Recycling
Weekly pickup. Reliable, on time, every time.
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What's Included
- Weekly pickup
- Refer a neighbor, you both get a month free
- No setup charge
- Night-before reminder text
- Need a bin? We provide a 96-gallon bin if you don't have your own
- Sorted & processed thoughtfully
- Superior, local service
Compare Pricing
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Metro-Atlanta Bin Cleaning
Lambert Disposal
Us- Bins included
- 1 bin
- Each extra bin
- +$3.75/mo curbside · +$6.75/mo backdoor
- Smart Cleaning — 10 cleanings/yr (Mar–Nov + Jan). One flat, even monthly bill.
- Lambert has no setup fee — Arrow charges $30 and Custom charges $25, included in the first-year savings above. Lambert customers also earn a free month of service for every neighbor they refer. Bins cleaned, sanitized, and returned the same day.
Brightening Bins
- Bins included
- 2 cans
- Each extra bin
- +$10
- One-time clean
- $75
- Monthly or quarterly, year-round
- Largest service area — covers most of metro Atlanta (Decatur, Marietta, Roswell, etc.).
- 770-580-1155
ATL Fresh Cans
- Bins included
- 1 bin
- Each extra bin
- +$10
- One-time clean
- $50–55
- Monthly or quarterly, year-round
- Also offers bi-monthly ($30).
- 404-789-7250
Outstanding Bins
- Bins included
- 1 bin
- Each extra bin
- +$5
- One-time clean
- $35–60
- Monthly or quarterly, year-round
- Tiered pricing up to 4 bins. Bi-monthly $25–37.
- Based in Tucker, GA.
- 678-404-9184
ATL Bin Wash
- Bins included
- 1 can
- Each extra bin
- +$8
- One-time clean
- $59 first can, +$10 each extra
- Monthly, year-round
- Membership includes a quarterly deep clean. Veteran-owned.
- Greater Atlanta Metro.
- 678-737-4003
Lambert Disposal uses a seasonal-smart schedule — 10 targeted cleanings a year (monthly March–November plus January, paused in December & February) billed as a flat monthly rate. Other providers listed use standard monthly or quarterly plans year-round.
Pricing based on publicly listed rates and phone inquiries. Additional bin fees, service areas, and promos vary by provider. Subject to change.
What this means for you
Good news — you can recycle a lot more than before.
Now you CAN recycle:
- Paper — mail, newspapers, magazines, school papers
- Cardboard boxes — please flatten them
- Food boxes — cereal, crackers, pasta
- Clean paper takeout boxes
- Plastic bottles and jugs — water, soda, milk, shampoo, laundry soap
- Cans — soda cans, soup cans, vegetable cans
- Clean foil and foil trays
- Scrap metal — copper wire, pipes, gutters, small appliance parts
Still put these in the TRASH:
- Glass — bottles, jars, anything glass
- Plastic tubs, cups, and trays — yogurt cups, butter tubs, berry containers, takeout containers
- Plastic bags and plastic wrap — grocery bags too
- Styrofoam
- Anything with food on it — greasy pizza boxes, used napkins, paper towels
The easy way to remember plastics:
- If it's a bottle or a jug — something with a neck you pour from — put it in recycling.
- If it's a tub, cup, or tray, put it in the trash.
- Not sure? Flip it over. If you see a small 1 or 2 inside the triangle, it goes in recycling.
Two rules for everything you recycle:
- Rinse it out. No food or liquid left inside.
- Don't bag it. Put it loose in the bin.
Why no glass?
Glass breaks in our truck. The little pieces get mixed into the paper and cardboard and ruin them, so none of it can be recycled. Put glass in your trash bin and we'll take it from there.
What Goes in Your Recycling Bin
All recycling must be clean, dry, empty, loose, and unbagged. #1 and #2 plastics only — that means water and soda bottles, milk jugs, and detergent bottles. Yogurt cups, clamshells, takeout containers, plastic bags, and styrofoam are trash, not recycling.
Accepted
- Flattened cardboard boxes and flattened corrugated packaging
- Mixed paper: mail, magazines, newspaper, office paper, phone books
- Paper-based food service packaging (clean paper takeout boxes and containers)
- Dry food boxes and cartons (cereal, crackers, pasta)
- #1 PET plastic drink bottles only (water, soda, sports drinks)
- #2 HDPE plastic jugs and bottles only (milk jugs, detergent, shampoo)
- Aluminum cans
- Steel and tin cans
- Scrap metal: copper wiring, pipe, small appliance parts, aluminum siding and gutters
Not accepted (put these in the trash instead)
- Glass of any kind, including bottles, jars, and drinkware
- Plastics numbered #3 through #7, including yogurt cups, tubs, clamshells, and takeout containers
- Plastic bags, film, and wrap, including grocery and takeout bags
- Styrofoam of any kind
- Aerosol spray cans
- Paint cans
- Batteries
- Electronics
- Wood
- Cabling and hoses
- Propane tanks and cylinders
- Chemicals
- Food waste and liquids
- Food-soiled paper, napkins, paper towels, and grease-soiled pizza boxes
- Diapers, hygiene products, pet waste and litter
Plastics: #1 and #2 plastics only — that means water and soda bottles, milk jugs, and detergent bottles. Yogurt cups, clamshells, takeout containers, plastic bags, and styrofoam are trash, not recycling.
Why no glass? Glass shatters in the truck, and the shards contaminate the paper and cardboard around it — which is the part that actually gets recycled. Glass goes in your trash bin and we'll take it from there.
How to prep: Rinse containers to remove food residue, flatten all cardboard and corrugated packaging, keep scrap metal free of attached wood, plastic, or insulation where possible, and place all recycling loose in the bin, never bagged.
Contamination charge: If glass, trash, or any of the not-accepted items above are mixed into a recycling bin, a $5 charge per contaminated bin, per incident applies, and we may skip the bin or dispose of its contents as trash.