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The City of Corpus Christi Solid Waste Operations sponsors and participates in many environmentally friendly programs and events. These environmental events include the Christmas Tree Recycling program, Texas Recycles Day, Earth Day / Bay Day, and many more. The City of Corpus Christi Solid Waste Operations reminds you to recycle and do your part to help the environment. |
2010 Recycling Guide
Curbside Recycling Map
How and What to Recycle
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!
Curbside Recycling Collection Schedule Every Other Week
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Please set your green recycling bin at the curb by 7:30 a.m. on the appropriate day. You may purchase an extra recycling bin for $6 at the Solid Waste Operations Office, 2525 Hygeia Street, Bldg. 1A at the City Service Center (off Ayers Street near Holly Road). For more information, call (361) 826-2489. |
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Recyclables set-out for collection become City property. Theft of recyclables may be prosecuted under the Penal Code. [Ord. #21-11(d)]
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- If your collection day falls on an official City holiday, recyclables will not be collected on that day. Your recycling service will resume on your next regular scheduled collection day. Residents should refer to their recycling calendars for specific collection days, which may be requested by calling the Customer Service Center at (361) 826-2489.
Materials collected in the green recycling bins, include newspapers; magazines; catalogs; corrugated & paperboard boxes; plastic bottles #1 & #2, aluminum foil, and cans, and steel/tin cans.
Recycling Drop-off Centers
The City has four convenient recycling centers to use if you miss a collection day:
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The Citizens Collection Center at the J.C. Elliott Transfer Station
(open Monday through Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.)
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H-E-B parking lot at Leopard & Violet
(open Friday through Monday from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.)
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H-E-B parking lot at Alameda & Glazebrook
(open Friday through Monday from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.)
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The Fellowship of Oso Creek Church at 7402 Yorktown Boulevard
(open Friday through Monday from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.)
Aside from using City issued recycle bins, residents may use their own 30 to 40 gallon plastic receptacle identified with a City recycling decal. Recycling decals may be obtained free of charge from the Solid Waste Operations Office located at 2525 Hygeia Street, or can be mailed upon request by calling (361) 826-2489.
Clean City Advisory Committee
Think Waste Reduction!
Recycling is an important component of the City of Corpus Christi's waste reduction efforts. It makes economic and environmental sense to recycle what is consumed...but it makes even more sense to consume less! Here are tips on how you can reduce the amount of goods, products and packaging you use at home and work.
Waste Reduction Tips
- Avoid items with excess packaging.
- Buy in bulk when you can.
- Buy beverages in refillable bottles.
- Re-use or carry your own grocery bags to the market
- Refuse a grocery sack when you can hand carry items.
- Buy goods packaged in recycled and recyclable materials.
- Buy re-usable products, like sponges instead of paper towels
- Use coffee mugs instead of styrofoam disposable cups.
Buy Recycled
Buying recycled products helps turn waste reduction strategies into economic development opportunities. The packaging on many products lists whether recycled material is used. Buying these products helps "close the loop." Because these products use fewer resources, you will be helping the environment. Shop responsibly and help Corpus Christi do its part to help avert a waste crisis in Texas. For additional information, please call the City's Customer Service Center at (361) 826-2489.
What happens to items collected?
Dolphin Recycling Inc. sorts the recyclables by container type into individual piles of plastic, aluminum and tin. Newspaper and paper items are sorted separately. After sorting the materials, Dolphin Recycling compresses the sorted piles into compacted bales for shipping. The materials are then sold to mills and fabricators for re-use in their manufacturing processes. Recycled plastic containers are re-used to make plastic containers, filling for sleeping bags and winter jackets, backpacks, plastic lumber (such as that used on white benches on the City's seawall) and fiber for carpets. Recycled newspaper, catalogs, home office paper, and unwanted mail is "de-inked" and made into new rolls of newsprint and new paper products. Recycled steel and aluminum is used to make new metal products.
