Recycling Information

City of Southfield Recycling Program

Every Southfield resident is encouraged to participate in the City’s recycling program. Your recycling efforts will help our community reduce waste and divert reusable materials from landfill waste.

How can I participate?

Contact Southfield's solid waste hauler, Priority Waste, to order a 64-gallon recycling cart. Recycling carts are provided to single-family households upon request at no cost.

Recycling Carts

If you prefer a smaller recycling bin instead of the larger cart, please refer to the following options:

New Residents

Call Public Works Streets & Highway Division 248-796-4860 to request a free recycling bin and free home delivery.

Current Residents

Call or visit Neighborhood & Information Center at City Hall 248-796-5140 for replacement or additional bins at a cost of $7/bin.

Recycling bins

All carts, bins, bags, bundles, bulk items must be set out at the curb no earlier than 4 p.m. the day before collection and no later than 7 a.m. the day of collection.

What materials can I recycle?

The following materials are acceptable for recycling:

All Plastic Containers - Please rinse. Lids and labels can remain on the container.
Garden Plastics - Please shake out dirt.
Metal Containers - All metal cans, tins, aluminum foil. Small household scrap metal. Please rinse. Lids and labels can remain on the container.
Glass Containers - All colors of glass bottles and jars. Please rinse. Lids and labels can remain on the container.
EMPTY aerosol cans.
Paper - Newspapers, inserts, catalogs, magazines, junk mail, office paper, paperback books, household paper.
Aseptic containers, a.k.a. juice boxes. This also includes waxy drink containers.
Boxboard, paperboard. Flatten as needed to fit in your bin.
Cartons and paper cups.
Corrugated cardboard. Needs to be small enough so that it could fit into the bin.

NO STYROFOAM OR PLASTIC BAGS!!!

Clothing and Textile Recycling

Clothing recycling services are available to all RRRASOC member communities, which includes the City of Southfield. This service is offered free of charge to residents. For more information and a list of acceptable items, please visit RRRASOC's Clothing & Textile Recycling page.

Recycling and Disposal Guidelines

Benefits of Recycling

There are numerous environmental benefits to recycling and RRRASOC reports the following facts and figures to put your efforts into perspective:

Recycling creates ten jobs for every 10,000 tons of material recycled, while only one job is created if that same tonnage is landfilled.
Using recycled paper instead of virgin materials reduces air pollution by 74% and water pollution by 35%.
Using recycled aluminum instead of virgin ore reduces air pollution by 95% and water pollution by 97%.
Using recycled iron and steel cuts air pollution by 86%, water pollution by 76%, and mining wastes by 97%.
For every ton of paper you recycle, you save 17 trees, 464 gallons of oil, 42 gallons of gasoline, and 7,000 gallons of water.
Recycling one glass bottle saves enough energy to light a 100-watt light bulb for four hours.
Recycling one tin can saves enough energy to run a television for three hours.

Recycling Drop-Off Sites

Resource Recovery and Recycling Authority of Southwest Oakland County (RRRASOC)
Recycling Center

20000 W. 8 Mile Road
Southfield, MI 48075
www.rrrasoc.org
(248) 208-2270

Hours: Open daylight hours, 7 days a week

City of Novi Recycling Drop-Off Site

DPS Garage
26300 Lee Begole Drive, Novi
North off of 11 Mile Road between Town Center and Meadowbrook Roads
Hours: Open daylight hours, 7 days a week

Contact Information

Resource Recovery and Recycling Authority of Southwest Oakland County (RRRASOC)
Recycling Center

20000 W. 8 Mile Road
Southfield, MI 48075
www.rrrasoc.org
(248) 208-2270

City of Southfield Department of Public Works

26000 Evergreen Road
Southfield, MI 48076
(248) 796-4860