City of Eureka Residential Recycling Program

Recology Humboldt County provides residents of the City of Eureka with curbside recycling. Please separate your recycling into the dual-stream cart provided by Recology Humboldt County.

One side of the bin (with the brown lid) should contain recyclable paper items. The other side of the bin (with the blue lid) should contain recyclable metal, plastic and glass items. For detailed information about what to put into your cart, please refer to the following guidelines.

Acceptable Recycling Materials Only place recyclable materials into your containers! Please empty and rinse all food and beverage containers.
Glass All colors of beverage and food containers Beverage bottles (beer, juice, soda) Mayonnaise jars Spaghetti sauce jars Metal Rinsed food and beverage cans (aluminum, steel, and tin) Aluminum foil & containers Plastic Bottles & containers marked #1 - #7 Detergent and shampoo containers Milk and orange juice jugs Water bottles	Paper Most clean and dry household paper: Cardboard (flattened and broken down - Large cardboard boxes that will not fit into a crate may be broken down (no larger than 3' by 4') and left next to crates.) Food boxes (cereal, crackers, remove liners) Gift wrap (non-foil) Junk mail & envelopes Home & office paper Magazines & catalogs Manila folders Newspaper Paper bags Paperback & phone books

Unacceptable Recycling Materials Please do not place the following un-recyclable materials into your blue container!
Construction Debris Concrete, rocks, dirt Electronic / Universal Waste Televisions, computers, cell phones, batteries, fluorescent light bulbs, mercury switches	Household Hazardous Waste Paints, solvents, cooking oil, motor oil, cleaners, corrosives, fuel tanks - propane tanks Un-Recyclable Glass, Metal, Paper and Plastic