Publications & Resources

The following outreach materials are designed to help residential customers make the most of available programs and services. Print them from your own printer or order hard copies. Contact us to request hard copies.

Guides

Posters

Flyers

Other Resources

Newsletters & Postcards

JULY – SEPT 2021: Proper Sorting Makes a Difference!, Repair, Reduce, and Reuse, BEFORE you Recycle, Thank You For Helping Us Provide Safe and Efficient Service, Compost Giveaway, Holiday Service Schedule.
APRIL – JUNE 2021: Keep Your Gardening Routine Green! Protect our Creeks and the Bay From Pollution, Community Compost Giveaway, Holiday Service Schedule, Spring Cleaning? Use the Bulky Item//On Call Clean-up Program, and Cardboard Service Reminder.
JAN – MARCH 2021: Reduce Waste by using the Handy Kitchen Food Scraps Pail, Collection Day Reminders, Only Rain in the Storm Drains, Holiday Service Schedule, Recycle Right! Support the Sort!, Put Hazardous Waste in the Right Place.
2020 Holiday Tree Collection Postcard
OCT – DEC 2020: Prevent Food Waste, Understanding Food Product Date Labels, Holiday Tree Collection Program, Manage and Dispose of FOG Properly, and Holiday Service Schedule.
JULY – SEPT 2020: Thank You For Helping Us Provide Safe and Efficient Service, Summer Events Schedule, The City of Milpitas Virtual Recreation Center, See One of Our Split Collection Trucks in Action, Holiday Service Schedule, Keep Recyclables Out of the Landfill, Repair, Reduce, and Reuse Before You Recycle, Curbside Collections of Used Motor Oil, Cooking Oil and Oil Filters.
APRIL – JUNE 2020: Proper Sorting Makes a Difference!, No Sharps or Hazardous Waste, Compost Giveaway Postponed, COVID-19 Announcement, Bulky Item/On-Call Clean-up Program, Service Reminders, Reuse Resources, Holiday Service Schedule.
JANUARY – MARCH 2020: Recycle Right! Support the Sort!, Reduce Waste By Using the Handy Kitchen Pail, Collection Rates Increase January 1, Collection Day Reminders, Maintain Smoke Detectors and Carbon Monoxide Alarms, Proper Disposal of Hazardous Waste, Holiday Service Schedule.
JANUARY 2020: 2020 Street Sweeping Days

Past Newsletters & Postcards

Newspaper Advertising

September 2021: Compost Giveaway and Street Sweeping
August 2021: Street Sweeping and Have You Visited Our Website?
July 2021: Street Sweeping and Common Contaminates in the Recycling
June 2021: Street Sweeping and Size Matters! A Word About Cardboard.
May 2021: Street Sweeping and Help us Help You!
April 2021: Community Compost Giveaway and Street Sweeping Information
March 2021: Refuse Single Use! Street Sweeping Information
February 2021 – Street Sweeping Information and Residential Service Reminders.
January 2021 – Street Sweeping Info and Proper Sorting Makes a Difference!
December 2020 – Street Sweeping, Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle with Green Gifts, Holiday Collection Service Schedule.
November 2020 – Street Sweeping, Avoid Food Waste, Thanksgiving Week Service Schedule.
October 2020 – Proper Disposal of Fats, Oils, and Grease (FOG); and Street Sweeper Information.
September 2020 – Bulky Item Clean Up and Street Sweeping Information.
August 2020 – Street Sweeping and Website Resources.
July 2020 – Street Sweeping and Avoid Contamination in the Recycling!
June 2020 – Street Sweeping and A Word About Cardboard.
May 2020 – Street Sweeping and We Support Our Community!
April 2020 – Street Sweeping and The Compost Giveaway Has Been Postponed.
March 2020 – Reduce Plastic Pollution and Street Sweeping Information.
February 2020 – Residential Service Reminders and Street Sweeping Information.
January 2020 – Street Sweeping, Proper Sorting Makes a Difference!