What To Recycle:
Metals: Aluminum, tin, & bimetal food and beverage cans. Please lightly rinse tin cans. Labels do not need to be removed.
Paper: All mixed paper, newspaper, magazines, telephone books, and cardboard. Please remove any plastic wrap or inserts from cardboard. Coupons or advertising inserts within newspapers are okay.
Glass: All glass food and beverage containers. Rinse food containers. Labels do not need to be removed.
Plastic: All rigid plastic containers with the recycling symbol and the numbers 1 through 7, excluding plastic bags and polystyrene (stryofoam).
What NOT to Recycle:
- Foil, aerosol cans, pots, pans or scrap metal.
- Wax-coated boxes, such as milk cartons, and food contaminated paper or cardboard.
- Window glass, light bulbs, mirrors, ceramics, and other dishware.
- Plastic bags, toys, or furniture or styrofoam.
- Diapers and other household trash.
Click here for a copy of the Curbside Recycling Brochure for more information on how to recycle through this program.
For more information:
City of Chico (530) 896-7220
North Valley Waste Management (530) 893-4777.
http://www.wm.com/Templates/FAC3198/index.asp
Norcal Waste Systems of Butte County (530) 342-4444.
Curbside Recycling
Curbside recycling is easy and convenient. Recycling service is available to Chico residents as a part of your regular trash collection service provided by either Norcal Waste Systems of Butte County or North Valley Waste Management.
The recycling container is collected weekly on the same day that your trash is collected. On collection day, just place your recycling container on the curb for collection.
Norcal Waste Systems offers its customers either an 18-gallon bin or a wheeled container for recycling. All recyclables are to be placed in the bin. It is best to bag or bundle newspaper (paper grocery bags work best for bagging newspapers and can be recycled).
All other recyclables can be placed in the bins without sorting. Large cardboard pieces may be bundled and placed next to the bin and additional recycling containers are available by request. For more information on how to prepare your recyclables, contact Norcal Waste Systems at 342-4444 or All other recyclables can be placed in the bins without sorting. Large cardboard pieces may be bundled and placed next to the bin and additional recycling containers are available by request. For more information on how to prepare your recyclables, contact Norcal Waste Systems at 342-4444 or www.norcalwaste.com
North Valley Waste Management offers a 64-gallon wheeled recycling container for its customers. All recyclables are to be placed into the green container. For more information, contact North Valley Waste Management at 893-4777 or at their website at waste management.
Contact your service provider for more specific information regarding what they will accept in the recycling container and how to prepare your recyclables for collection.
Curbside yard waste recycling is also available for an additional monthly fee. Contact your trash service provider or click below for more information regarding the yard waste recycling program.
Curb Yard Waste Recycling