City of Lakeland

Recycling Information 2Beginning in January 2007 the Recycling Day has changed from Wednesday to Thursday. 

What to Include

Sort 1                                              Sort 2

* rinsed food and beverage                * mail,office and school papers

cans (aluminum & tin)                        * magazines and catalogs

* glass bottles and jars                       * newspapers and inserts

* plastic bottles w/narrow                 * phone books

neck                                                * shredded paper in  closed paper bags

                                                       * cardboard boxes (flattened and  3'x3' or 

                                                          smaller

                                                      * cereal, cracker, pasta, cake mix boxes

                                                      * shoe, gift, electronics boxes

                                                      * toothpaste, medication boxes

Food box guidelines: boxes from items meant to go in your cupboard (cereal, etc) are generally recyclable.  Packages for refrigerated and microwaveable products such as frozen entrees are usually coated in ways that make them unacceptable for recycling. 

How to Prepare

* place recycling in paper bags (plastic bags are not acceptable)

* place in your recycle cart or bin for pick up

Recycling dates

January 11 & 25

February 8 & 22

March 8 & 22

April 5 & 19

May 3, 17, & 31

June 14 & 28

July 12 & 26

August 9 & 23

September 6 & 20

October 4 & 18

November 1, 15 & 29

December 13 & 27

Disclaimer
The City of Lakeland has made every effort to ensure the accuracy of the information provided in this website.  However, due to the possibility of inadvertent errors that may have occurred when entering information, unauthorized access to this site, data transmission errors or changes to source material made since the last update to the website, the information contained on this website should not be deemed reliable for legal purposes.  Please contact City Hall at 651-436-4430 to check the accuracy of the data.
Last updated on 07/21/2008

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