Residents in single-family dwellings whose collection day was Friday should leave their recycling carts out today until the material is collected. Residents who have junk pickup service scheduled for Friday, should leave their items out to be collected today,

San Jose is poised to renew its contract with three recycling and waste-hauling companies but to cut ties with a fourth.

Paper and plastics tossed by U.S. consumers into their blue bins have been piling up ever since China tightened import restrictions.

San Jose has been at odds with its biggest recycling hauler, California Waste Solutions, for failing to meet its contractual obligations.