New Smyrna Beach

Residential Recycling

Recycling is collected one (1) time each week. Please have your recycle bins at curbside prior to 7 AM on your collection day.

The Big 5 Recyclable Items:

1.  Glass Bottles – clear or tinted, clean and intact
2.  Metal Cans – clean aluminum/steel soda and food cans
3.  Plastic Bottles & Jugs – clean plastic bottles numbered 1 through 5
4.  Paper – newspaper, white paper, junk mail, magazines & flyers
5.  Cardboard – food & packing boxes with no wax or plastic coatings, clean with no grease or food

Allowable Recyclable Materials

• All newspapers including inserts
• Glass bottles/jars including clear, brown and green glass with and without labels, rinsed out with no food
• Aluminum, steel & steel/tin cans with or without labels, rinsed out with no food
• Plastics including PET & HDPE bottles
• Phone books, junk mail, postcards, flyers & magazines
• Cardboard boxes, flattened
• Plastic containers with recycling symbol 1 through 5

Do Not Recycle

• Windowpane glass or mirrors
• Ceramic dishes & glassware
• Containers with liquid
• Electronics or appliances
• Plastic bags
• Toys or other household items
• Medical sharps (needles)
• Old garments & clothing
• Propane & helium tanks
• Styrofoam
• Batteries
• Pizza boxes

Please have all recycling bins curbside by 7 AM on your collection day. Limit of three (3) bins per household.