City of Middletown, CT
What to Recycle?
Recycling is the law.
Everyone must recycle: residents, businesses, institutions, schools, everyone. Below is a list of what is acceptable in Middletown’s curbside recycling program. This is uniform, whether you have the City Sanitation District or private collection. In the City Sanitation District, recycling is picked up every other week on the same day as trash. The calendar for pick up can be found on the City’s website.
By recycling you can reduce your trash to help protect the environment and save the City money.
Recycling is also accepted at the Middletown Recycling Center. The Recycling Center also accepts other items such as bulk waste, appliances, furniture, food waste, e-waste, batteries, large cardboard boxes, brush, leaves, scrap metal and tires (no more than 4 at a time). Some items are charged. Details are available here.
PLEASE RECYCLE:
Plastic Bottles, Jars, Jugs, & Tubs
Plastic Bottles and Containers (clean & empty containers with lids and caps ON)
Plastic Soda, Water & Drink Bottles
Plastic Food & Household Bottles/Jars
(screw top bottles and jars, ex. ketchup, mayonnaise, detergent, shampoo)Plastic Tubs & Lids
(ex. yogurt, margarine, cottage cheese)Plastic Produce, Deli & Bakery Containers, Cups, Trays
(berries/produce containers)
Please do not include:
No plastic bags or plastic utensils. Bring plastic bags back to the grocery store.
No black plastic take-out containers
No Polystyrene (Styrofoam)
No bulky plastics (buckets, crates) or toys
No flower pots
No containers that contained hazardous waste
Glass Bottles and Jars
Glass bottles and jars (empty containers with caps OFF)
All glass colors
Please do not include:
No windows, mirrors, or auto glass
No light bulbs (fluorescent bulbs should be disposed of properly)
No dishes, ceramics, or Pyrex
No containers that contained hazardous waste
Metal Cans & Aluminum
Metal cans and Aluminum (empty containers)
Steel, tin, and aluminum cans
Clean aluminum pie plates, trays, and foil
Please do not include:
No chains, wires or hangers
No aerosol containers
No pots and pans
No containers that contained hazardous waste
Paper and Cardboard
Magazines & Catalogs
All newspapers & inserts
Paperboard (cereal boxes, paper towel rolls, etc.) & paper bags
Cardboard – please flatten
Empty Pizza boxes
Office paper, Junk mail (Staples, paperclips, spirals, & plastic envelope windows are OK)
Brown bags
Phone books
Cartons, empty and replace cap
Please do not include:
No recyclables with food waste
No napkins, paper towels, tissues
No frozen food boxes
No gift wrap
No foam padding
Important Tips:
- Empty and rinse containers. Please no liquids or food residue.
- No straws. Caps are okay if they are ON the containers.
- Place materials loose in your cart. Plastic bags are not accepted in the curbside program because they jam the equipment at the sorting facility.
- Consult the list above for a complete list of what is acceptable.
- Try to reduce your waste, even your recycling. Recycling is great but it still costs money. Think and consider the waste before you buy.
- Close the loop! Buy products made from post-consumer recycled materials.
- Check here for information on recycling other items beyond what goes in the recycling cart.
Wondering if something is recyclable? Type the name of a waste item at RecycleCT, and we will tell you how to recycle or dispose of it.
More Information
For more information, please contact the City of Middletown Department of Public Works
Middletown Public Works is open Monday through Friday from 8:30am to 4:30pm
Contact
City of Middletown
245 deKoven Drive
2nd Floor, Room 210
Middletown, CT 06457
(860) 638-4850
www.middletownct.gov