Hays County Recycling Centers

Items Accepted For Recycling at Hays County Recycling Centers

• Plastics – Separate #1 & #2 Bottles (Only #1 & #2 bottles are accepted. Examples: water, soda, milk & laundry detergent). Remove lids and caps.
• Glass: Only jars & bottles. Remove lids and caps.
• Corrugated cardboard: Must be flattened and placed into baler. 
• Newspaper, magazines, phonebooks, computer & fax printouts, junk mail and shredded papers are accepted. The different papers can be combined but must be bagged.
• Tin cans: Rinsed out, flattened and placed into large marked blue container.
• Aluminum cans: Rinsed out, flattened and placed into marked container.
• Automobile batteries: Must be sealed and not leaking acid.
• Used motor oil only - no brake fluid, gasoline, solvents, etc!
• Used oil filters – must be drained and placed into the barrel marked “Used oil filters.”
• Used anti-freeze – must be poured into the barrel marked “Used anti-freeze.”
• All empty containers of motor oil and anti-freeze must be thrown away in the correct trash can located by the oil recycling bins.

If Containers Are Full, Please, Notify Attendant 

Items not accepted for recycling

Chipboard (such as soda & beer cartons, cereal boxes, etc.)

Styrofoam™

Plastic bags

Plastics other than the bottles listed above (Our centers do not accept #3, #5, #7 or flat plastics such as fruit & deli containers, etc.)

Thank you for recycling!

Recycling-Solid Waste Centers are closed in 2012 for these official County holidays: