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City of Lincoln

Trash & Recycling Pickup Calendar
Please remember not to place trash, plastic bags, or material other than recyclables into your recycling containers.

Acceptable Items For Recycling

Fibers

Brown grocery bags
Beer & Soda cases
Cake & Snack boxes
Cardboard (non-waxed)
Catalogs
Cereal boxes
Magazines
Office/School Paper (all colors)
Junk Mail
Newspaper & Inserts
Telephone books and other soft cover books
Pizza delivery boxes
Broth boxes
Drink boxes
Juice cartons
Milk cartons
 

Plastics

Berry containers
Juice containers
Milk jugs
Plastic containers with symbol #1 & #2
Plastic containers with symbol #3-#7
Narrow neck & screw top
Squeezable bottles with symbol #4
Water bottles
Yogurt tubs, butter tubs, etc.
Plastic toys
Glass Containers
Glass containers that contained food or beverage product
All colored glass (brown, green, and clear)
 

Metals and Glass

Aluminum cans
Empty aersol cans (non-toxic & no caps)
Metal household items (cooking pots & pans)
Steel food cans
Tin & other household metals

Unacceptable Items

Auto Glass
Ceramics
Christmas Lights
Clothes
Coat Hangers
Compostable plastics (#7 PLA)
Diapers
Dishware
Drinking Glasses
Electronic waste (batteries, phones, etc.)
Extention Cords
Food waste/Organic Material
Garden hoses
Glass bakeware/cookware (Pyrex)
Hazardous chemical containers
Light bulbs
Medical waste
Microwave trays
Mirror glass
Motor Oil
Needles
Packing peanuts
Paper products with food residue
Plastic bags and film
Plastic tarps
Plastic food wraps
Porcelain
Styrofoam
Syringes
Waxed cardboard and paper
Window glass