Brentwood

Recycling Guidelines

Reduce. Reuse. Recycle.

Mixed Recycling: Plastic, paper, metal and glass can be comingled together in your single-stream recycling collection

PLASTIC

Look for plastic items labeled #1 - #5. Lids and caps can stay on bottles and containers.

  • Includes some plastic bottles and jugs
  • Leave ON plastic bottle caps and labels
  • Rinse first – only recycle items that are clean and mostly dry
Lids and caps can stay on bottles and containers
Plastic, single-serve to-go containers with no food residue

METAL

Look for tin, aluminum and other metal items

  • Includes soup cans, many pet food cans, vegetable cans, etc.
  • Aluminum cans, such as soda cans – bendy, flexible metal
  • Aluminum foil
  • Aluminum disposable bakeware (pie pans, muffin tins, or lasagna dishes, etc.)
  • Please rinse. recycle items that are mostly clean and dry

Tin, aluminum, steel, and empty aerosol cans

PAPER

Look for Paper items

  • Includes corrugated cardboard boxes, commonly known as “shipping boxes”
  • Includes thin cardboard: cereal boxes, pasta boxes, cookie boxes, cracker boxes, etc. that tear brown
  • Includes cardboard egg cartons
  • Includes brown paper bags – these tear brown
  • Computer or office paper
  • Junk mail (plastic windows on envelopes are okay to recycle with paper)
  • Magazines
  • Newspapers
  • Shredded paper – no plastic bags
  • Notebook and legal pad paper
  • Paperback and hardback books or workbooks
  • File folders (both manila and colorful)
  • Cartons, including milk cartons
    • Rinse first. mostly clean and dry cartons only
    • No bonded material cartons – no cartons with an aluminum lining inside
    • Waxy coating on the milk carton exterior is okay
    • Paperboard thin boxes and bags
  • Please flatten all items.
  • Please remove any foam or plastic packaging from cardboard.
  • Mostly clean and dry Paper plates – no food contamination
  • Please rinse and dry items before recycling

Paper can be recycled up to seven times, depending on the quality

Cardboard tubes from wrapping or toilet paper rolls

GLASS

Look for glass food jars and drink bottles

  • Rinse bottle and discard lid.
  • Sort by color: (1) clear, (2) green/blue, and (3) brown
Bottles and jars (remove lids or caps)
Clean and dry your glass bottles

Mixed Recycling: Plastic, paper, metal and glass can be comingled together in your single-stream recycling collection

Doorstep Recycling Collection
Place acceptable recyclables in a securely tied, see-thru bag, separate from your trash and place in your bin, outside your front door with your scheduled trash collection.

When in Doubt – Toss it Out
Please do not place any unacceptable items in communal recycling containers or in your household recycling bags. Remember, if recycling contains “contaminants” (non-recyclable items or containers not properly cleaned), the whole batch may be rejected and sent to a land fill. When in doubt – best to toss it out!

What can NOT be recycled

  • Plastics labeled # 3 – # 7
  • Plastics without a recycling symbol – when in Doubt, throw it out!
  • Plastic bags
  • Foam
  • Food waste
  • Chip bags
  • Granola bar wrappers
  • Capri sun pouches
  • Ceramics
  • Windows
  • Mirrors

Multifamily-specific highlights. Check with your municipality for the latest guidelines.

Solid waste collection in Brentwood is handled by private collectors. Brentwood residents may contact companies directly for information about rates, scheduling, and how to sign-up for service.
Williamson County operates a Landfill and Convenience Centers for public use. Williamson County residents may drop-off trash and/or recyclable items at the facility. No Commercial recycling or waste will be accepted at any convenience center location. Those with commercial waste must take it to the landfill. Rental properties are considered commercial. Recycling and waste from rental properties must be taken to the landfill. Commercial rates apply.
The following list provides information on businesses that provide residential trash and recycling collection.  (Please note, inclusion on this list does not imply endorsement by Valet Living or the City of Brentwood)

Williamson County Convenience Centers:
http://www.williamsoncounty-tn.gov/1846/Convenience-Centers
​No Commercial recycling or waste will be accepted at any convenience center location. Those with commercial waste must take it to the landfill. Rental properties are considered commercial. Recycling and waste from rental properties must be taken to the landfill. Commercial rates apply.

Learn more about recycling in your city.

For more information, please contact:

City of Brentwood
5211 Maryland Way
Brentwood, TN 37027
(615)371-0060

Williamson County Solid Waste Department
5750 Pinewood Road
Franklin, TN 37064
(615) 790-0742

This information is not your official community or municipality guidelines. Recycling mandates may change based on the local processing capabilities and shifting markets. Contact your leasing office or local recycling agency to learn more or use the links under the “Recycling Resources"