Curbside Recycling

Notice

Dear Residents,

                 This is the recycling Schedule for the Town of Prospect for 2024. The list is divided into FOUR sections. Find Your Street in the appropriate section and you will see your pick-up dates in the column to the right. The recycling is picked up every two weeks for the entire. Please place your recyclables out the night before your scheduled pick-up.

                Magazines, Newspaper, orange juice and milk cartons, juice box containers, plastic bottles #1-7, aluminum cans and glass may be places in your recycling bin. Cardboard no longer than 2x3 foot piece may be tied and placed in the bin.

                Replacement bins can be obtained in the mayor’s office. Please feel free to call the Town Hall at (203)-758-4461 if you have any questions regarding recycling. Thank you for your continued cooperation with the towns recycling program and best wished to you for a healthy, happy and prosperous 2024.

Acceptable Recyclables

  • Mixed Paper: Newspaper and Inserts, Magazines & Catalogs, White and Colored Paper, Mail, Junk, Bills, Receipts, Computer Paper, Mixed Office Paper
  • Corrugated Cardboard
  • Chipboard: Including cartons, without box linings or pasta box windows
  • Glass: Food and Drink Jars: rinsed, labels may be left, no caps or lids; Bottles: rinsed, labels may be left, no caps or lids
  • Metal Cans and Food Trays: Aluminum Cans, rinsed, Steel/Tin Cans up to three gallons, rinsed, Foil Food Trays, rinsed
  • Aerosol Cans: Empty, Non-hazardous contents (no paint, pesticides or other)
  • Plastics: #1 & #2, all plastic containers under three gallons; #3-#7, plastic food and beverage containers under three gallons; #1 & #2 plastic laundry product containers, rinsed
  • Cartons: Milk and juice cartons/boxes rinsed with caps and straws removed

* May be amended from time to time and at any time by Murphy Road Recycling, LLC: *

Click here for printable version

To find out the days that recycling will pick up at your location, please select your address from the drop down below:

CLICK HERE for a printable schedule for 2024

Recycling Buckets

bucket

If you lose your recycling bucket, or it becomes damaged, come to the Mayor's Office in the Town Hall and we will be glad to replace it for you. All recyclables can be placed in the one large blue bin that is available for residents.

Residents can recycle magazines, orange juice cartons, milk cartons, and juice box containers, plastic bottles #1 & 2, along with the glass and cans. Magazines and newspapers must be put in brown paper bags. Cardboard may also be put out at curbside. The cardboard must be cut into a 2x3 square and tied. Everything else can be put together in the