ARD Recycling

Recycling

South Tahoe Refuse & Recycling recycles 64%

We are proud to offer Blue Bag Recycling to our customers. This curbside recycling program is easy and free for our residential customers.

Be Water Wise! Water is not required to clean food containers. Other methods are: a spoon or utensil, dry wipe using a paper towel or wet wipe. Many food containers can be drained by simply placing the container upside down for a time. Please recycle material loose in your recycling blue bags so that they can be easily sorted at the recycling center. Fill your Blue Bags, but don’t over stuff them. Blue Bags should weigh less than 50 lbs. Tie Blue Bags; this keeps recyclables clean and separate from the trash which is collected in the same truck. Please use only the blue recycle bags provided. Place a Blue Bag out for each bag of trash and receive a new Blue Bag in return.

Please remember to place your blue recycle bag out next to your garbage can on your regular pick-up day.

Paper and Cardboard

Newsprint

Magazines

Cereal and tissue boxes

Office Paper

Junk mail

Envelopes (plastic windows ok)

Gift wrap

Metals

Aluminum cans

Tin cans

Clean foil

Bimetal cans

Glass

Bottles

Jars

Plastic

Water, soda, juice bottles

Milk jugs

Shampoo bottles

Food storage containers

Cleaning product bottles

Household items

Mirrors

Windows and glassware

Photos and film

Plastic utensils

Styrofoam

Miscellaneous

Food waste

Waxed cardboard

Textiles

Pens and pencils

Ceramics

Call 530-542-8368

for disposal of the

following items:

Paint

Light bulbs/florescent bulbs/CFL's

Solvents

Motor oil

Batteries

Electronics

Disposal of hazardous waste:

Tuesday-Saturday

9 am - noon and

1 pm - 4 pm

2140 Ruth Avenue

South Lake Tahoe, CA

No charge for most items.

For more information visit:

www.southtahoerefuse.com

Why Blue Bags?

Curbside Blue Bag recycling, allows a mix of recyclables in one bag. This method of recycling significantly increases the recovery of recyclable materials in a cost-effective manner. Blue Bag recycling programs increase recycling by an average of 2 to 4%, the equivalent to 2,000 to 4,000 tons of materials eliminated from the landfill each year.

Blue Bag recycling allows STR to collect all residential trash and recycling using one route per household. This minimizes vehicle emissions and eliminates the cost of additional “recycling” trucks and separation bins.

Blue Bag recycling works for both single-family and multi-family residences. When families recycle at home, it becomes a life-long practice and, combined with new school and public facilities recycling programs, contributes to our goals for sustainable communities.

Our Material Recover Facility will continue to recycle from the commercial and construction waste streams and from residents who choose not to participate in Blue Bag recycling.

What makes STR recycling unique?

South Tahoe Refuse and Recycling boasts a 52% recycling recovery. Our Material Recovery Facility recycling works for both residents and visitors alike.

One truck picks up solid waste, Blue Bag recyclables and yard waste curbside.

These materials are unloaded inside our Materials Recovery Facility (MRF).