Recycling at Home

What Goes Where

Please reference our Morgan Hill Recology Service Guide to determine what is recyclable or put your address into WhatBin to see what goes where.  

Containers 
As a part of basic garbage service, Recology issues each residence a brown, 64 gallon cart for recycling, a green 96-gallon cart for organics, and a gray, 48 gallon cart for garbage. Contact Recology at 408-842-3358 for any questions.

  • You may have as many containers for recycling at no charge.
  • There is a charge for additional garbage carts from Recology.
  • Contact Recology to replace or repair missing or broken carts.
  • Call Recology to ask for a special container for your used oil and a plastic bag for the filter will be delivered on your next recycling day.  

Additional garbage may be placed in your own 32-gallon cans. These cans must have handles and not weigh more than 50 pounds when full.

The City will provide 2 under-the-sink containers to assist residents in storing food wastes before taking them out to the organics cart. The City also offers free desk-side paper recycling boxes, which may be picked up at City Hall. Call 408-310-4169 for more information.

Single-Stream Recycling
The City of Morgan Hill uses single-stream recycling, which means that all of your recyclables go into the same blue or brown recycling cart. Our recycling program accepts cardboard, mixed paper, plastics coded 1 through 7 (no Styrofoam), glass and metal in the brown recycling container. Yard waste, food waste and food soiled paper go in the green organics cart. Recycling is collected every other week. 

Use Recology's "What Bin?" Tool to find out what goes where. Visit Recology's website for a service day schedule.

Local Disposal Options

  • San Martin Transfer Station, 14070 Llagas Avenue, San Martin, 408-842-3358. 
  • Kirby Canyon Landfill, 910 Coyote Creek Drive, Morgan Hill, 408-779-2206.

Visit recyclestuff.org to find out where just about anything can be donated, reused
or recycled.

Annual Community Clean-Up Vouchers
Each residence in the Morgan Hill city limits receives two sets of vouchers per year from Recology for free trips to the San Martin Transfer Station. View all details on Recology's website.

Bulky Item Collection at Multi-Family Properties

The property owner/manager must call Customer Service at 408.842.3358 to schedule FREE bulky item collections at Multi-Family Properties. The number of free collections will depend on the number of residential units.

Street Sweeping Schedule

Street sweeping in residential areas is scheduled for the day after recycling collection day. Friday customers are served on Monday. All vehicles, trailers, and other items should be removed from the street on the street sweeping day in order to allow the sweeper access to the curb and gutter. Call Recology for a street sweeping schedule.