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.

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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)
• NEW!!  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 here)
• 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