How to Recycle in Berkeley

Como reciclar en Berkeley

If each household recycles one more bag of paper per week, we could reduce the amount wasted to zero.

GRAB IT… Gather recyclables from every room

BAG IT… Put paper in bags and bottles and cans in your blue bin

CURB IT ! Place them on the curb by 7am on your collection day

Place your recycling in plain view, ON THE CURB, BY 7:00 IN THE MORNING, RAIN OR SHINE. Putting materials out in the morning discourages theft and litter problems. Recycling is picked up weekly, on the same day as trash pickup.

Recycle All Your Paper!

If each Berkeley household recycles one more bag of paper per week, in one year we would:

PROTECT OUR CLIMATE
By removing the equivalent of 3,500 cars from our roads

INCREASE ENERGY SECURITY
By saving 35,000 barrels of imported oil

PROTECT OUR WILDLANDS
By saving 75,000 trees and 43 million gallons of water

STIMULATE THE ECONOMY
By creating 15 new green-collar union jobs

SAVE BERKELEY MONEY
Save nearly $500,000 in waste collection and disposal costs

Join the Race to Zero Waste