Recycling Bins Half Off This November

Recycling bins are half off from the Birmingham Department of Public Service from Nov. 1-30.

Normally $12 each, recycling bins are now $6. The DPS office is open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

In addition, SOCRRA is celebrating America Recycles Day on Nov. 15 with a weeklong celebration, offering free tours of its Material Recovery Facility in Troy. The tours last around 30 minutes and consits of recycling displays in the Education Center and a look at how recyclables are sorted and baled. Groups should call in advance at 248-288-5150.

According to SOCRRA, you can recycle:

• All plastic containers (discard hard plastic caps)
• All papers, paperback books, mail, newspapers, magazines and phone books (place together in plastic or paper grocery bag)
• Place shredded paper in a see-through plastic bar
• Clear, brown, blue and green glass bottles
• Cardboard
• Household batteries (secure in clear bag)
• Empty metal cans, small scrap metal objects and large metal items (place next to recycle bin) such as: grills, bikes, lawn mowers, washers, dryers and water heaters

All recyclables must be placed in the city's blue recycling bins. Recycling is collected on the same day your trash is collected. Be sure to set out your bins by 7 a.m. on the day of collection, and keep several feet between recyclables and other items out for collection, such as trash and yard waste.