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2018-2019 Holiday Schedule

There will be no service on the Tuesdays for Christmas Day or New Year’s Day. If your pickup day falls on Tuesday, please put your carts out on Saturday. We will be servicing Tuesday customers on Saturday December 22nd, Saturday December 29th, and Saturday January 5th.

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Recology San Francisco 2018-2019 Holiday Schedule

There will be no service on the Tuesdays for Christmas Day or New Year’s Day. If your pickup day falls on Tuesday, please put your carts out on Saturday. We will be servicing Tuesday customers on Saturday December 22nd, Saturday December 29th, and Saturday January 5th. Download Calendar PDF Read more.

Better at the Bin – Painless Ways to Recycle More

Globally, we produce 3.5 million tons of rubbish a day. If we packed all those discards into garbage trucks and parked them end to end, the line would stretch across the United States, a distance of 3,000 miles. The typical American produces 4.5 pounds of trash per day. That’s higher than in any other country. We can […] Read more.

How to Recycle Plastic Bags in San Francisco

San Francisco passed an ordinance that included a ban on single-use plastic bags at checkout counters, and many other cities and the State of California are following our City’s lead. Still, plastic bags and film plastic come into our lives. So, Recology and the City have instituted a recycling program enhancement to address this. You […] Read more.

China Tightens Recycling Import Rules

We have all seen the pictures of cities in China with air pollution so bad citizens have resorted to wearing masks. To help improve the environment, the Chinese government recently implemented new rules severely restricting the import of recycled plastics and recycled paper. With the paper mill industry declining in the US, we have been […] Read more.

Artist in Residence Program

Since 1990, over 100 professional artists and twenty student artists have completed residencies in San Francisco. The studio is located at Recology San Francisco, a 47-acre facility that is also home to a three-acre sculpture garden containing work by former artists-in-residence. Find out more.

Environmental Learning Center

Learn more about resource recovery and landfill diversion at the Environmental Learning Center (ELC). At the ELC you can take a tour, host a field trip, check out recycled art pieces, and meet our staff. Find out more.

RecologySF Newsletter

Check out the latest customer newsletter. Learn more about upcoming collection calendars, what goes where, and how you can help our City achieve zero waste. Find out more.