Residential Recycling Services
Able Disposal currently offers curbside recycling in Porter and Laporte Counties. If you live in Porter County, and are interested in curbside recycling, please call 800.828.2253. If you live in LaPorte County, and are interested in curbside recycling, please call 800.483.7700.
Our residential recycling pickup service includes a recycling bin and every other week pickup by professional drivers using modern collection equipment. The recycle service we currently offer is unlimited service. We highly recommend that you put your recycle out the night before your scheduled pickup day, to ensure that it will get picked up. Our routes start at 5 A.M., so putting it out the night before is almost essential.
You do not need to sort your recyclables. The type of service we provide is called single stream. Single Stream is probably the hottest topic in recycling. It's also one of the oldest. Back in the mid '70s, curbside recycling programs were single stream because they only collected newspapers. Today, single stream means one collection container for all paper, glass, metal and plastic recyclables. The materials are then separated and processed at a MRF and sold to end-markets.
Single stream's popularity is fueled by the need to meet high diversion goals and cost considerations. Most people find putting everything in one container easier than using different bins for two or more materials.
Making recycling less expensive is always important. Because collecting recyclables is curbside's biggest expense, gathering materials in one container, instead of several, leads to lower collection costs. Even though processing costs are higher, the collection savings mean lower overall costs.
The key to single stream collection has been the technological advances in processing which have allowed MRFs to meet quality specifications. Processors are making tremendous technological strides to meet specs. If they can produce the raw materials end-markets want, then we will have quality and quantity. If not, recycling is in for a rough ride.
What can I recycle?
- Paper: Corrugated Cardboard, Paperboard (such as cereal and tissue boxes), Newspaper, Mixed Paper, Catalogs, Phone Books, Junk Mail, Paper Grocery Sacks
- Glass: Clear, Brown or Green glass food and drink bottles and jars
- Metal Cans: Aluminum, bi-metal and steel cans
- Plastics: Plastic Bottles and jugs #1 through #7
What CAN'T I recycle?
- Glass: window glass, plate glass, dishes, ceramics, light bulbs, mirrors
- Hazardous Waste: Motor Oil, paint, automotive batteries, antifreeze, liquids of any kind
- Wood: pallets, construction lumber, tree or plant branches
- Yard Waste: Grass, leaves, tree or plant branches
- Metal: Scrap Metal, Appliances
- Automotive: Tires, Engine Parts, Body or Interior Parts
- Garbage: Garbage and Food Waste
- Plastics: Styrofoam, Vinyl Siding, Swimming Pool Liners, Children’s Pools, Motor Oil Containers, Plastic Grocery Bags
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