About the Program

The Go Green Houston at H-E-B is a partnership with Abitibi-Consolidated, Keep Houston Beautiful, the City of Houston, and H-E-B.  Proceeds will benefit Keep Houston Beautiful's environmental education programs.  Click here for a list of drop-off locations.

Large Blue and Green Container Bin

  • All metal beverage and food cans - steel and aluminum
    • Please rinse all food from cans for sanitary reasons
  • All plastic beverage and laundry detergent containers
  • All plastic milk and water jugs (excluding the caps)
  • All clear and colored plastic soft drink, juice and water bottles (excluding the caps)
  • All detergent, bleach, cleaner and shampoo bottles
    • Please empty contents of bottles
  • All cooking oil, peanut butter and butter/margarine tubs

Any code 1 or code 2 plastic can be recycled

The code number can be found by looking at the number inside the chasing arrow recycling symbol, located on the bottom of the container

All plastics should be marked with a recycling code

Only code 1 and code 2 plastics can be recycled in the blue and green containers

Smaller Green and Yellow Paper Retriever Bin

All paper including:
  • Newspaper
  • Magazines
  • Mail (shredded or unshredded)
    • Please place shredded paper in plastic bag to help contain it
    • Shopping catalogs
    • Office and School papers
Do not include

Please do not include in any container:

  • Cardboard
  • Phone Books

Other ways to help

Did you know...

by recycling your old cell phone through KHB you also make a donation toward our projects?

Follow this simple steps to help us wipe out wireless waste and contribute to our recycling programs:

  1. Send your complete mailing addres to us.
  2. We'll send you a postage-paid envelope
  3. Then just drop your cell phone and accessories in the postage paid envelope and mail.