Recycling Guidelines

The City of Winter Springs offers curbside recycling services to households in the City through its collection contract with Waste Pro of Florida and in compliance with Seminole County guidelines. An unlimited amount of recycling may be placed out for collection; however, Waste pro will leave behind any material not accepted in the program.

The following items ARE accepted in the curbside recycle program:
  1. Pasteboard (i.e., cereal boxes, empty paper towel and toilet paper rolls, soda boxes, beer boxes, tissue boxes, gift boxes,pizza boxes and shoe boxes)
  2. Brown paper grocery bags (no wax, no wet strength material, no liners)
  3. Corrugated cardboard (flattened and cut down to no larger than 3 ft by 3 ft.)
  4. Newspaper, supplements, magazines and catalogs
  5. Plastic #1-7 (#'s is on bottom of containers). Remove all lids.
  6. Glass bottles and jars (clear, green and brown). Remove all lids.
  7. Aluminum cans
  8. Steel cans and tin household containers, such as food cans
  9. Telephone Books
  10. Please rinse out all containers and siscard lids.

The following items ARE NOT inclided in the curbside recycling program:
  1. Plastic bags
  2. Motor oil or pesticide containers
  3. Light bubls or drinkware
  4. Aluminum foil or pie plates
  5. paint or pesticide cans
  6. Electronic devices
  7. Egg cartons and styrofoam trays

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date last updated: March 2, 2009 at 7:24 pm
Date added to website: March 2, 2009 at 7:24 pm