Sample language to add to your lease agreement
ADDITIONAL TERMS OF LEASE
GARBAGE & RECYCLING COLLECTION
(Apartment or condominium name) has an active and very convenient recycling program
that all tenants are strongly encouraged to participate. A list of acceptable recycling
materials is inside your move-in packet. Please contact your building manager if you
have any questions about the recycling program.
RECYCLING AREAS
Recycling area(s) is/are located next to or near the garbage containers. Only recyclable
materials may be placed into the recycling containers. A list of recyclable materials is
made available to each tenant upon move-in and the list can also be found posted in each
recycling area. Additional list are available from the manager.
MOVE IN AND MOVE OUT
When moving in or out, the tenant must:
a. Place all recyclable materials in the recycling containers. Large cardboard boxes must
be broken down, flattened and placed in the recycling containers.
b. Donate or giveaway all unwanted bulky items such as mattresses, couches, TV’s, etc.
Or take them to a local reuse store or for recycling or dispose of them at the landfill.
More information is available from the building manager, or you can also find
information about reuse locations at Solano Garbage Company (SGC) re-use network
www.solanorecycles.com. If these items are left in the garbage and recycling enclosure
area, a $_____fee for each item left will be deducted from your security deposit.
C. Properly dispose of unwanted electronics and household hazardous waste (batteries,
cleaning supplies, car batteries, fluorescent lights, paint, etc) at the local Household
Hazardous Waste (HHW) event. Detail information is available from the building
manager or SGC website www.solanorecycles.com. These items can not be disposed
into or next to the garbage or recycling containers. If these items are left in the
garbage and recycling enclosure area, a $_____fee per item left will be deducted from
your security deposit.
NEW RESIDENT: Please initial and sign were indicated:
I have been given educational recycling materials list that explain what materials must be
sorted from my garbage and recycled._____ (initial)
I have been shown the buildings recycling and garbage area ____ (initial)
It’s Easy to Recycle!
Place these items in your recycling container
Mixed Paper
Paper must be clean
 Carbonless paper
 Manila folders
 Books (paper-back)
 Newspaper and
inserts
 Magazines
Plastic
Containers empty; rinsed; with chasing arrows
#1 - #7; lids, caps OK. Please rinse plastic
containers
 Bleach bottles
 Milk jugs
 Catalogs
 Paper packaging
with remnant tape
 Junk mail
 Baby wipe
containers
 Detergent bottles
 Prescription bottles,
empty
 Salad dressing
 Cereal Boxes
 office paper
 Colored and
construction paper
 Paper(adhesive/po
st-its)
 CRV beverage
containers
 Buckets with or
without handles
 Shampoo and
conditioner bottles
 Tub containers (yogurt,
cottage cheese)
 Copy paper
 Paper bags
 Food containers
 Fruit basket
 Envelopes with
plastic windows
 Paper towel and
toilet paper tubes
 Household
cleaning
containers
 Water jugs
 Detergent boxes
 Boxes, packages
 Envelopes with
metal clasps
 Egg cartons
 Shredded paper,
bagged
 Coupons
 Telephone books
 Frozen food
packages
Glass
Rinsed, all colors/lids, caps OK.
 Bottles
 Containers
 CRV beverage
 Jars
Metal
 Aerosol cans, empty
 Aluminum foil, clean
 Aluminum Cans
 Cookie sheets
 Cookware
 Tin cans
 CRV beverage
cans
 Aluminum pie
plates
 Food cans/ clean
 Pet food cans
 Steel cans
NOT ACCEPTABLE
 Ceramics
 Window glass
 Food Waste
 Hazardous Waste
Including batteries,
motor oil, paint,
Fluorescent light bulbs,
solvents, and cleaners
 Mirrors
 Tyvek (overnight
envelopes)
 Diapers
 Styrofoam
 Plastic bags
 Carbon paper
 Pizza boxes
 E-waste including
appliances, TV’s
cell phones, computers
 Packing paper
 Plastic Toys