Butte County Recycling Information

Recycling is more important today than it has ever been before. In order to keep our communities safe and clean, we all must pitch in to help recycle and reuse as much as possible. Butte County residents of Thermalito, Kelly Ridge, Las Plumas and South Oroville will be provided curbside recycling and green waste collection starting in October 2007. This comes at no additional cost to customers with existing collection service.

Butte county residents in areas without curbside collection may still bring their recycling and green waste to the Recology Butte Colusa Counties facility. It is located at 2720 South Fifth Avenue in Oroville, and is open during our normal business hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm and Saturday, 8:30am to 4:00pm.

Printable Materials
Several brochures and guides are available in PDF format and can be printed for easy reference. For a list of available documents, please view our Printable Documents page.

Acceptable Recycling Materials Only place recyclable materials into your blue container!
Glass All colors of glass beverage and food containers (Please rinse and remove lids) Metal All metal food and beverage containers, including those made of aluminum, tin, steel and bi-metals: Aluminum cans (Soda cans, beer cans, etc.) Pots and pans Tin/steel food and beverage cans (Please rinse - Labels are okay) Plastic All rigid containers with recycling symbols 1-7, and other materials including: Milk and juice jugs Shampoo, detergent, and other household bottles (Please rinse and remove lids) Soft drink and water bottles Yogurt, margarine, and other food containers	Paper Most clean and dry household paper: Cardboard (Flatten and bundle with string no larger than 3'x3') Computer paper Envelopes (Including plastic window types) Food boxes (cereal, crackers) Junk mail and catalogs Magazines and phone books Newspaper

Unacceptable Recycling Materials Please do not place the following un-recyclable materials into your blue container!
Construction Debris Concrete, rocks, dirt Electronic / Universal Waste Televisions, computers, cell phones, batteries, fluorescent light bulbs, mercury switches Green Waste Grass, leaves, tree and bush cuttings	Household Hazardous Waste Paints, solvents, motor oil, cleaners, corrosives, used syringes Un-Recyclable Glass, Metal, Paper and Plastic

Proper Container Placement And Storage
Recycling, green waste and garbage containers are collected by a semi-automated sanitation truck. The automated truck requires ample room to collect containers safely and effectively. For more information on container placement, please view our
Proper Container Placement And Storage page.