What to recycle in Myrtle Beach

OCTOBER 18, 2022

What can I recycle? The City of Myrtle Beach offers curbside recycling for our residential customers. You do not have to separate recyclables. Materials should be co-mingled, or loose, in the recycling pelican. Please rinse all recyclable containers (plastics and glass). Cardboard may be stacked beside your recycling pelican.

Accepted recycling items:

• Pourable Plastic Bottles and Jugs – #1 and # 2 Plastics Only

• Aluminum and Tin Cans

• Cardboard Boxes (Remove All Packaging and Tape)

• Catalogs, Magazines and Newspapers

• Corrugated Cardboard and Paper Bags (Clean; Not Greasy)

• Empty Aerosol Cans (No Caps)

• Glass bottles and Jars (Remove Lids)

• Office Paper, School Paper and Junk Mail

• Paperback Books and Telephone Books

Items that are NOT accepted for recycling at curbside:

• Appliances

• Cardboard pizza boxes

• Clothing

• Hoses

• Non-pourable plastic containers

• Plastics with #3, or higher

• Plastic butter tubs

• Plastic dishes

• Plastic to-go containers

• Plastic yogurt containers

• Scrap metal

• Shoes

• Tires

• Toys

Scrap metal and clean wood can be recycled at the Jake Abraham Transfer Station on Mr. Joe White Avenue.