Separate materials from each other. (Except plastic bottle caps can stay on plastic bottles.)The cleaner and drier, the better.Leave items loose, not bagged. Flatten items such as cardboard. Don’t overfill your cart or bin.Never put extra garbage in your recycling cart/bin!No Household Hazardous Waste in the recycling cart or bin.

Greenwaste Recovery is the contracted recycling hauler for the Town of Los Altos Hills. A full list of services can be found at http://recyclestuff.org/Guides/CityGuideLosAltosHills(10).pdf

Republic Services is the City of Milpitas' contracted curbside garbage hauler. The following items are accepted in the curbside recycling bin.

Curbside pick-up service for Belmont, Burlingame, East Palo Alto, Foster City, Hillsborough, Menlo Park, Redwood City, San Carlos, San Mateo, North Fair Oaks, Emerald Lake Hills, Palomar Park, and Unincorporated County Areas within the Rethink Waste Service Area.

The San Benito County Integrated Waste Management Regional Agency accepts e-waste and universal waste at the John Smith Road Landfill (2650 John Smith Road) only from San Benito County residents.Examples of electronic waste include: Microwaves, T.V.’s, computer monitors and towers, cell phones, iPods, DVD players, stereos, etc.Examples of universal waste Include: Used motor oil and filters, batteries, fluorescent tubes, bulbs, and sharps.