Recycling is popular in Fuquay-Varina. Approximately 98% of the Town’s 6200 residential garbage customers choose to participate in the Town’s voluntary recycling program. Blue, easy to roll carts with a closeable top have been one factor in the success of the Town’s program. Simply put items in your recycle cart and make sure it is placed curbside on your assigned day by 5:00 a.m. or the night before to ensure pick-up.
Determining Your Recycling Day
Recycling is provided for residential customers and is picked up every other week on Wednesday. Your service week is determined by where you live and each route is given a color. The area south and east of US 401 is the Green Route. The area north and west of US 401 is the Gold Route.
To view a Green and Gold Recycling Schedule. To view a Green and Gold Route Map.
You can also determine your recycling route by Subdivision and Street. You will then need to cross reference the Green and Gold Recycling Schedule. To find your scheduled garbage and recycling day by subdivision, please click here.
Below find a list of all the items that can be easily and conveniently recycled and those that should not go into the recycle cart.
ITEMS THAT GO IN THE RECYCLING BIN
- Newspaper, including all inserts and newsprint grade periodicals
- White paper and Office paper
- Steel/Tin food cans
- Glass Food/Beverage containers: Green, amber/brown and clear glass
- Corrugated cardboard
- Paperboard such as cereal boxes, shoeboxes
- Plastic bottles (must remove caps)
- Aseptic juice boxes
- Gable-top paper cartons such as milk cartons
- Aluminum food and beverage containers, including Aluminum foil (no food residue) & pie tins
- Telephone books
- Six-pack rings
- Magazines, catalogs and paper junk mail
- #1-7 plastic containers and bottles with a neck
DO NOT PLACE THESE IN THE RECYCLING CART
- Yogurt cups
- Pizza boxes
- Plastic bottles that contain oil or hazardous substances
- Margarine containers
- Mirrors
- Window or auto glass
- Light Bulbs
- Ceramics
- Porcelain
- Coat hangers
- Glass cookware/bakeware
- Household items such as cooking pots, toasters, etc.
- Frozen food trays
- Plastic wrap
- Plastic bags
- Styrofoam
- Stamps and stickers in junk mail
- Shredded Paper
- Plastics unnumbered
If you have questions, call the Town of Fuquay-Varina Public Works Department at (919) 753-1027.
