Recycling General InformationClick on an item below to find out more about recycling that material.

Recycling bins are free, and may be picked up from one of four locations. Click here for a listing of locations.
Omaha has four recycling drop-off sites. For the current list of the City's drop-off sites, click here
| Omaha uses single-stream recycling collection. Packer trucks, commonly called garbage trucks, with large yellow RECYCLING signs on the side and back, collect and transport recyclables to an indoor, semi-automated sorting facility.
Please set out your green bin every time you have recyclables for collection. Recycling crews look for the green bin to identify that there are recyclables for pick up. There are city ordinances that regulate how garbage, yardwaste and recyclables are to be prepared for collection. The two sections of the Omaha Municipal Code that relate to solid waste are available as Acrobat documents through the following two links Chapter 33, ARTICLE II, Division 1, Section 33, Items 21-30 and Chapter 33, ARTICLE II, Division 2, Section 33, Items 41-49. The ordinances also speak to the ownership of material in recycling bins placed at the curb. |
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A brochure (an Adobe® Acrobat® file) with this page's information is available by clicking here.
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A decal with recycling reminders is available that you can apply to your recycling bin or another convenient surface. Call 402-444-4500 to request a decal. |
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A Word About GlassGlass is not collected from the green recycling bins. Glass is recyclable if you take it to a drop-off site. More information is available about drop-off sites by clicking here. |