DSWA Programs - Drop Off Centers

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Recycling Drop-Off Centers

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DSWA has expanded the single-stream recycling program to include over 180 drop-off centers across the state.

Since 1990, Delaware residents have used these drop-off centers at various locations to recycle their household items such as newspapers, plastic narrow-neck bottles, cans, junk mail, and brown, green, and clear glass. Each type of material was sorted into different colored containers then collected for recycling.

Sorting is now a thing of the past! The drop-off centers are now single-stream, which means that residents will no longer have to sort their recyclables prior to coming to the drop-off centers.

Listed below is accepted materials for the DSWA recycling program.

Newspapers/ Brown Paper Bags
Magazines/Catalogs
Telephone/Soft Cover Books
Junk Mail/Envelopes (all types)
Paper
Paperboard (cereal/tissue boxes)
Cardboard
Glass Bottles/Jars (any color)
Metal Cans (tin/steel/aluminum)

#1 PET plastic food and beverage containers.
#2 HDPE plastic food and beverage containers. No motor oil or anti-freeze containers.
- HDPE Mixed Rigid Plastics- kitty litter containers, small plastic buckets (up to 5 gallon), milk crates, small toys, and plastic trays.
#4 LDPE butter tubs, sour cream containers, and margarine tubs.
#5 Polypropylene yogurt containers, cottage cheese containers
#7 Mixed plastics various containers. Cartons and aseptic containers- juice boxes, orange juice and milk cartons.

Many drop-off centers also accept corrugated cardboard, household batteries, motor oil, oil filters, and textiles. These types of materials will continue to be collected in separate containers due to their size or special nature.

If you have any questions about this program, please contact the CITIZENS’ RESPONSE LINE at 1-800-404-7080.

At no cost to taxpayers, DSWA operates the statewide program, which averages three million pounds of recyclables received each month.

Listed below are the items accepted for recycling through the drop-off centers, as well as items that are not accepted, how things should be prepared, and what new products are made by the recycled items.