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
- The Residential Service Guide
- The On-Call Clean Up Guide
- Food Scraps Program Tips
- Avoid Wishcycling! Make sure everything you put in the Recyclables container belongs!
Posters
- What Belongs in the Gray Garbage/Food Scraps Split Cart?
- What Belongs in the Blue Recyclables Split Cart?
- What Belongs in the Green Yard Trimmings Cart?
Flyers
- What happens to my Garbage?
- What happens to my Food Scraps?
- What happens to my Recyclables?
- What happens to my Yard Trimmings?
- Reduce & Reuse, before you Recycle
- Garbage cart sizes/dimensions
Other Resources
- Searchable, color-coded listing of items that belong in each cart
- Street Sweeping Map and Schedules
- Single Family Residential Holiday Tree Collection Program
Newsletters & Postcards
- APR – JUNE 2022: Keep Your Gardening Routine Green, Have Extra Garbage? Please Remember:, Residential Curbside Collection Program: Used Motor Oil, Cooking Oil, and Filters, Holiday Service Schedule, Take Advantage of our Bulky Item/On Call Clean-up Program, Before You Schedule Your Clean Up, Reuse, Recycle, or Donate First, Service Reminder: Cardboard.
- JAN – MAR 2022: Use Your Handy Kitchen Pail, Senate Bill 1383, Support the Sort, See Our Split Trucks in Action!, Collection Day Reminders, Only Rain in the Storm Drains, Proper Handling of Hazardous Waste, and Holiday Service Schedule.
- OCT – DEC 2021: Fall and Winter Leaf Clean-up, SB 1383 is Coming January 2022, Our Split Trucks Keep Materials SEPARATED, Recent Audit, Prevent Food Waste, and Holiday Service Schedule
- 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.
Newspaper Advertising
- MAY 2022: Residential Service Reminders and Street Sweeping
April 2022: Compost Giveaway and Street Sweeping - March 2022: Street Sweeping and Straws Upon Request
- February 2022: Street Sweeping and Residential Service Reminders
- January 2022: Proper Sorting Makes a Difference, Split Trucks, and Street Sweeping Info.
- December 2021: Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle with Green Gifts, Holiday Service Schedule, and Street Sweeping Info.
- November 2021: Street Sweeping/Avoid Food Waste This Holiday Season
- October 2021: Street Sweeping and Fall/Winter Leaf Clean-up
- 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!
Videos
Click here for New Collection Carts and Proper Set out Tips .
For the Handy Kitchen Pail instructional video, click here.
For Pay as you Throw instructional video, click here.
For Single Family Residential On-Call Bulky Item Clean up Program video, click here.
Garbage/Food Scraps Split Cart Collection video, click here.
Split Cart Collection Program video, click here.
What Happens to Recyclables? video, click here.
What Happens to Food Scraps? video, click here.
What Happens to Garbage? video, click here.
What Happens to Yard Trimmings? video, click here.
Helpful Links
General Waste Reduction, Reuse & Recycling Information
Mail Reduction
Donation / Reuse
- City of Milpitas Reuse Line -408-586-2680
- Goodwill Industries – www.goodwillsv.org
- Salvation Army – www.salvationarmyusa.org or 1-800-95-TRUCK
- Santa Clara County’s Center for Development of Recycling – www.recyclestuff.org or 800-533-8414
- Freecycle.org – www.freecycle.org
- Food
- List of Organizations In and Around Milpitas That Accept Food Donations
Gardening & Composting
Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) / Electronic Waste
Green Building
Student/Teacher Resources
Green Businesses
Earth Day Everyday
