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Atlantic County’s recycling program is a single-stream program. Residents can now recycle all paper, cans and bottles together in the same containers without separating.

ACUA residential customers are entitled to one recycling bucket per year. Click here to request yours now!

Residents are asked to recycle all plastic containers with a number 1 through 7.

Please no styrofoam or plastic bags.

For information in Spanish, click here.


ACUA now collects the following materials curbside:

Bottles, Cans and Plastic Containers
Aluminum / Steel / Tin Cans Empty Aerosol Cans (remove lid)
Glass Containers Empty Paint Cans (remove lid)
Plastic Containers – any plastic container with a number 1 - 7
Please...no plastic cups or utensils
Paper
Paper Bags Newspaper
Computer Paper / Office Paper / Shredded Paper Paperback Books/Hardback books, covers removed
Junk Mail / Envelopes Telephone Books
Magazines / Catalogs Office Paper
Clean Pizza Boxes         
(made of corrugated cardboard)
Egg Cartons, paper only
Cereal/Food Boxes
Cardboard
Corrugated cardboard (wavy material between two cardboard sheets) must be flattened, stacked in bundles & tied with twine.

Unaccepted Items – Except for syringes and other medical waste, most unaccepted items can be disposed of in your regular trash. Please note that bulky, rigid plastic, such as car seats, toys and plastic furniture are accepted through the ACUA's rigid plastic drop-off program. 

Paper and Cardboard
Blue Prints Paper Plates, Towels, Tissue, etc.
Styrofoam Egg Cartons Waxed Cardboard
Plastics 
Cups, Utensils Plastic Toys – bring to the ACUA free of charge!
Plastic Bags
(please don't include at curb)
Styrofoam
Glass 
China / Dishware Mirrors
Flower Pots / Trash Cans Window Glass
Light Bulbs
Metals 
Aluminum Foil Pots and Pans
Pie Plates Syringes / Needles
Pipes Tire Rims
Wire Clothes Hangers Syringes 
If you missed your recycling pick-up or would like to recycle between pick-ups, there are some Recycling Drop-Off locations throughout the county. Click here to find one near you. Thank you!
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