Keeping it Green – Blue Bag Recycling

Blue Bag recycling is available to all Tahoe Truckee Sierra Disposal customers.

How the “Blue-Bag” Program Works

• Place “blue-bags” of recyclables alongside your garbarge on your normal garbage service day.
• Dry, clean recyclable materials are to be placed in special blue plastic bags and do not need to be separated.

Recyclable Items accepted in the “blue-bags”:

• Magazines and newspaper
• Plastic containers: # 1 and # 2 ONLY
• Glass containers
• Aluminum cans, Bi-metal cans.
• Steel cans i.e. vegetable and fruit “tin” cans.

Examples of items not accepted in blue-bags:

Aluminum foil (including pie tins), contaminated plastic, plastic grocery bags, ceramics, crystal, window panes, pharmaceutical bottles, light bulbs, drinking glasses, mirrors, pyrex, dishes, wax or plastic coated cartons.

“Blue-Bags” are Glad or Hefty Blue Recycling Bags found at the following local stores:

• Safeway and other area grocery stores
• Mountain Hardware in Truckee
• Swigard’s Hardware in Tahoe City
• Area drug stores

Other Options for Recycling:

Visit the Town of Truckee website for informaton on local Buy-Back & Recycling Drop-off locations.