Division of Waste Management
HEADLINES
Recycle Your Residential Cooking Oil with Metro
2010-11 Brush Collection Schedule The Brush Collection Schedule is now available for July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011. You can download the map for your area and sign up for email reminders.
Holiday Trash and Recycling Pickup Metro trash and recycling customers whose collection day falls on a holiday (Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New Years Day or July 4th) will have trash and recycling pickup on the Saturday of that week. Residents who have questions or need further assistance should call 880-1000.
What do I do with my old television or computer?
Electronics Recycling Residents of Nashville & Davidson County can take computers and monitors (limit one computer system per household/month) as well as paint, compact fluorescent light bulbs, used motor oil and more to Metro's household hazardous waste facility.
Business Recycling
Check out our business recycling page for a list of service providers, waste reduction and recycling tips and more.
Committed to preserving the environment and improving the lives of the people who live in the communities they serve, RadioShack, in conjunction with Call2Recycle®, will accept all household batteries for recycling at local Nashville RadioShack store locations. Learn more about recycling batteries with RadioShack
Backyard Composting
Compost Containers Metro Public Works sells two types of compost containers.
Recycling Information
Where do my recyclables go? Want to see what happens when your recycling cart gets emptied? Check out this video that shows how Nashville's drop-off and curbside recyclables are processed and made into new materials.
Recycling Education Center Find out where all your recycling goes.
CURBY recycles all kinds of PLASTIC! You can put the following kinds of PLASTIC into your curbside recycling cart and in the PLASTIC bins at drop off centers: YES: All plastic bottles, and all dairy containers (margarine, butter, yogurt, cottage cheese, sour cream, etc.) labeled 1 – 7. NO: No black plastic, baskets, clamshells (fast food take out), or Styrofoam.
Look-up your collection days for Trash and Recycling, Residential Trash Services
