Morgan Hill Residential Recycling Program

Recycling is collected biweekly. When you begin collection service, you will receive a calendar that informs you which week your recycling is picked up, week A or week B. You can also check your recycling schedule with the City of Morgan Hill. All recycling and garbage containers need to be placed at the curb or roadside the night before your service day or by 6:30 A.M. on your service day. Collection times may vary.

Cart Sizes
Each resident receives two 64-gal brown recycle carts for their recycling needs. If you find that you only need one, contact us and we will remove the extra cart.

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Acceptable Recycling Materials Only place recyclable materials into your recycling carts! Please empty and rinse food and beverage containers before placing them in your recycling carts.
Glass Glass bottles and jars. Remove metal lids and place separately in bin. Fruit juice Mayonnaise jars Spaghetti sauce jars Wine bottles Metal All metal food and beverage containers including those made of aluminum, tin and steel. Rinsed food and beverage cans (soda, pet food, soup, and tuna cans) Pots, pans, toasters (items must fit into the recycling cart) Paper Cardboard (small pieces) Food boxes (cereal, crackers, remove liners) Junk mail & envelopes Magazines & catalogs Newspaper Paper (colored, computer, white, wrapping) Paper bags Paper egg cartons Paper towel rolls Phone books	Plastic Containers marked #1 - #7 Detergent and shampoo containers Margarine tubs, yogurt cups Milk and orange juice jugs Plastic bags and bubble wrap (grocery, dry cleaning, newspaper - bundle together inside one plastic bag) Beverage bottles Corrugated Cardboard Cut up cardboard boxes and put loose inside your recycling cart- do not force boxes into the cart. Larger boxes that do not fit in the cart must be flattened and set next to recycling cart. Flattened boxes must not be larger than 3 feet by 3 feet Cardboard recycling is mandatory in the City of Morgan Hill! Cardboard mixed with trash in the garbage cart will not be collected. Household Batteries Put AAA - D alkaline, rechargeable, 9V and button cell batteries in a zippered plastic bag on top of one of your recycling carts. Do not put car batteries out to be collected. The San Martin Transfer Station accepts car batteries at no charge.
Used Motor Oil & Oil Filters To recycle motor oil and used oil filters, you must request a two-gallon plastic container with a screw top lid and special oil filter bags by contacting customer service. You may place up to two two-gallon containers of used motor oil and three fully drained filters (in special bags) next to your recycling carts on collection day.

Unacceptable Materials Please do not place the following materials into your brown carts!
Construction Debris Concrete, rocks, dirt Electronic / Universal Waste Televisions, cell phones and computer monitors, fluorescent light bulbs or tubes. Contact us to find out how to recycle or safely dispose of these materials.	Household Hazardous Waste Paints, solvents, motor oil, cleaners, corrosives, fuel tanks - propane tanks, syringes, medical waste Unacceptable Glass, Metal, Paper and Plastic Organics Palm tree sections, poison ivy or poison oak, animal feces or manure, painted or treated wood Moth, bug, or ant infested materials Yucca (with palm like leaves)