Bowling Green's Cool Blue Recycle Box

Three Quick & Easy Steps:

1. Put the BLUE RECYCLE BOX next to your waste basket, under the sink, in a closet, by the door or wherever most convenient for you.  The BLUE RECYCLE BOX provides clean, convenient storage for your recyclables, and keeps them from being contaminated by garbage and other trash.  Recycling is clean, quick , and simple!

2. Prepare your recyclables as directed and place in the BLUE RECYCLE BOX.
   Recycling takes only a few minutes each day!
3. Take the BLUE RECYCLE BOX to the Recycling Center and sort into the containers provided for each item. Or, recycle as directed by your residential community.
   Recycling is as easy as taking out the trash!

*Please follow the simple guidelines in preparing items for recycling. Recyclables improperly prepared or mixed with trash cannot be recycled. Only the items listed can be collected curbside.

Beverage Cans

• Please drain completely
• Rinse CLEAN

Steel Food Cans

• Rinse CLEAN
• Remove paper labels
• Place lid inside can and pinch end closed to keep lid inside

You may flatten cans to save space for home storage.

Newspapers

• Stack in brown PAPER grocery bags
• Do not pack in plastic bags or tie
• Loose newspaper can cause litter
• Wet newspapers cannot be recycled
• NO glossy, shiny paper, junk mail, or envelopes
• DO NOT MIX newspapers with magazines, catalogs or office papers

For curbside collection, please DO NOT set out newspaper on wet, rainy days. Save for sunny days or take to the Recycle Center.

Glass Jars And Bottles

• Remove and throw away caps & lids
• Rinse CLEAN
• Paper labels do not have to be removed
• Please separate large volumes, by color - CLEAR, GREEN, BROWN
• NO mirrors, ceramics, light bulbs, or window glass

Please, NO broken glass.

Plastic Bottles

• Clear POP BOTTLES
• Green POP BOTTLES
• White MILK & WATER JUGS
• Colored SOAP, detergent, bleach, & softener BOTTLES
• Throw away caps
• Rinse CLEAN
• NO other plastics, bottles or containers can be recycled at the Recycling Center
• Plastic bags, foam trays & egg cartons can be recycled at some local stores

You may flatten plastic bottles to save space for home storage.

Leave the Blue Recycle Box for the Next Resident!

A replacement fee will be charged for containers not returned to the management or not left for use by the next resident.

If your container is stolen, please report the theft to the management immediately or you may be charged a replacement fee.

The BLUE RECYCLE BOX is provided free for your use, but remains the property of the City of Bowling Green. Theft or misuse is punishable by law.

All Bowling Green citizens not eligible for curbside collection are encouraged to recycle through the BLUE BOX Program.

The BLUE BOX recycling program is for Bowling Green residents who live in private residential communities - apartments, condominiums, and mobile homes - and are serviced by commercial waste haulers. 

For INFORMATION and a BLUE RECYCLE BOX
Please contact:
WE ARE CURRENTLY OUT OF  THE BLUE BOX BINS and do not expect more to be purchased.

With any questions, please call:

City of Bowling Green
Public Works Department
304 N. Church Street
419-354-6227

The BLUE RECYCLE BOXS are provided by the Wood County Waste District through the City of Bowling Green. There is no charge for the containers.

Private residential communities are responsible for their own refuse and recycling collection services. They may select from those offered by commercial haulers or provide their own collection.

City Ordinance prohibits the City from collecting refuse recyclables from private residential communities.

Bowling Green Jaycees' Recycling Center
1024 N. College Drive (off East Poe Road)
Open 24 hours

Corrugated boxes can be recycled at the Jaycees Recycling Center. A brochure listing for additional recyclable items is available at the Recycling Center.

On-Site Locations:

May be established in cooperation with the owners, management and residents. For on-site collection, please be sure to prepare and sort recyclables as requested.

Curbside Service:

May be contracted by the owners or management in cooperation with a private hauler.

Recycling Questions?
Call the City at 419-354-6227 or the
Recycling Hotline at 419- 352-5446