Recycling Programs

Residential
We currently offer weekly curbside pick-up of  household commingled recyclables (blue cart) and green waste (green cart) for all residential customers. Also, we are able to recycle your used motor oil at the curb through a grant from the San Luis Obispo County IWMA. By getting all residents involved in recycling, the City of Paso Robles is looking to meet the mandated 50% reduction of solid waste going to the landfill.

Commercial
Commercial customers can elect to have either a 3 yard cardboard bin (white) or a 3 yard commingled recyclables bin (blue) placed with their garbage bin.  Another great option is the office paper recycling program where we give your business bags and racks then send an employee to your business weekly to empty the bags. Also, we have 2 yard green waste bins available for businesses or multifamily units that have a large amount of green waste. 

Green Waste - Green Cart
All green waste materials listed below can be placed into your 96-gallon green automated container. Remember, the lids must close.
Acceptable Materials
- Leaves
- Plant prunings
- Grass
- Weeds with a minimum of soil
- Tree trimmings
- Clean yard waste.

Contamination
Clean green waste is a must. The green waste truck has a video camera to monitor green waste container contents as it is emptied. Containers contaminated with trash will receive a service charge of $7.40 per incident. Repeat offenders will have containers removed.

Place your automated container on the street next to your trash and blue bin by 6:00 a.m. Be sure to have a 3-foot clearance on all sides. Lids must close on your green waste and trash containers.

Houshold Recycling - Blue Cart
Acceptable Materials
- Glass bottles and jars
- Plastic milk jugs (no waxed cartons)
- Tin (steel and bi-metal cans)
- Aluminum cans
- Newspaper
- Magazines
- Catalogs
- Junk mail
- Computer paper
- School papers
- Cereal boxes
- Cardboard and chipboard
- Plastic containers (1,2,3,4,5 and 7)

Battery Recycling
You can now bring your used household batteries to our office. The San Luis Obispo Integrated Waste Management Authority has provided us with containers to accept the batteries. The IWMA will be recycling the batteries for us.

For information about recycling your household batteries visit our Battery Recycling page.

Flourescent Lamp and Tube Recycling
Containers for Flourescent tubes/lamps and household batteriesThe San Luis Obispo IWMA has provided us with containers to accept your household flourescent lamps and tube at our office. You can drop off your used tubes and lamps M-F 8-5.

For information about safely recycling or disposing of Flourescent lamps and tubes visit the California Intergrate Waste Management Board website.