Also, privately-owned turquoise and yellow recycling bins, located at most schools, churches and businesses, accept all clean, and uncontaminated mixed paper. Click here for Igloo locations. Do not set them out in rain. The crushing and flattening of materials is recommended to save space in blue bags and is not required. Translucent bags make contents visible and reduce the risk of contamination by garbage and unacceptable materials.
Blue bags have better visibility and improve our collection efficiency.
These bags are generally available in area grocery and discount stores as well as certain municipal recreation centers. Collection is provided once a week, on one of your two regular garbage collection days. Please place your recyclables beside your garbage by 7 a.m. on your designated collection day. To learn your designated recycling collection day, please call City of Dallas non-emergency number 311 . If by 6 p.m. on your collection day your recyclable materials have not been collected, call 311 to report it.