Holly Springs residents can recycle the following materials at their curbs on the same day as garbage collection:
Glass
- Accepted: All glass food and beverage containers, any color.
- Not accepted: Plate glass, ceramic materials or any glass that is not a food container.
How to recycle glass: Remove metal tops and rinse all containers. Paper labels need not be removed.
Aluminum, Tin & Steel Cans
- Accepted: Any aluminum drink containers and steel food cans.
- Not accepted: Aluminum foil or pie plates, etc.
How to recycle metal cans: Empty and rinse.
Newspapers and Magazines
- Accepted: Newspapers and all inserts that come with them; magazines with stapled bindings only.
- Not accepted: Magazines with glued bindings, books, tissue or other paper products; no phone books.
Plastics
- Accepted: All plastic #1 through #7, as long as the mouth of the container is smaller than the base.
How to recycle plastics: Discard lids, rinse all containers and crush.
Corrugated Cardboard and Chipboard
- Accepted: From residential customers only. Un-waxed corrugated cardboard (flat on outsides and wavy in middle) and chipboard (cereal, shoe and laundry detergent boxes).
- Not accepted: No packing material, Styrofoam or plastics, no food on cardboard, no pizza boxes.
How to recycle cardboard: All material must be removed from inside boxes; remove excess tape and packing list; cut or tear into pieces no larger than 3 feet x 3 feet, in limited quantities, and neatly stack flattened cardboard under bin.
Junk Mail and Paper
- Accepted: General mail from solicitations, envelopes without plastic windows, writing paper, office paper and computer paper.
- Not accepted: Window envelopes, papers with adhesives, stickers, plastic inserts.
Other Items
See
Wake County Recycling & Waste Disposal for locations that accept additional materials.