RR accepts a growing list of materials! Click here for a comprehensive list. If you don't see something on the list, or have a question about a specific ...

Traditional recyclables include paper, plastic, aluminum, cardboard, and glass. We refer to these items as "traditional" because their recyclability is relatively well-known (as opposed to, say, electronic waste or Styrofoam).  ...

Single Stream is a term used to describe the convergence of multiple "separate" material streams (i.e. paper, plastic, aluminum, etc.) into one "single stream" container. RR's Single Stream ...

North Texans are increasingly aware of the recyclability of materials such as paper, plastics, aluminum, cardboard, and glass. What about TVs, Styrofoam, carpet, and other materials, though? RR refers ...

Thanks for asking! As you noted, while modest amounts of cardboard can be flattened and placed inside of our 95-gallon roll-out containers, it can be difficult to place larger items inside ...

Yes, you can but, unfortunately, the caps will likely not be recycled. Bottle caps are generally made out of a different type of plastic than the bottle or container they belong ...

The numbers found in recycle symbols on plastic containers are known as "resin identification codes," and are meant to identify the chemical composition of the plastic you are handling. It is ...

Thanks for asking! Tape can be left on in most instances, so long as it does not make up a considerable percentage of the material you are attempting to recycle. The ...

Recyclable? Maybe. Acceptable? No. Strangely (and unfortunately) enough, wet paper products are highly undesireable and often times even unacceptable to recyclers--RR included. There are ...

Yes. While plastic bags are notorious difficult to manage for recyclers, causing havoc with in-house machinery and even transportation equipment, RR gladly accepts them in both our Collection Program and at ...

Yes, shredded paper is recyclable. However--and this is a big "however"--if you could kindly place any shredded paper iems separate from the rest of your paper stream, our facility staff (and ...

Yes, aluminum foil is recyclable—as long as it is clean (i.e. free of food and/or liquid residue). When placing foil items into one of our recycling containers, please rinse the item ...

False! While it is true that telephone books contain an unusually high adhesive content, that matters not to RR. Please feel free to place telephone books in your RR recycling container ...

No. RR accepts glass bottles with lables and caps. However, we do ask that you empty all containers of food (i.e. limes, etc.), beverage, and other (i.e. cigarette butts) contents.

Recycle Revolution charges to recycle hard-to-recycle materials (HaRM) for a variety of reasons. Here (in no particular order) are a few scenarios: When RR, itself, is ...