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Recycling Cart Sizes

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All carts (recycling, yard trimmings, and garbage)
are available in 32-, 64-, and 96-gallons. The new garbage mini-cart
is the same size of the 32-gallon cart with a permanent 20-gallon
insert.

96 gallons

64 gallons

32 gallons

Illustration of dimensions of different cart sizesD

96 gallons

64 gallons

32 gallons

photo of a woman pushing a 96 gallon cart photo of a woman pushing a 64 gallon cart  photo of a woman pushing a 32 gallon cart

Cart Colors

Your new recycling cart will be gray with a blue
lid. The optional yard trimmings cart will be green. Your garbage
cart will remain the same.

Recycling
Cart

Photo of a gray cart with a blue lid

Optional
Yard Trimmings Cart

Photo of a green cart with a darker-green lid