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What are acceptable recyclable items?

Acceptable Items

With Single-stream recycling, you no longer need to separate your recyclables. The following are acceptable recyclable items:

Aluminum cans, foil, and trays. Steel and tin cans. Please rinse all containers. Labels are okay.
Paper Cartons:
- Catalogs
- Cereal Boxes
- Flattened Cardboard
- Junk Mail
- Magazines
- Newspaper
- Office Paper
- Paper Grocery Bags
- Phonebooks
Plastic household containers. Please rinse and remove caps. Labels are okay. No containers that contained motor oil or other hazardous waste.

Do not put the following in your recycling cart:

1. How do I request a trash can or upgrade my trash can size?: You can request a trash can or change your current trash can size by calling the Utility Billing Department at 208-746-3671 extension 0 or by emailing your request to ub@cityoflewiston.org.

With Single-stream recycling, you no longer need to separate your recyclables. The following are acceptable recyclable items:

Aluminum cans, foil, and trays. Steel and tin cans. Please rinse all containers. Labels are okay.
Paper Cartons:
- Catalogs
- Cereal Boxes
- Flattened Cardboard
- Junk Mail
- Magazines
- Newspaper
- Office Paper
- Paper Grocery Bags
- Phonebooks
Plastic household containers. Please rinse and remove caps. Labels are okay. No containers that contained motor oil or other hazardous waste.

Do not put the following in your recycling cart:

3. What do I do with all of these leaves?: Lewiston residents are responsible for their own leaf cleanup. Leaves can be self-hauled to Clearwater Composting or added to the residential yard waste curbside pickup.

4. My garbage was not picked up today. Who do I call?: All mobile carts must be placed out at the curb by 7 am on your garbage collection day. If your garbage was not picked up, and you had your cart out by 7 am, please call Sunshine Disposal and Recycling at 208-743-4075.