Green Youngstown: Residential Recycling

Accepted

Shelf stable and refrigerated cartons like milk, juice, broth, and wine cartons.

Preparation

Discard caps, empty, and rinse thoroughly.

Accepted

Food and beverage glass bottle and jars of any color.

Not Accepted

Ceramics, drinking glasses, Pyrex, window glass, crystal, light bulbs, eyeglasses, broken glass of any kind.

Preparation

Discard caps, empty, and rinse thoroughly.

Accepted

All metal food and beverage cans such as beer, pop, soup, vegetable cans.

Not Accepted

Any non-food container.

Preparation

Empty and rinse thoroughly.

Accepted

Newsprint and inserts, catalogs, magazines, ad slicks, postcards, cereal and dry food boxes, junk mail and envelopes, wrapping paper, greeting cards, paperback books, paper shopping bags, phone books, computer paper, paper egg cartons.

Not Accepted

Corrugated cardboard, shredded paper or hardbound books, greasy pizza boxes, napkins and paper towels, food or candy wrappers, photographs.

Preparation

None.

Accepted

Milk jugs, pop and juice bottles, detergents, cleaning products.

Not Accepted

No plastic bags or Styrofoam, tubs or buckets, blister packaging, yogurt cups, single-use coffee pods, hangers, toys, clam shells, empty motor oil or antifreeze jugs.

Preparation

Discard caps, empty, and rinse thoroughly.

• Curbside recycle bins are free!
• You may pick up a bin at the offices of Green Youngstown:
  
  Green Youngstown

  9 West Front Street

  Youngstown, OH 44503

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  Office Phone: (330) 744-7526

  Email: recycle@youngstownohio.gov

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  Hours of Operation:

  Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM

• Residents of other communities must contact their local government’s administration office to receive a bin.

• Corrugated cardboard
• Everything that is accepted in curbside bins

The Mahoning County Green Team provides drop-off recycling centers in a variety of convenient locations.