What are the Recycling Guidelines? Recycling collection in Philadelphia is every week on the same day as trash collection.
Recycling bins should be sturdy plastic or metal no larger than 32 gallons and labeled "RECYCLE" on the side.
All recycling in Philadelphia is now single stream, meaning customers can put all of their recyclables together in one bin--cans, glass, mixed paper, cardboard, and most plastic containers with no need to sort or separate them.
Cardboard boxes should be in the recycle bin unless they have food or grease on them. If they do, they should be thrown away as trash.
Recycling cannot be put out in paper bags, plastic bags, or cardboard boxes.
If one recycling bin isn't enough to hold everything, just add another one.
