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Uptown On-Street Recycling Program 
 
In partnership with Mecklenburg County and Charlotte Center City Partners the City of Charlotte has installed 35 new recycling containers along Tryon Street to make daily recycling more convenient for Uptown pedestrians.  The installation of the recycling containers was made possible through a Department of Energy block grant that was awarded last Spring.

What Can Be Recycled

As with the City's residential Recycle It! program, the following items are accepted in the Uptown recycling containers:

  • Aerosol cans
  • Aluminum
  • Cardboard
  • Glass
  • Juice boxes
  • Milk and juice cartons
  • Paper
  • Plastics 1-5 & 7
  • Spiral paper cans
  • Steel/tin cans
What Cannot Be Recycled

Please do not place the following items in the recycling containers:

  • Appliances
  • Auto parts
  • Batteries
  • Bottle caps/lids
  • Ceramics
  • Clothing
  • Garbage
  • Light bulbs
  • Paper plates/cups/napkins
  • Pizza boxes
  • Plastics #6
  • Plastic bags
  • Plastic food trays/cups
  • Pots/pans
  • Shredded paper
  • Styrofoam
  • Wire hangers
Reminder: According to state law, plastic numbers 1 & 2 and aluminum should always be recycled and never discarded in the garbage.
On-Street 
Recycling Tonnage Collected

 Month

Tonnage 

2012

 
January

.74

February

.67

March

.81

April

 

May

 

June  
July

 

August

 

September

 

October

 

November

 

December

 

YTD Total

 2.22


Additional Program Information

New City-wide and Uptown Recycling Initiatives

Uptown Recycling Container Locations

Power2Charlotte

ReThink Recycling