University City Recycling

Cedar Park
50th & Baltimore Ave at the Firehouse Market
1st & 3rd Saturday
9am to 12:30pm
Materials Accepted: Residential mixed paper, plastics 1 & 2, book exchange

Powelton Village
Powelton Ave. Between 37th and 38th streets in front of the Charles Drew School
1st Saturday
10am to 12:00pm
Materials Accepted: Residential mixed paper, plastics 1 & 2, book exchange

Material Specifications
Plastics

Bring only plastic containers marked with a 1 or a 2 on bottom with a narrow top and wider bottom that contained water, milk, juice, soda, laundry detergent, or bath products.
Rinse out; no caps.
Do not bring take-out food containers, plant pots, or buckets (wide at top) or plastics that contained automotive products, even if they are marked as a 1 or 2.

Residential Mixed Paper consists of:

newspaper
magazines
junk mail
catalogs
phone books
books
advertisers without plastic bags
paper bags
wrapping paper (dry, clean)
cereal boxes, flattened with liner removed
office paper, office files
cardboard boxes, flattened to save space unless used to contain other mixed paper

Bring mixed paper in cardboard boxes, or paper bags.

You can bring paper in plastic bags, but remove plastic bag at site.
Do not bring paper that has a plastic or wax coating; Do not bring wet or soiled paper.

For convenient recycling bucket/bin distribution sites, call 215-685-RECYCLE (7329) or visit:

Sanitation Yard: West
51st & Grays Avenue
Monday - Friday 7am - 3pm
215-685-2608

Release Date: Sunday, January 1st 2006