City of Bowling Green Changes Recycling Processor and List of Recycling Materials

The City's curbside recycling program has been expanded to include more recyclable material! Dedicated City crews will still pick up your recyclables, with City trucks, on a weekly basis and recyclables will still be collected mixed in your blue recycling container. Recyclables should be placed loose, NOT bagged, in your recycling container. What's changing? Recyclables will be delivered to Rumpke Recycling for processing. The list of accepted materials has been expanded:

GLASS BOTTLES:

• Bottles & Jars ONLY! All colors.
• NO window glass, ceramics, dishes, or mirrors.

MIXED PLASTICS (#1, 2, 4, 5 & 7):

• Look on bottom of containers for a number inside the recycling arrows.
• Plastic Bottles & Jars:
  1. CAPS ON! Please rinse, flatten, & put caps back on.
  2. Examples: Milk Jugs, Detergent & Shampoo Bottles, Plastic Beverage Bottles, Plastic Jars
• Plastic Containers w. Lids
  1. Examples: Yogurt Containers, Butter Tubs, Cottage Cheese Containers
• Plastic Clamshell Containers
  1. Examples: Produce containers, like berries, lettuce and more.
• Plastic Cups:
  1. Examples: Fast Food Beverage cups and Dixie cups.
• NO Bulky Plastic (Toys, Crates, Buckets, Pipes, etc.)
• NO Film Plastic

PAPER FOOD CONTAINERS:

• Milk & Ice Cream Cartons
• Juice & Broth Boxes
• PAPER egg cartons
• Cereal, frozen food boxes, etc.
• Paper Coffee Cups

PAPER:

• Clean, dry newspaper (all sections)
• Magazines & Catalogs
• Paperback Books
• Office Paper (All colors)
• Junk Mail
• NO SHREDDED PAPER (Take to Bowling Recycling Center's Drop Off)

CARDBOARD/PAPERBOARD:

• Corrugated Cardboard (wavy center)
• Paperboard (cereal boxes, dry-food boxes, frozen food boxes etc.)
• Flatten to save space.
• Remove all packing materials.

ALUMINUM & STEEL CANS

• Aluminum Beverage Cans
  1. Drain completely, may be flattened.
• Steel Cans
  1. Rinse Clean. May be flattened.

NO PLASTIC BAGS!

• Do NOT bag your recyclables!
• Do NOT put plastic grocery bags in your recycling container. Return to store for proper recycling.

For those who do not receive curbside service: The Bowling Green Recycling Center, Inc.'s 24 Hour Drop Off will remain available. Please follow signage posted for the full list of accepted materials. The Wood County Solid Waste Management District also provides fourteen Recycling Drop Offs around Wood County.

Download the City's free Recycle Coach App to access the "What Goes Where Tool? ", collection calendars, and more! Also available on the City's website.