Curbside Residential Recycling
Papillion Sanitation provides Residential Recycling Service for Omaha (outside the city limits) and surrounding areas.
Papillion Sanitation Recycling
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Start your journey towards a greener lifestyle with our recycling program.

Recycling Collection Guidelines
- Place recyclables loose inside the cart.
- Rinse and clean recyclable items before disposal.
- Customers are provided a 95-gallon wheeled and lidded cart for every-other-week pick up of recyclables.
- Do not use plastic bags—they are not recyclable.
Residential Recycling Pickup Schedule
- Please note that most customers have every-other-week recycling and are assigned a RED or BLUE week for pick up.
- Customers in the City of Bellevue and certain SIDs are on a weekly recycling schedule.
- Your recycling schedule can be found on your personalized calendar in the WasteConnect app search results.

Our Disposal Guide
Accepted Recycling Items
Residential Recycling options may vary by location, so it's important to check with your local recycling options and guidelines in your area.
Acceptable Items
Metals
- Aluminum beverage cans
- Steel food and beverage cans
- Empty aerosol cans
Plastics
- #1 - 7 Plastic containers & bottles with necks smaller than their bases (Remove plastic lids)
Paper and cardboard
- Food boxes (i.e. cereal & Jello boxes)
- EMPTY paper towel & toilet paper rolls
- Paperboard packaging (i.e. tissue boxes etc.)
- Office paper—any color
- Newspapers & inserts
- Magazines, catalogs & brochures
- Envelopes & junk mail
- Paper bags
- Phone books & other soft cover books
Unacceptable Items
Residential recycling items
- Broken glass
- Ceramics
- Chemical/pesticide containers
- Electronics
- Light bulbs
- Styrofoam
- Yard waste
- Window glass or mirrors
Residential garbage items
- Ammunition, fireworks
- Ashes, hot or cold
- Barrells
- Batteries
- Dehumidifiers
- Electronics, radio, computers, TVs, etc
- Florescent lights
- Hazardous Waste of any kind
- Yard waste, grass, sod, leaves - Accept only if no more than 50% of load/Branches must be tied & bundled no longer than 3'
- Infections waste
- Items containing Freon: Refrigerator, Air Conditioner, etc
- Items containing lead
- Items containing mercury
- Liquid waste of any kind
- Microwaves
- Propane tanks
- Tires







