
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For residents in our blue bin program, free replacement or additional bins are available at several locations throughout the County:

1) Your local Town, Village or City Hall
2) Recycling Drop-Off sites (see below)
3) The Materials Recycling Facility in Waukesha (220 S. Prairie Ave)
4) Retzer Nature Center

Additionally, free recycling bins are distributed in many communities at special events.  Check Upcoming Events for schedules.

Drop-Off Sites


There are 20 convenient community recycling drop-off locations for residential use.  Residents are encouraged to call their  hauler or community for bulky and special items.                                              For a list of drop-off locations, click here.

Other Items  
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 If you have household hazardous products such as oil-based paints, chemicals, etc., please visit our Hazardous Waste page here.

For safe disposal of other products, please see our Product Disposal list here.