The City of Los Angeles currently operates the largest residential curbside recycling program in the United States, collecting a variety of recyclables from over 750,000 households every week.
You can recycle these items in your blue bin container.
Paper
All clean dry paper, including:
- Computer paper
- Ledger paper
- Arts and craft paper
- Unwanted mail
- Flyers
- Telephone books
- Note cards
- Newspaper
- Magazines
- File folders
- Paper bags
- Post-it notes
- Catalogs
- All envelopes, including those with windows
Cardboard
All cardboard boxes and chipboard, including:
- Cereal boxes
- Tissue boxes
- Dry food boxes
- Frozen food boxes
- Shoe boxes
- Detergent boxes
- Paper towel and toilet paper rolls
- Cardboard boxes (broken down and flattened)
Cartons
All refrigerated, shelf-stable, aseptic packaging, including:
- Fruit juice boxes and cartons
- Orange juice cartons
- Milk cartons
- Wine boxes
- Soy milk, rice milk and almond milk boxes and cartons
- Cereal boxes
- Heavy cream cartons
- Egg substitute cartons
Metals
All aluminum, tin, metal, and bi-metal cans, rinsed if possible, including:
- Soda cans
- Juice cans
- Soup cans
- Vegetables cans
- Pet food cans
- Pie tins
- Clean aluminum foil
- Empty paint and aerosol cans
- Wire hangers
Glass
All glass bottles and jars, rinsed if possible, including:
- Soda bottles
- Wine bottles
- Beer bottles
- Spaghetti sauce jars
- Pickle jars
- Broken bottles
Plastics
All plastics numbers 1 through 7
Empty plastic containers, rinsed if possible, including:
- Soda bottles
- Juice bottles
- Detergent containers
- Bleach containers
- Shampoo bottles
- Lotion bottles
- Mouthwash bottles
- Dishwashing liquid bottles
- Milk jugs
- Tubs for margarine and yogurt
- Plastic planters
- Food and blister packaging
- Rigid clamshell packaging
Plastic Bags
All plastic bags and film plastics, including:
- Grocery bags
- Dry cleaner bags
- All clean film plastic
Polystyrene(STYROFOAM™)
All clean STYROFOAM™, including:
- STYROFOAM™ cups, containers, and packaging
- STYROFOAM™ egg shell cartons
- STYROFOAM™ block packaging
- STYROFOAM™ clamshell packaging
Miscellaneous Plastics including:
- Plastic hangers
- Non-electric plastic toys
- Plastic swimming pools
- Plastic laundry baskets