Blue Bin Recycling Program
The Blue Bin Recycling Program services all curb-side collected single family dwellings as well as all multi-unit dwellings receiving City collection services. The Blue Bin Program enables residents to combine both paper and container recyclables into a single stream.

Blue Bin Program now accepts plastic bags and foam polystyrene
You can recycle plastic grocery and retail bags without drawstrings, metal detailing or hard plastic handles. Remove receipts. Place all plastic bags in one grocery or retail bag and tie handles together. You can also recycle foam polystyrene. This includes foam protective packaging, foam meat trays, foam takeout food containers, foam plates, foam egg cartons and foam coffee cups. All food residue must be removed. Details on how to recycle these items and the updated Toronto Recycles card are also available.

Ontario Deposit Return Program
Wine and liquor bottles continue to be accepted in the Blue Bin. Residents can add alcohol beverage containers to their recycling, or they can return them using the new Ontario Deposit Return Program. Be confident that either way, empty bottles will be recycled using similar processes. See Ontario Deposit Return Program FAQs.

Toronto Recycles cards
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• Recycling card for single family dwellings (houses)
  This information card is also available in: Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, French, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Tamil, Ukrainian, Urdu , Vietnamese and Yiddish.
  Please note: New items added in 2008 (foam polystyrene and plastic grocery and retail bags) do not appear on these versions. These cards will be updated at a future date.

• Recycling card for multi-unit dwellings
  This information card is also available in: Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, French, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Tamil, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, and Yiddish.
  Please note: New items added in 2008 (foam polystyrene and plastic grocery and retail bags) do not appear on these versions. These cards will be updated at a future date.
  
  Information cards for use in buildings can be ordered by calling
  311.

Collection calendars

• Residential Single Family Dwellings