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Recycling is one of the easiest and most effective ways for Dallas residents to get involved in the City’s efforts to protect the environment. We can all do our part to sort out discarded materials from our trash that could otherwise be used again. It is all about efficiency.

DO YOU have an interest in reducing water pollution, air pollutants, and minimizing waste? Well, by recycling you can do just that.

Dallas’ recycling efforts and accomplishments:

Waste has no place in Dallas, which is why the City is so proud of the recycling efforts already made by its residents and is looking forward to coming up with new, innovative ways to make the process even more simple and accessible to everyone. Record numbers show that the Dallas community is recycling more and discarding less helping us to maintain our efforts of being an environmental leader.

  • Dallas continues to increase their recycling volume from 9,680 tons in FY 2005-06 to 20,149 tons in FY 2006-07 and to 29,664 tons in FY 2007-08!
  • The City’s goal is to increase that figure to 35,000 tons in FY 2007-08 and 45,000 tons by 2011, with a residential participation rate of at least 50 percent of households.
  • The City of Dallas’ “Too Good To Throw Away” Recycling Program offers several convenient features:
    • Convenient Single Stream Recycling means no sorting necessary! Don’t bother sorting…just simply place all recyclables into your blue recycling bag or blue recycling roll cart and the City’s Sanitation Services will collect them on your scheduled dates.
    • Large 96 gallon recycling rollcarts give residents plenty of room to recycle.
    • Blue recycling bags are still accepted and available, giving people another option in how they choose to recycle. Blue bags are available at all City libraries and recreation centers.

Did you know...

About 75 percent of what people currently throw into the trash is “too good to throw away” and could be reused for another purpose? Challenge your friends, family members and neighbors to think about what might be “too good to throw away” and encourage them to join the large-scale city-wide effort to lead the country to a more environmentally-sustainable future through recycling!