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The City of Gainesville has a mandatory commercial recycling ordinance, Article III, Division III, Sec. 27-85. All commercially-collected residential units shall establish a recycling program that includes recycling of all designated recyclable materials and is convenient and accessible to the residents. |
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Some apartment/condo units will have recycle containers by the dumpster and others will have a recycling station. If a resident cannot find the recycling station contact the office manager. If there is not a recycling station contact the Solid Waste Division’s office of Recycling, (352) 334-2070.
The Solid Waste Division inspects each apartment/condo complex of 5 units or more for compliance of this ordinance. Tenant education and participation are critical in increasing the amount of recycling material collected from multifamily properties.
The recycling is divided into two categories:
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Commingled Products Only |
Newspaper/Magazines
Catalogs/Phone books/Manuals
Paper bags
Packing & wrapping paper
Corrugated cardboard (flattened)
Pasteboard (flattened)
Office paper/junk mail
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Plastic bottles, jugs, jars & tubs (#’s 1-7)
Glass bottles & jars
Aluminum cans
Steel/tin cans (includes empty aerosol cans)
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All commingled recyclable items must be rinsed clean and the plastic caps removed. The recyclable materials should be dumped loose in the container. No plastic bags.
The above items are all you should put in the recycling containers. Other items are not recyclable in our system and may contaminate the recycling and render it unsuitable for recycling at the processing plant. Examples of items not allowed in the recycle bins are:
No hard cover books
No food contaminated cardboard or pasteboard (i.e. pizza, cake or donut boxes)
No plastic wrap or bags
No food trays or other plastics not designated
Download Recycle Instruction Fliers that can be posted by recycle containers