Cupertino Commercial Recycling Program

Single Stream Recycling
You can now place all of your recyclables into one container. Commercial customers that subscribe to garbage collection service are entitled to Single-Stream recycling service at no additional charge.

By increasing recycling and reducing your garbage, it's possible to lower your garbage service level, which may result in cost savings. You can also show your customers, employees or tenants that you care about your impact on the environment and increase your visibility as a community leader. That is an opportunity you can't afford to pass up, which is why recycling is truly smart business!

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Acceptable Recycling Materials Only place recyclable materials into your recycling container! Please rinse food and beverage containers and crush plastics.
Aseptic containers Aseptic containers are sterile cardboard containers, which are used to preserve food. Cardboard milk cartons. Cardboard orange juice cartons Fruit juice boxes Glass All glass food, beverage jars and bottles. Remove metal lids and place separately in bin. Fruit juice Mayonnaise jars Spaghetti sauce jars Metal All metal food and beverage containers including those made of aluminum, tin, steel and bi-metal. Aluminum foil and pie pans Aerosol cans (emptied of gas and liquid) Metal lids from glass bottles and jars Metal pots and pans Rinsed food and beverage cans (aluminum, steel, and tin) Scrap Metal Soda, pet food, soup, and tuna cans (lids okay)	Plastic Containers marked #1 - #7 Black plastic (includes plastic flower pots, tubs) Bottles, #1 - #7 Bubble wrap Buckets Party cups Plastic utensils (not cornstarch or compostable utensils) PVC Piping (must fit in container) Straws Tubs (includes butter, cottage cheese, margarine, sour cream and yogurt containers) Mixed Paper Books (paperback and hardcover) Food boxes (cereal, crackers, remove liners) Phone books, catalogs, magazines, newspapers Paper (colored, computer, white, wrapping) Paper bags, egg cartons, towel rolls Shredded paper (please put into a paper bag before placing in recycling cart)
Cardboard We accept aseptics (paper cartons that include boxed soups, juice boxes and soy containers). Cardboard must be flattened to fit inside recycling container with lid closed.

Unacceptable Recycling Materials Please do not place the following non-recyclable materials into your blue container!
Construction Debris Concrete, rocks, dirt Electronic / Universal Waste Televisions, computers, cell phones, batteries, fluorescent light bulbs, mercury switches Compost / Green Waste Branches, leaves, grass or floral trimmings Food contaminated packaging Food waste Paper towels, napkins, facial tissue	Unacceptable Plastic Garden hoses Packing peanuts Plastic Bags Styrofoam