What goes in the Plano recycling cart?
Aluminum cans, steel food cans, newspaper, magazines, catalogs, phone books, paper grocery bags, boxboard such as cereal and shoe boxes, and small corrugated boxes emptied and flattened. Plastic bottles, jugs and cups must be stamped 1, 2 or 5. Rinse product bottles like shampoo and detergent. Office paper and junk mail must be larger than a credit card. Put everything in loose.
Does Plano take glass in curbside recycling?
Yes. Plano accepts glass food and beverage containers in the recycling cart with all lids removed. Ceramics, drinking glasses, vases, mirrors, and light bulbs or fluorescent tubes stay out. Plano also refuses plastics stamped 3, 4, 6 and 7, black plastic, Styrofoam, aluminum foil, aerosol cans, shredded paper, milk and juice cartons, and plastic bags and wrap.
How does bulky waste pickup work in Plano?
Plano collects bulky waste once a month on your assigned day, shown on the interactive collection map. Set items out by 7:00 AM, no earlier than 5 days ahead, within 6 feet of the alley or curb. Piles max out at 6 feet by 4 feet by 4 feet. Refrigerators, freezers, window AC units and anything else with Freon need a Special Paid Collection. Brush and yard trimmings are excluded.
How do I set out yard trimmings in Plano?
Yard trimmings go out before 7:00 AM on your weekly trash day. Bag leaves and grass in paper lawn bags of 50 pounds or less, and leave them untaped. Stack brush in piles no bigger than 6 feet long, 4 feet high and 4 feet wide; tying is not required. Flattened large cardboard boxes go out with your yard waste, not in the cart.
Where can Plano residents drop off trash and bulky items?
Use the NTMWD transfer stations: Custer at 9901 Custer Road, Parkway at 4030 W. Plano Parkway, or Lookout at 1601 E. Lookout Drive in Richardson. All open Monday through Saturday, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM. Bring your latest Plano utility bill and a Texas driver license with a matching address. Each visit takes up to 4 passenger tires and 5 gallons of used oil.
How do I get rid of paint and chemicals in Plano?
Schedule a Household Chemical Collection at 972-769-4150 or with the online form, and crews pick up at your home. Pack items in a cardboard box marked "HCC" under 50 pounds and set it out by 7:00 AM. Each pickup has a 15-gallon limit, with no container over 5 gallons. Plano takes paint, pool chemicals, pesticides, motor oil, car batteries and propane tanks.