The City of Yuma offers curbside recycling as part of its residential solid waste collection service. The program includes:

• On Thursday and Friday of every week (excluding major holidays) the City of Yuma collects the Blue Recycle containers. Please refer to the map above to see what day of the week we will be in your area. 
• The transportation of recyclables to the materials recovery facility.

How To Recycle

The City of Yuma provides commingled curbside recycling, meaning all accepted recyclable materials can be placed together in a single container. There is no need to bag recyclables or separate them by type in fact, bagging materials is discouraged with the exception of shredded paper. You are encouraged to place shredded paper in a plastic bag. The plastic bag prevents shredded paper from scattering during recycling pickup.

Please Remember:

• Recyclables should be washed out to prevent contamination; the cleaner the recyclable the more value it has.
• Break down cardboard boxes into smaller pieces.
• You do NOT have to separate your recyclables. You can deposit them loosely into your blue container.

What Can I Place In The Blue Recycling Container?

• Aluminum and steel cans: beverage cans, soup cans, vegetable cans, pet food cans, used foil and foil pie plates.
• Cardboard: old cartons, toy and product packaging, corrugated boxes, cereal boxes, soft drink boxes and other boxes.
• Paper: newspapers, magazines, catalog books, glossy sales papers, junk mail, phonebooks and directories.
• Plastics (types 1-7): milk and juice containers, plastic bottles, detergent bottles, hard plastics, styrofoam, buckets and any other household plastics with the numbers 1-7 inside the triangular recycling symbol typically printed on the lower side of plastic products.
• Glass: glass containers and jars; clear, brown, blue and green.

Learn More About Recycling in Yuma

City of Yuma has been providing Curbside Recycling since 2013. Members of the Media and Public Affairs team show why the "Take it to the Curb" recycling program is easy and the right thing to do.