To report a missed recycling pickup on your street, click here or call 817-503-1119.
Following is a brief description of recyclables and related services provided to Colleyville residents by Independent Environmental Services, Inc. (IESI).
All containers must be left at curbside no later than 7:00 a.m. on pick-up day.
Recyclables should not be placed at curbside more than twenty-four (24) hours prior to pick-up day.
Additional recycle bins are available to residents at Colleyville City Hall, 100 Main Street.
Collections are made on Memorial Day, 4th of July, and Labor Day.
If Christmas, New Year's Day, or Thanksgiving fall on a Monday or Thursday, all recyclables will be picked up on the next regularly scheduled pickup day.
For more information regarding schedules, routes, and garbage or recycling customer service, please call IESI at 817.222.2221.
What to put in your recycling bin:
Paper
Paper clips and staples are OK. - Advertising circulars
- Carbonless paper
- Cardboard – cereal boxes (liners removed), soda and beer carry cartons, dry goods packaging, corrugated cardboard, paper towel and toilet paper cores. Large boxes must be broken down or cut to fit inside the cart.
- Catalogs
- Envelopes – with or without windows
- Junk mail
- Magazines
- Newspapers – all sections
- Office paper – file folders, letterhead, sticky notes, printer paper, calendars, school papers
- Paperback books
- Paper bags
- Phone books
Metals
Please rinse. Labels can be left on.
- Aluminum drink cans – do not flatten
- Aluminum baking tins – clean
- Steel or tin food cans and lids
- Empty aerosol cans – with spray nozzle; remove plastic lid unless part of the can
- Steel paint cans – must be empty and dry; a thin skin of dry paint and sides is OK; remove lid and recycle
Glass and Ceramics Please rinse. Labels can be left on. All colors accepted.
- Bottles and jars – remove metal and plastic lids and recycle
- Ceramics
- China
- Dishes
- Mirrors – must fit inside car with lid closed
- Windowpanes – no auto glass
Plastics
Please rinse. All colors accepted.
Bottles, cups and jars – with #1 through #7 recycling symbols on bottom of container; remove caps and lids and recycle Food trays, tubs and bowls – with #1 through #7 recycling symbols on bottom of container Plastic Eating utensils
Please do not put these in the recycling bin:
- Household trash
- Aluminum foil
- Auto glass
- Clothing or bedding
- Drink boxes and straws
- Garden hoses
- Gift wrap and greeting cards
- Hangers (plastic OR metal)
- Hard cover books
- Light bulbs
- Medical waste (including syringes, lancets, IV bags and tubing, and medications)
- Paper milk and juice cartons
- Paper that comes into contact with moist food, including pizza boxes, some frozen food containers, waxed drinking cups, etc.
- Plastic containers that held hazardous materials such as gasoline, motor oil, paint pesticide or week killer. Throw empty containers in trash.
- Plastic bags including grocery sacks, dry cleaners bags, newspaper wrappers, etc.
- Toys
- Styrofoam (foamed polystyrene) cups, food containers, formed packing, “peanuts,” etc.
- Waxed paper and waxed food containers
- Yard trimmings
For additional information contact IESI at 817.222.2221 or the city of Colleyville at 817.503.1119 |
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