Curbside Pickup
For residents with curbside pickup, place your blue bags outside filled with plastic, steel cans and aluminum cans. Newspaper, placed in paper grocery bags, gets stacked next to the blug bags.
All plastic bottles marked on the bottom with a number one or two are accepted, including milk jugs, soda bottles and water jugs. Bottles for other items like hair-care products, condiments and detergents also are accepted if they are marked with a number one or two. Please don’t include plastic motor oil bottles, even if they are the right number.
Metal cans and screw-on jar lids that attract magnets are accepted (not the cut lids from cans). Aluminum soda cans are okay, but not aluminum cat food cans.
If you don’t have curbside pickup, metal can be recycled at many local scrap dealers. Just check the Yellow Pages under recycling or scrap metal. You also can recycle plastic at Kroger Food Stores and the FINA Building, off Greenville one light south of Northwest Highway. If you know someone with curbside pickup, you can drop off your blue bags on their parkway. There is no limit to how many blue bags residents can recycle.
Igloos
The igloo program accepts glass and aluminum. The glass igloos are now marked Clear Glass and Color Glass or Brown Glass.
Only totally clear, colorless glass can go in the Clear Glass receptacles; if anything else is tossed in, it will contaminate the entire load.
Glass of any color can be placed in the igloos marked Color or Brown Glass, including brown, green, pale green (wine coolers, sparkling water) and dark blue.
Some igloo locations are located next to newspaper recycling bins.
Here is a list of igloo locations by zip code.
- 75218: Forest Hills Homeowners Association, 8000 Garland; Norbuck Park, 200 N. Buckner.
- 75231: Fair Oaks Transfer Station, 7677 Fair Oaks; Half Price Books, 5915 E. Northwest Highway; Keller’s Drive-In, 6537 E. Northwest Highway; Albertson’s Parking Lot, 6401 Abrams at Larmanda; Merriman Park Elementary, 7101 Winedale at Kingsley; Presbyterian Healthcare Systems, 7400 Greenville.
- 75238: Lake Highlands Junior High, 10301 Kingsley; Lake Highlands Elementary, 9501 Ferndale at Lakemere; Lake Highlands United Methodist Church, 9015 Plano; Northminister Presbyterian Church, 9400 Plano.
- 75243: Skyview Elementary, 9229 Meadowknoll at Whitehurst.
Fair Oaks Transfer Station
The closest place for one-stop recycling is Fair Oaks Transfer Station (670-6126). Located at 7677 Fair Oaks Drive (one-half mile west of Abrams), this center accepts plastic, glass, aluminum, newspaper, mixed paper, grass clippings and leaves.
Mixed paper includes junk mail, magazines, telephone books, catalogs, sales brochures, computer paper, cardboard and chipboard (such as cracker and cereal boxes).
Yard waste is collected from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; and 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Wednesday and Saturday.
Paper Recycling
Hundreds of paper recycling bins have been placed throughout Dallas. Many are located at neighborhood schools and churches. Items collected include newspapers with slicks, catalogs, magazines and advertising inserts. You can also include cardboard boxes (such as shoe boxes), chipboard boxes, junk mail and computer paper. The basic rule is “anything that tears.”
Here are a few paper recycling local locations listed by zip code.
- 75218: Lakeside Baptist Church, 9150 Garland; St. Bernard Catholic School, 1420 Old Gate; St. John Episcopal School, 848 Harter.
- 75231: Vickery Baptist Church, 5814 Ridgecrest; Half Price Books, 5915 E. Northwest Highway; Hotchkiss Elementary, 6929 Town North Drive.
- 75238: Calvary Lutheran School, 9807 Church; Highlander School, 9120 Plano; Lake Highlands High School, 9449 Church; Lake Highlands Junior High, 10301 Kingsley; Lake Highlands Elementary, 9501 Ferndale; Northlake Elementary, 10059 Ravens Way; St. Patrick Catholic School, 9635 Ferndale; Unitron Inc., 10925 Miller; Wallace Elementary, 9921 Kirkwood; White Rock North School, 9727 White Rock Trail.
- 75243: Forest Meadow Junior High, 9373 Whitehurst; Moss Haven Elementary, 9202 Moss Farm; Skyview Elementary, 9229 Meadowknoll; Hamilton Park Pacesetter, 8301 Towns.
For additional locations by Zip Code, call 800-874-1301.
Other Options
Car batteries can be recycled at Mr. Battery, 1470 Jupiter (321-2134), and Texas Battery Supply, 1136 S. Haskell (827-0305). Many area auto supply stores and service stations recycle motor oil and oil filters.
Dry cleaning bags and hangers can be recycled at many area dry cleaners, including Our Cleaner World, 6611 Abrams, and Fishburn’s Fabric Care Centers, located throughout Dallas.
