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Curbside Recycling
The City of Murray is looking to offer curbside recycling service for City Residents. For $15.00 a month you would receive a special 96 gallon container for recycling and bi-monthly collection of all your recyclables. By using curbside recycling you save time, gas and reduce vehicle exhaust emissions by saying goodbye to loading up recycling and hauling it to an area drop-off location. Paper, cardboard, plastic, and metal are products that may be recycled and often these items make up a significant portion of your trash. Recycling reduces your overall amount of trash headed to a landfill and may eliminate your need for an extra trash cart. Let’s all work together to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle to conserve our resources and reduce the amount of materials going to a landfill! To begin this program the City of Murray needs a minimum of 500 residents to subscribe for this voluntary service. Sign up today by calling (270) 762-0380 or send an email to recycling@murrayky.gov requesting curbside recycling. Please include your name, address, phone number and your Murray Municipal Utilities account number.
Items acceptable for Curbside Recycling
- Plastics #1 and #2 - Rinse thoroughly to ensure they are free of contaminants and residue. Remove caps or lids and dispose of them in the trash.
- Paper Products - Office paper or “mixed paper” such as: junk mail, envelopes, letterhead, copier paper, magazines, catalogues, post cards.
- Cardboard products - All sizes of cardboard boxes dry and flattened. Remove packaging (Styrofoam “peanuts,” plastic bubble wrap, liners, etc.). Break down and flatten ALL boxes.
- Metals - Aluminum beverage cans; Steel and bi-metal food & beverage cans; Rinse thoroughly to ensure they are free of contaminants and residue. It is not necessary to remove labels.
Unacceptable Materials
- Food waste and food soiled material. A pizza box and used paper plates are prime examples of food soiled material
- Needles and medical waste - DO NOT place used needles or any other medical waste in your recycling! Doing so poses a potential health hazard! Place used needles in a plastic detergent bottle and dispose of in regular trash.
- Paper towels and tissues/ Styrofoam (packaging “peanuts, “Styrofoam cups and bowls, etc.) Plastic bubble wrap .Plastic food wrappers, all glass products.
- Plastic bags - Plastic bags including grocery; bread; vegetable; dry cleaning, trash and many more. Plastic shopping bags may be recycled at most grocery stores.
