Recycling

The City of Gainesville collects single-stream recycling and provides city customers with a recycling container. Recycling bins must be placed curbside by 7 a.m. on your designated pickup day.

What can I recycle?

• Cans: Aluminum and tin cans. Rinse out, flatten (optional).
• Scrap metal: Less than 5 pounds and less than 18 inches in length.
• Paper:
  • Catalogs
  • Cereal boxes
  • Clean and dry newspapers
  • Hardback or paperback books
  • Magazines
  • Mail
  • Paperboard boxes
  • Paper bags
  • Paper frozen food boxes
  • Phonebooks
  • Writing paper
• Plastic - Bottles No. 1 and No. 2, such as those used to hold detergent, milk, soda or shampoo. Rinse out and remove lids.
• Cardboard - Flattened boxes (must fit in recycling bin).

Items Not Accepted

• No glass - Glass is no longer accepted in the single-stream recycling bins. View a list of Hall County locations that accept glass and other recyclable materials.