San Antonio Trash & Recycling Info

 

Household Hazardous Waste Collection Center

7030 Culebra Road, 207-6400

Safely dispose of unused paint and paint products, pool chemicals, pesticides, household cleaners and polishes, motor oil and other automobile fluids, and similar items. No charge for residents (show CPS bill).

Bitters Brush Recycling Center

1800 Old Bitters Road, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.  Monday through Sunday

Recycle your brush, leaves and grass clippings.

Residential Brush/Bulky Items Collections

Two pick-ups at residential locations every year. Yellow door hanger tells your schedule. May order extra pickup for a fee. Call 311 for more information.

Schedule a city pick-up or to self-haul to area landfill.

Call 311 for information or listing of area landfills.

See more detailed information at the San Antonio Government Site.
http://www.sanantonio.gov/enviro/solidwaste/

Onsite paper shredding

Cintas, 224-6321
Shred-It, 495-4514
Shred USA, 224-4700

 

Other Ideas for Recycling Specific Items

 

Magazines, paperbacks, coloring books, crayons, children’s books

Donate to hospital emergency rooms, retirement communities, schools & churches.

Eyeglasses (prescription and non-prescription)

Lions Recycle for Sight Program recycles old eyeglasses. Look for a drop-off box at your eye doctor’s office or the retail store where you shop for eyeglasses.

Women’s business clothing

Dress for Success provides clothing to low-income women who are trying to get jobs to support themselves and their children. Larger sizes are in high demand.

Period clothing

Donate to a local or high school theater program.

Textbooks

Donate to a local prison or an inner city school’s library.

Games

Donate to a children’s hospital, prison, or a rehab or recreation center.

Additional Recycling Information

http://www.cleanup.org

 

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