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.
Recycling Information
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.
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
- RRRASOC Recycling Guidelines
- RRRASOC Safe Battery and Bulb Disposal
- RRRASOC Household Hazardous Waste
- RRRASOC Lawn and Garden Disposal Guide
- RRRASOC Paint Disposal Guide
- RRRASOC Document Shredding
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.
Weekly Recycling Schedule
Depending on where you live in the City of Southfield, your trash and recycling are picked up once a week. Refer to the attached map to see which day of the week that your trash and recycling is picked up:
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
