recycling programs

Single-Stream Curbside Recycling

To date, 45,082 Delaware Residents have signed up for DSWA's Curbside Recycling Program...are YOU next?

CURBSIDE NOW OFFERED FOR ALL DELAWARE RESIDENTS!

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DSWA's CURBSIDE RECYCLING PROGRAM is available to ALL residents of Delaware. This program offers pick-up every other week of your mixed recyclables at your curb!

Listed below is accepted materials for the DSWA curbside recycling program.

• Newspapers/ Brown Paper Bags
• Magazines/Catalogs
• Telephone/Soft Cover Books
• Junk Mail/Envelopes (all types)
• Paper
• Paperboard (cereal/tissue boxes)
• Cardboard
• Narrow-Neck Plastic Bottles (examples: Milk Jugs, Bleach/Detergent, Shampoo Bottles)
• Plastic Grocery Bags
• Glass Bottles/Jars (any color)
• Metal Cans (tin/steel/aluminum)

For $6 per month, DSWA will pick-up your materials for recycling. DSWA provides a 65-gallon wheeled cart. All curbside fees are collected on a semi-annual basis (6 month billing in advance) and are not subject to credit for missed pick-ups, household vacations, or other resident absences. DSWA is NOT a state agency, and therefore receives NO TAX DOLLARS for the implementation or operation of these recycling programs.

Questions? Call our CITIZENS' RESPONSE LINE at 1-800-404-7080.

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Click to download a Single-Stream Curbside Recycling Brochure

Holiday Curbside Recycling Pick-up Schedule

Your regularly scheduled DSWA curbside pick-up of recyclables will change during the following holidays:

• New Year’s Day
• Memorial Day
• July 4th
• Labor Day
• Thanksgiving Day
• Christmas Day

If the holiday falls on your scheduled pick-up day, your recyclables will be picked up on the following day. All remaining pick-ups for that week will be a day later. Please have your recyclables at the curb no later than 7:00 am.

Collection Station Users!!!

We've made it easier than ever to use our Collection Stations. Just order your pre-paid tickets online.

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DSWA's Partners in Recycling

As members of DSWA's Partners in Recycling, many local trash haulers are offering discounts to residents signing up for DSWA's Curbside Recycling program.

Thank you to our Partners in Recycling.

Allied
Delaware Sanitation
EconoHaul
Hockessin Sanitation
Independent Disposal Service
Palmatary’s Sanitation
Tri State
Waste Management
Blue Hen
MT Trash
First State Disposal Inc

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