Lee County's goal is also to recover more cardboard as a recyclable material. Residents are asked to place cardboard at the curb only on their recycling collection day.

    Cardboard placed at the curb on your garbage day will not be collected and will be tagged informing you to put it at the curb on recycle collection day.

    If you are unsure if a product is recyclable, then please call the Lee County Solid Waste Division at (239) 533-8000.

    Thank you for keeping the recycle stream clean.

Aluminum: soda & beer cans, aluminum foil, aluminum pie pans

Glass: soda, beer, liquor and wine bottles, jelly, salsa, mayo jars, any other clear, brown, and green glass bottles and jars (please rinse out food)

Metal: soup, fruit, juice, pet food, tuna, vegetable cans, empty aerosol cans

Paper: Newspaper, magazines, brown, white, and colored paper bags, phone books, junk mail, catalogs, office and computer paper, corrugated cardboard (like moving boxes), and cardboard (like cereal boxes, gift boxes, and pasta boxes, etc.)

Plastic: containers marked #1 - #7, including water bottles, milk jugs, detergent & bleach bottles, soda bottles, shampoo bottles, butter or whipped topping tubs, also accepted are #2 black nursery plant pots

Aluminum: Pots and pans, cooking utensils, door screens, lawn furniture

Glass:  Medicine bottles, dishes, drinking glasses, windows and mirrors, cookware (like Pyrex or Corning)

Metal:  Tools, car parts, license plates, cutlery

Paper:  Shredded paper and no paper packaging with wax layer like juice boxes and waxed card board

Plastic: Plastic bags, pool chemical bottles, motor oil and antifreeze containers, household chemical waste containers, flower pots (except black #2), egg cartons polystyrene trays, newspaper sleeves, styrofoam.

     To check who the garbage collection company is that services the franchise area you live in look for your zip code in the table below.  Still can't find it, then please call the Lee County Solid Waste Division at (239) 533-8000.  A customer service representative will be glad to assist you.

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