
Co-mingled Residential Recycling
The residents of Newport News have the convenience of mixing their recyclables (plastic, paper, glass, etc.) in their authorized recycling container.
What We Can Collect
- Cans - beverage and food cans (emptied and rinsed)
- Bottles, Jugs and Jars - plastic and glass, including lids (emptied and rinsed)
- Tubs – plastic yogurt, butter, cottage cheese, ice cream (emptied and rinsed)
- Paperboard items - pantry item boxes (i.e. cereal and cracker boxes), file folders
- Cardboard - flatten boxes; No larger than 3' x 3'
- Paper - office paper, paper bags, magazines, newspaper and inserts, telephone books, junk mail, shredded paper (latter only if tied in clear plastic bag)
- Foil pans – pie, take-out (rinsed)
- Cartons – milk, juice, soup, broth, wine, etc. (empty, rinse and recap – do not flatten). Cartons must retain their three dimensional shape to be sorted at the plant.
What We Cannot Collect
- No plastic bags (find plastic bag recycling locations)
- No plastics other than containers listed above (i.e. No toys, etc.)
- No Styrofoam packaging or "peanuts" (UPS Store and Parcel Plus will take them, other shipping/packaging stores may also)
- No household paper such as tissues, paper towels and plates
- No yard waste
- No clothing or shoes
- No clothes hangers (neither plastic nor wire)
- No fabric, leather, vinyl or carpeting
- No electronics (view more information about recycling electronics)
- No food waste
- No window pane glass, ceramics, vases and other glassware
- No scrap metal, such as aluminum siding, pipe, etc.
- No empty oil containers
- No air filters
- No diapers
- Tanglers (see video – courtesy of the Baltimore County Department of Public Works)