Cardboard Recycling Guide
Recycle Corrugated Cardboard & Packing Paper
(Corrugated cardboard has 3-layers with an inner wavy layer)
*Must be dry
*No food or oil contaminants (no greasy pizza boxes)
Don’t include with cardboard:
Waxed cardboard
Other paper products
Plastic Recycling Guide
Recycle Only Plastics #1 and #2
Plastic #1 – Plastics #2
Soda bottles Milk jugs
Water bottles Household cleaner bottles
Salad dressing bottles Shampoo bottles
Mouthwash bottles Detergent bottles
Where to take other plastics:
Plastics #2 & #4
(shopping bags, plastic wrap around items such as paper towels)
can be recycled at your local grocery store.
Make sure it has a recycle code on the bag.
Plastics #3-#7
(Yogurt containers, plastic cups, strawberry containers,
plastic bags, frozen food/fast food trays, most prescription bottles)
Main drop-off is:
Solid Waste Main Office
4600 Edith NE (at Edith and Griego)
Albuquerque, NM 87107
(505) 761-8100
Also see these Albuquerque Recycling Locations.
Mixed Paper Recycling Guide
Recycle these paper products:
- paper-all types
- junk mail, envelopes
- catalogs, magazines
- newspaper, paper egg cartons
- soft-bound books, phone books
- grey board (cereal, cracker boxes; paper towel tubes)
Don’t include with mixed paper:
Aseptic cartons (frozen food boxes; milk, juice, soup cartons)
GALLUP IS NOT ACCEPTING MIXED PAPER AT THIS TIME.
Mixed paper can be taken to:
Solid Waste Main Office
4600 Edith NE (at Edith and Griego)
Albuquerque, NM 87107
(505) 761-8100
Metal Recycling Guide
Recycle:
STEEL/TIN CANS
INCLUDE:
*Cans such as soup, beans & dog food cans
(Most cat food cans are aluminum, not steel, to check place a magnet on the can, if it sticks then it’s steel).
ALUMINUM
INCLUDE:
*Aluminum cans
*Clean baking pans, pie plates, and foil
*Cat food cans-most are made of aluminum – to check place a magnet on the can, if it does not stick then it’s aluminum.
ALUMINUM AND STEEL MUST BE SEPARATED