Recycling Guidelines
- Office paper--If the paper is shredded , please put it into a bag so that it won't fly out!
- Telephone Books, newspapers, magazines, and textbooks
- Aluminum, Steel, and Tin Cans
- Cardboard, such as moving boxes
- Paperboard boxes, such as cereal, cracker, gift, or tissue boxes
- Plastics #1 and #2 - Please remove tops from bottles. Removing caps and lids makes it easier for the trucks to compact the recyclables.
- Food waste
- Glass
- Yard waste
- Styrofoam
- Frozen boxes from microwave products
- Pizza boxes, nor other boxes with grease or food residue
- Paper towels
- Syringes or needles
- Household hazardous waste materials, such as chemicals and batteries
Download the Flyer of what is accepted and not accepted in the City of Laredo Recycling Program
Recycling Basics
You can recycle the following:
- Newspapers
- Magazines
- Catalogs and phone books
- Junk mail
- Computer paper
- Cardboard boxes (flattened), including pizza boxes if they are free of food & grease
- Other paperboard boxes, such as cereal and dry food boxes
- Plastic bottles and jugs
- Beverage containers, such as water soda bottles
- Milk and juice jugs
- Laundry and liquid dish soap bottles
- Shampoo bottles
- Caps and lids
- Aluminum cans
- Steel cans
- Food and beverage cartons like milk cartons, chicken broth, wine boxes, juice cartons and other boxes
You cannot recycle the following:
- Heavily soiled cardboard, paper plates or cups
- Textbooks
- Facial tissue & paper towels
- Plastic bags
- Yogurt cups
- Plastic plates, food trays, cups & utensils
- Film containers
- Buckets
- Butter tubs
- Hazardous material containers (anti-freeze, cleaners, pesticides, motor oil, paint)
- Light bulbs
- Mirrors
- Windows
- Ceramics, dishes or drinking glasses
- Paint cans
- Foil juice pouches
- Pots & pans
- Scrap metals
- Food
- Syringes/ needles
- Electronics or batteries
- Trash or yard waste
- Styrofoam
- Medical Waste
- Newspapers
- Magazines
- Catalogs and phone books
- Junk mail
- Computer paper
- Cardboard boxes (flattened), including pizza boxes if they are free of food & grease
- Other paperboard boxes, such as cereal and dry food boxes
- Plastic bottles and jugs
- Beverage containers, such as water soda bottles
- Milk and juice jugs
- Laundry and liquid dish soap bottles
- Shampoo bottles
- Caps and lids
- Aluminum cans
- Steel cans
- Food and beverage cartons like milk cartons, chicken broth, wine boxes, juice cartons and other boxes
You cannot recycle the following:
- Heavily soiled cardboard, paper plates or cups
- Textbooks
- Facial tissue & paper towels
- Plastic bags
- Yogurt cups
- Plastic plates, food trays, cups & utensils
- Film containers
- Buckets
- Butter tubs
- Hazardous material containers (anti-freeze, cleaners, pesticides, motor oil, paint)
- Light bulbs
- Mirrors
- Windows
- Ceramics, dishes or drinking glasses
- Paint cans
- Foil juice pouches
- Pots & pans
- Scrap metals
- Food
- Syringes/ needles
- Electronics or batteries
- Trash or yard waste
- Styrofoam
- Medical Waste