Curbside Recycling Collection

Curbside Recyclable Materials

Curbside recycling collection is available for all of Blair County residents through yoru trash or garbage hauler. Curbside recycable materials should be placed in your blue bin and set out for collection. Paper should be kept dry and we recommend a lid for your paper recycling bin.

“A Perfect Recycling Bin” will include all of the material collected at the curbside and no recycling should be visible in the trash. Curbside material includes: #1 & #2 plastic bottles and jugs, glass bottles and jars, steel and aluminum cans, newspapers and inserts, magazines and catalogs, phone books, mixed paper and envelopes, junk mail, and shredded paper, as well as cardboard and paperboard. That means that a perfect bin would now include these materials for recycling. You can flatten your cardboard boxes and bundle them or flatten them and nest them in another box.

A perfect bin for curbside recycling collection also requires that paper, cardboard, and commingled recycling are prepared as directed. Paper recycling should be kept dry. Cardboard boxes should be flattened and bundled or flattened and nested inside another box. Commingled recycling should be rinsed. Plastic bags may be used only for shredded paper.

Yard Waste Collection

Yard waste is included in the curbside recycling collection service and is offered by the IRC municipalities and several other communities. Use the links below to find the details for each municipal’s collection requirements.

City of Altoona

Hollidaysburg Borough

Logan Township

All residents can use the IRC Recycling & Compost Facilities to drop-off leaves, brush, and other recyclables. You can find more information about our two facilities under the Facility tab.

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle ... Repeat

Paper – Bagged or Bundled – Curbside Recycling Collection

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Paper bags or covered bins

Please pick up bins for curbside recycling collection at your local municipality – Altoona City Hall, the Logan Township Municipal Building, or the Hollidaysburg Borough Building.

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Recycle all your printed paper

You can now recycle all sorts of mixed printed papers and envelopes with your magazines and catalogs.

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Bundle paper with a cord or place it inside a paper bag

It is best to bundle or place paper in a paper bag.

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Keep newspaper & mixed paper separate

Newspaper and other mixed papers are slightly different. Please place newspapers and other mixed papers in separate bundles.

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Keep paper dry

Please store paper inside or pick up a lid for your paper bin.

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No plastic bags

Plastic bags get tangled in the equipment and contaminate recycling paper.

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Shredded Paper

Place in a clear plastic bag. Do not place it loose in the bin.

Bottles and Cans – Curbside Recycling Collection

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No plastic bags

Simply place loose bottles and cans in the bin. It’s easier to collect and sort materials without the plastic bags.

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No plastic tubs, trays, or cups!

Recycle all your plastic bottles but not your tubs, trays, cups, pots, or plastic bags.

Recycle This - Not That

Mixed Paper, Envelopes, Magazines & Catalogs

Recycle Like This

♦ Place in a covered bin or place in paper bags

♦ Please place shredded paper in bags

Don’t Recycle This

× No tissues, napkins, paper towels

× No hardback books

× No plastic bags or Tyvek envelopes

Newspapers, Inserts & Phone Books

Recycle Like This

♦ Tie with string or place in a covered bin and keep dry

Don’t Recycle This

× No plastic bags for paper

× No soaking wet paper

Cardboard & Paperboard Boxes

Recycle Like This

♦ All boxes should be flattened!

Don’t Recycle This

× No waxed boxes (like milk cartons)

× No Styrofoam packaging

× No pizza or food-covered boxes

#1 & #2 Plastic

Recycle Like This

♦ #1 & #2 plastic bottles & jars only

♦ Please rinse

♦ Crush bottle to save space

♦ Screw on the lid – it’s recyclable!

Don’t Recycle This

× No fruit tubs or trays

× No yogurt or margarine tubs

× No buckets

Aerosol, Steel & Aluminum Cans

Recycle Like This

♦ No need to remove labels

♦ Please rinse out food and liquids

Don’t Recycle This

× No liquid paint left in paint cans

× Household Hazardous Waste can be disposed at an HHW event

Glass Bottles & Jars

Recycle Like This

♦ Green, brown, clear bottles & jars

♦ Please rinse out food & drink

♦ Remove lids

Don’t Recycle This

× No light bulbs or window glass

× No ceramic containers or cookware

× No drinking glasses or vases