Recycling Collection Calendar Details

Curbside recycling collection calendars are now available online, with the options to save electronically, print or set up electronic reminders through various phone and computer applications. Online calendars help save resources.

Please visit www.orangecountync.gov/CollectionCalendar to learn how view, print, or set up electronic reminders.

Download Our App!

Orange County’s free phone app, called Orange County NC Recycles, has easily accessible tools to help residents recycle correctly and not miss recycling pick up days! The app is currently available in English, Spanish, and Simple Chinese.

Enter your home address into the calendar to view your curbside recycling collection calendar. Users can enable app notifications to receive reminders the day before or day of their recycling collection.
The A-Z Waste & Recycle Guide, that includes a search tool, helps residents know how and where to dispose of different materials.

Update your Recycle Right Flyer

If you need a new Recycle Right flyer, you can view and print it on the department’s What Goes in my Blue Recycle Cart? webpage. The flyer is available in Arabic, Burmese, simple Chinese, English, Karen, Korean, and Spanish.

Older Recycle Right flyers may include items that are not currently accepted in Orange County curbside carts. Solid Waste encourages residents to check the current flyer on the website to make certain they are using the most recent version.

Recycling Stars Program Check-In

Solid Waste’s Education and Outreach team is continuing to make headway on the Recycling Stars Program. The Stars program, designed using a best practices model, is intended to be an individual education program to improve the content and recyclability of the single stream recycling collected curbside.

Curbside recycling carts are inspected by staff. Carts with no contamination will receive a star sticker. Households that receive two star stickers in a row will be entered in a raffle to win a prize. Carts with mild contamination will receive a “light” letter to inform residents of items that are not accepted in single stream recycling. Carts that receive a ‘light” letter are still collected the day they are inspected.

Carts with more serious contamination or more problematic contaminates, like plastic bags, will receive an “oops” tag and will not be collected during that collection cycle. Residents are responsible for removing all contamination from the cart. The cart will be collected in the next collection cycle provided there is no contamination. Contamination is costly and can cause safety issues at recycling facilities. Please check the recycle right flyer and A-Z Waste & Recycle Guide to become familiar with the County’s recycling guidelines.

For more information on the Recycling Stars program, please visit https://www.orangecountync.gov/2932/Orange-County-Recycling-Stars-Program.

Can't Get Enough Trash Talk?

Listen to OC Solid Waste Representatives the second Tuesday of each month from 8:15 am to 8:45 am on the ‘3-D News’ on local radio WHUP 104.7 FM, over the air and streaming online. Visit this link to listen online. If you missed the show, you can listen online since shows are archived for a month after airing.

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