Discover Williamson County Convenience Centers: Your Guide to Local Recycling
- Matt Posey
- Jun 18, 2024
- 1 min read
At Terra Glass Recycling Co., we’re passionate about making recycling easy and accessible for everyone. Whether you're ready to use our convenient residential pickup services or prefer to drop off your recyclables yourself, we’re here to help! For those who want to take recycling into their own hands, we’ve got all the info you need about Williamson County Convenience Centers.
Williamson County offers several convenience centers for residents to drop off their recyclables.
Here’s what you need to know before you go:
Resident Use Only: All centers are exclusively for Williamson County residents. Proof of residency is required.
Volume Limits: You can bring up to 3 cubic yards (about one level pickup truck load) from your primary residence once per day. For larger loads (over 3 cubic yards), you’ll need to go to the landfill, which is free for up to 5 tons per year.
Commercial Waste Restrictions: No commercial recycling or waste is accepted at these centers. Commercial waste, including waste from rental properties, must go to the landfill where commercial rates apply.
Recycling Tips for Williamson County
Recycling can be confusing, but it doesn’t have to be! Check out these handy Recycling Tips for Williamson County to ensure you’re recycling correctly and efficiently. From what materials are accepted to the best practices for preparing your recyclables, this guide has you covered. Click Here
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Plastic # 1 & # 2 Only
To check if a plastic item is recyclable in Williamson County... Look for the recycling symbol on the plastic item in question.
There should be a # 1 or # 2 inside the symbol.
Includes mostly plastic bottles and jugs (see visual examples above)
Leave ON plastic bottle caps and labels
Rinse First - Only recycle items that are clean and mostly dry
No Plastics labeled # 3 - # 7
No Plastics without a recycling symbol - When in Doubt, Throw it Out!
No Plastic Bags
No Foam
No Food Waste
Aluminum
Please rinse items before recycling.
Aluminum cans, such as soda cans - bendy, flexible metal
Aluminum foil
Aluminum disposable bakeware (pie pans, muffin tins, or lasagna dishes, etc.)
No chip bags, granola bar wrappers, or Capri Sun pouches, as these items are often a bonded combination of aluminum and plastic.
Mixed Paper
Computer or Office Paper
Junk Mail (plastic windows on envelopes are okay to recycle with paper)
Magazines
Newspapers
Shredded Paper - No Plastic Bags
Notebook and Legal Pad Paper
Paperback and Hardback Books or Workbooks
File Folders (both manila and colorful)
Mostly Clean and Dry Paper Plates - No Food Contamination
Cartons, including milk cartons
Rinse first. Mostly clean and dry cartons only.
No bonded material cartons - no cartons with an aluminum lining inside.
Waxy coating on milk carton exterior is okay.
Paperboard thin boxes and bags (see photo example to right)
Tear edge of box to determine if material is paperboard or cardboard. White fibers inside indicates paperboard that should be recycled as Mixed Paper. Brown fibers indicate cardboard and should be recycled with Corrugated Cardboard.
Mixed Cardboard
Includes corrugated cardboard boxes, commonly known as "shipping boxes"
Includes thin cardboard: cereal boxes, pasta boxes, cookie boxes, cracker boxes, etc. that tear brown
Includes cardboard egg cartons
Includes brown paper bags - these tear brown
Please flatten all items.
Please remove any foam or plastic packaging from cardboard.
Steel & Tin Cans
Please rinse. Recycle items that are mostly clean and dry.
Includes soup cans, many pet food cans, vegetable cans, etc.
Tear Test
Do you know how to tell the difference between thin cardboard and paperboard?
They can look quite similar, but there's a simple way to distinguish them using the "tear test"! Just tear a small edge of the box or bag.
If the fibers inside are brown, it's cardboard and should be recycled in the mixed cardboard bin at your nearest county convenience center.
If the fibers are white, it's paperboard and should be recycled in the mixed paper bin at your nearest county convenience center
Contamination
You’ve likely heard the term "contamination" in the context of recycling, but what does it really mean? In the recycling world, contamination happens when items are placed in the wrong bin.
For instance, if a bin is designated for "mixed paper only" and you toss a plastic bottle in there, that’s contamination. Even though both the paper and the plastic are recyclable, mixing them up can cause issues with the recycling process, depending on the equipment and system being used. Always adhere to the specific recycling guidelines provided by your local recycling program.
Contamination also occurs when non-recyclable trash is thrown into a recycling bin. This includes items that are unsuitable for recycling, like a plate smeared with food grease.
Join the Effort to Keep Williamson County Beautiful!
We’re proud to support the initiatives of Keep Williamson Beautiful (KWB) and Williamson Recycles. These organizations are dedicated to promoting beautification, litter prevention, recycling, and community greening. They offer numerous opportunities for residents to get involved and make a difference.
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