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Recycling things in Pittsburgh
The City of Pittsburgh has a biweekly pick up for recycled goods in the city. This occurs
every other week on your regular garbage day and is easy to identify due to all the
blue plastic bags on the street. Details of this program can be found on the
Public Works web site for recycling in Pittsburgh. Items that can be left street side
in the same plastic bag are:
- Plastic (1,2,3,4,5)
- Glass
- Metal Containers (including aerosol cans)
- Newspaper
- Magazines, Catalogs and Paperboard
- White Office Paper
- Junk Mail
- Hardcover Books and Phone Books
The city also will take corrugated cardboard, which needs to be flattened and
then tied or bundled in boxes.
The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh maintains a nice web site of
resources for recycling. This has links for recycling of many other things in the
Pittsburgh area.
Finally, the
Construction Junction is a great resource for
recycling. They provide a drop-off point for all the items which the city will
pick up, but are also a place to take scrap metal, freon and non-freon appliances,
Ewaste and building building material from renovation projects.
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