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Residential Recycling
Novak Sanitary Service is proud to provide reliable and affordable recycling services to communities across southeast South Dakota, including Sioux Falls, Harrisburg, Hartford, Tea, Crooks, Canton, and Brandon.
Our residential recycling service is designed to make sustainability simple and hassle-free. With a focus on quality customer care, we ensure dependable collection that helps families reduce waste and make a positive impact on the environment.


Novak Sanitary Service
Residential Recycling Service Options
- Every other weekly recycling pickup in 96 gallon carts
- Special pickup service for excess recycling can be requested for a fee
Residential Recycling Service Guidelines
- Recycling containers should be out for collection by 6am on your scheduled service day
- If recycling is not out in time for regular collection, it can either be picked up the following week, or you may request a special pickup (for an additional fee).
Our Disposal Guide
What Goes in the Recycling Bin?
Acceptable Items
- Aerosol cans (empty & no spray paint cans)
- Aluminum cans, clean foil and trays
- Books, paperback only
- Food and Beverage Cartons (juice, milk, ice cream)
- Chip board (cereal, pop, boxes)
- Corrugated cardboard
- Glass bottles and jars
- Magazines, catalogs, junk mail
- Newspapers and inserts
- Office paper
- Paper egg cartons
- Plastic bottles, jugs and tubs (+ attached caps)
- Prescription bottles, lids on (empty with no paper, foil)
- Shredded paper in clear, tied, plastic bag
- Steel or tin cans only
Unacceptable Items
- Ammunition
- Appliances
- Ashes, hot or cold
- Bags, Retail & grocery
- Bags like dry cleaning, clean zip lock
- Bandages or gauze
- Batteries, vehicle
- Books, hard cover
- Bright Paper
- Ceramics
- Diapers
- Dirt, rocks, or gravel
- Electronic media tapes, CDs, DVDs
- Electronics
- Eye Glasses (donate)
- Fast food & to-go containers
- Food bags (cereal)
- Food bags (chips, frozen food)
- Garbage or Trash
- Household Hazardous Waste (HHW)
- Medical waste
- Paper plates
- Pharmaceuticals
- Photos
- Piping
- Plastic bags
- Plastic silverware, straw, lids
- Sharps or Needles
- Spray paint cans
- Steel pieces
- Styrofoam (ie egg cartons)
- Tissues, gift wrap, paper towels
- Toys
- Tubing or Catheters
- Wax paper, foil paper
- Window or mirror glass
- Wood waste
- Yard waste









