What to Recycle: Basics

The Town of Holly Springs, through GFL Environmental, provides residential curbside recycling collection.

Recyclable items should be free of food debris. Pizza boxes can be recycled as long as they have minimal grease saturation (20%). Rinse glass, metal, and plastic containers before placing them in your recycling bin.

Plastic bags are not accepted in your curbside bin. (Bags can jam sorting equipment.) However, most grocery stores have collection boxes.

Please recycle:

  • Newspapers
  • Inserts
  • Junk Mail
  • Notebook Paper
  • Copy Paper
  • Computer Paper
  • Brown Paper Bags
  • Corrugated Cardboard
    • Up to 7 boxes, broken down and tied into a 3x3-foot bundle. To arrange payment for collection of additional boxes, call GFL at (919) 662-7100.
  • Plastic Beverage Rings
  • Cereal Boxes
  • Food Boxes (so long as they have minimal grease saturation - 20% or less)
  • Clear Glass
  • Blue Glass
  • Brown Glass
  • Green Glass
  • Metal and Bi-Metal Cans
  • Plastic Bottles, Tubs, and Jars 
  • Gable Top Cartons

Please do not recycle the following items in your curbside recycling bin:

  • Hazardous Waste / Hazardous Waste Containers
  • Needles
  • Propane Tanks
  • Motor Oil
  • Pesticide
  • Waxed Cardboard
  • Wood and Yard Waste
  • Wire, Hose, Cords, Rope, Chains
  • Styrofoam
  • Plastic Bags
  • Food-Contaminated Boxes and Bags
  • Antifreeze
  • Waxed Boxes

Interested in even more ways to recycle?

Visit the Earth911 website, which offers a Recycle Search that lets you know how to recycle a variety of materials - even those not collected at your curb.