Your hauler is Tri-Cities Disposal & Recycling. Call them at (888) 678-6798.
Single-family homes in Soledad, Gonzales and Greenfield have weekly collection service of their blue recycling cart, green yard waste cart and gray garbage cart. Roll your full carts to the curb by 6:00 am on your regular collection day.
What can go into my recycling, yard waste and garbage cart?
Blue recycling cart:
Please put items into the recycling cart loose, not bagged or bundled. Containers must be empty. Rinse out excess food residue. Flatten containers if possible.
PAPER & CARDBOARD
METAL
Empty spray cans
PLASTIC
Clean & dry plastic bags & plastic film (bag in bag)
GLASS
Green yard waste cart:
Please keep your yard waste cart clean and green. Only organic materials that come from your yard or garden should be placed in your yard waste cart.
- Grass clippings (or try “grass-cycling”)
- Leaves
Plant or flower trimmings - Small pieces of clean wood
- Tree limbs and branches (up to 4 in diameter)
- Weeds
Please NO trash, dirt, rocks, plastic bags or flower pots!
Brown garbage cart:
Items not listed for the recycling or yard waste carts have to go into your trash cart. Those items may include but are not limited to the following:
- Animal waste & kitty litter (put in bag and tie off)
- Ceramics & china (e.g. broken dishes)
- Chips bags and candy wrappers
- Diapers & wipes
- Disposable gloves
- Drinking glasses (e.g. chipped or cracked)
- Expanded Polystyrene Foam (i.e. Styrofoam™)
- Food or grease soiled paper & cardboard (e.g. fast-food wrappers and to-go cups)
- Food scraps
- Garden hoses
- Incandescent light bulbs
- Juice pouches or boxes and straws
- Napkins & tissue paper
- Paper towels
- Pressure-treated or painted wood
- Toothpaste tubes and toothbrushes
- Window and mirror glass
Other Refuse – Not for carts
The following items cannot go into any of your 3 curbside carts.
Building materials, e.g. bricks, dirt, concrete
Household batteries – Do not place in cart. Collect in quart size clear zipper bag and place on top of blue cart.
