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Your guide to reducing, reusing and recycling, provided by the City of Santa Cruz.

  • Recycling Guide
      • What Goes Where?
      • Hazardous Waste
      • Recycle With E-Waste
      • Recycle Curbside
      • Curbside
      • Put in Green Cart
      • Put in Garbage
      • Take to the RRF
      • Helpful Links
      • Beverage Containers Redemption Locations
      • Material
      • Bulbs & Batteries
      • Electronics
      • Glass
      • Metal
      • Paper
      • Plastic
      • Use
      • Automotive
      • Construction
      • Food Packaging
      • General Packaging
      • Holiday
      • Kitchen
      • Medical
  • Recycling Guide
      • What Goes Where?
      • Hazardous Waste
      • Recycle With E-Waste
      • Recycle Curbside
      • Curbside
      • Put in Green Cart
      • Put in Garbage
      • Take to the RRF
      • Helpful Links
      • Beverage Containers Redemption Locations
      • Material
      • Bulbs & Batteries
      • Electronics
      • Glass
      • Metal
      • Paper
      • Plastic
      • Use
      • Automotive
      • Construction
      • Food Packaging
      • General Packaging
      • Holiday
      • Kitchen
      • Medical
  • Guide
  • More

General Packaging

Recycle Curbside

Cardboard

Gift Bags

Gift Boxes

Paper Bags

Paperboard

Plastic #2 (HDPE)

Plastic Caps

Curbside

Bubble Wrap

Case Wrap

Diaper Packaging

Dry Cleaning Bags

Padded Envelopes (All Plastic)

Pallet or Stretch Wrap

Plastic Air Pillows

Toilet Paper Wrap

Put in Garbage

Blister Packs (Pills, Gum)

Foam Packaging

Foam Plastic #6 (Polystyrene)

Alternative ways to recycle

Hard Plastic Clamshell Packaging

Packing Peanuts

Alternative ways to recycle

Padded Envelopes (Paper)

Plastic / Tyvek Envelopes (Non-Padded)

Plastic #3 (PVC)

Plastic #4 (LDPE)

Plastic #7 (Other)

Silica Packets

Stickers

String & Twine

Alternative ways to recycle

Zip Ties

Special Instructions

Aerosol Cans

Alternative ways to recycle

Bubble Wrap

Case Wrap

Foam Packaging

Foil Lids

Plastic #1 (PET)

Plastic #2 (HDPE)

Plastic #5 (Polypropylene)

Plastic Air Pillows

Plastic Caps

Toilet Paper Wrap

Most Requested

  • Cell Phones
  • Antifreeze
  • Used Motor Oil and Filters
  • Broken Glass
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Top Troublemakers

  • Plastic Bags
  • Shredded Paper
  • Food Scraps
  • Scrap Metal
  • Garden Hoses
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Special Programs

  • Electronics
  • Bulbs & Batteries
  • Medical & Sharps
  • Household Hazardous Waste
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