City of Bellevue
Being Smart With Your Cart means fully utilizing your green and brown carts. This may allow you to use a smaller blue cart – which is good for your wallet and good for the environment.
Better yet, be super smart by being smart with your shopping cart! The choices you make to prevent waste in the first place can make the biggest impact in reducing the waste you create and do the greatest good for our planet.
Reducing Landfill Waste, Together
The more you recycle, the smaller your trash cart can be, and the smaller your bill.
Simple ways to recycle more:
- Shop smart. Choose minimal or recyclable packaging, bring reusable totes, and combine online orders to cut down on boxes.
- Bag hard-to-recycle plastics separately. Place them in a clear or orange bag in your green cart (see hard-to-recycle plastics section)
Green Recycling Cart Guidelines
Acceptable waste will vary by location, but we have a general guide below.
Acceptable Items
Unacceptable Items
How to Recycle the Right Way
Check out these videos from the City of Bellevue for tips on what goes in your recycling cart.
Where to Take Recyclables That Don’t Go in the Green Cart
Glass
Drop glass off at Bellevue Fire Station District 3 (9400 S 36th St).
Curbside pickup is available for a fee through Glassman Recycling
(402-578-4204)
Appliances
May be taken to Cross Electronics Recycling (5030 N 72nd) or Scrap Central (2728 N 85th St)
Electronics
Drop off at Cross Electronics Recycling
Household/Garden Chemicals, Paint and Florescent Lights
Take to Under the Sink
(4001 S 120th St)
Styrofoam
Plastilite Corporation (4930 Battlefield Dr) OR may be placed in orange or clear bags and placed in your green cart.
Plastic Grocery Bags
Many grocery stores, Walmarts, Targets, etc. have boxes in stores for recycling these bags.
Brown Carts Are for Yard Waste
From approximately April 1 to November 30. Yard waste season dates vary somewhat from year to year and will be posted seasonally under Important Updates.
During yard waste season, contents of your brown cart are composted so you are helping to reduce the amount of waste sent to the land fill and helping the environment. Your trash bill is based on your landfill cart size alone, the yard waste cart comes at no extra cost.
Start Composting at Home
Composting is an easy way to reduce waste while creating a natural soil amendment for your yard and garden. Compost enriches soil, helps retain moisture, and keeps organic materials out of the landfill.
Add fruit and vegetable scraps, coffee grounds, eggshells, and yard trimmings to your compost bin. Avoid meat, dairy, pet waste, and other animal products. Turn the materials regularly and keep the pile moist to support healthy decomposition and prevent odors.
Oversized Items
A large item curbside pickup may be scheduled with Papillion Sanitation for a fee. Two FREE bulk curbside pickups (of items not exceeding 60 pounds and 4 x 2 feet) are allowed per year. These can be scheduled with Papillion Sanitation. The City will hold a spring and fall clean up where oversize or bulky items may also be taken for disposal at no additional fee.
Want to haul it yourself? Sarpy County Transfer Station is located at 14414 S 156th St.
Blue Cart Guidelines
Blue carts are for general household trash. Please do NOT place the following items in your blue cart
Unacceptable Items
FAQs
Recycling Guide
Yard Waste Guide
Are you still uncertain about sizing, pricing, or other details? Contact one of our professionals to get more information regarding which option is the best for you.
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