Solid Waste & Recycling Services

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The City of Redlands is dedicated to the concept and practice of environmental preservation. We are constantly seeking new technologies and services which will not only preserve our environment, but provide more efficient and economical collection, recycling, and disposal of waste materials, while meeting all health, safety, and regulatory requirements.

Our extensive solid waste and recycling services and programs are designed with you, the customer, in mind.

Residential Services

All refuse, green waste, and recycling containers should be placed for collection prior to 6:00 A.M. of your regular collection day to avoid being missed. Collection can occur at any time between 6:00 A.M. and 2:30 P.M. or later, and can change from week to week.

Three different trucks will pass your residence to collect refuse, yard waste, and recycling waste throughout the day. A missed collection must be reported to our office within 24 hours of your regular collection day to receive a make-up collection. Credits are not issued for missed collections that are not reported.

Containers should be placed curbside at least 3 feet from any obstacle, such as a parked car or fence, and at least 1 foot from other containers.

Trash containers should be removed from streets as soon as possible after the containers have been collected, and in any event no later than ten o’clock.

Automated Green Waste Collection

Separate collection of your organic green waste materials is required in the City. Place green waste materials in the container marked YARD WASTE ONLY.

• Green Waste includes yard waste such as grass cuttings, prunings, tree branches & leaves, untreated wood, sawdust, and other discarded plant material from private and/or public areas
• It does not include palm fronds, cactus or tree limbs and stumbs larger than six inches in diameter

As with all containers, green waste may never exceed the upper perimeter of the container.

Contaminated Containers Cannot be Collected by Your Driver

If contamination is found prior to collection, your container will be tagged with a green tag by the driver and left. Once you have removed the contaminates, you can request a special pickup at an extra charge, or you may place your container out the following week for regular collection.

Plastic lawn bags are a contaminate and should never be placed in your green waste container

Automated Curbside Recycling Program

By recycling, you help: 

• Conserve natural resources
• Reduce air & water pollution
• Reduce energy use
• Extend landfill life

PLACE IN RECYCLING CONTAINER:

Glass Containers
Cans (tin, steel, bi-metal, aluminum)
Plastic containers (Number 1 – 7)
All paper that is not food contaminated
Computer paper
Junk mail
Colored paper
Catalogs
Paper bags
Magazines
Paper egg cartons
Newspaper
Cereal boxes (with liner removed)
Aseptic packaging (juice drink boxes)
Wrapping paper (no foil or metallic types)
Paper six-pack and twelve-pack containers
Cardboard boxes (cut to fit inside the container)

DO NOT PLACE IN RECYCLING CONTAINER:

Bubble wrap
Ceramics/Pottery
Cloth
Clothes
Disposable diapers
Drinking glasses
Light bulbs
Mirrors
Needles
Plastic bags
Plastic house wares
Potato chip bags
Toys
Used oil
Waxed milk cartons
Rubber garden hoses
Window or safety glass
Food contaminated papers
Swimming pool covers
Packing peanuts / foam