Recycle box

The player accessing the recycle box in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

The recycle box, known as the Recycling Bin prior to Animal Crossing: New Horizons, is an object in the Animal Crossing series where items appear for the player to take. In Animal Crossing: Wild World and Animal Crossing: City Folk, it appears in town hall, and in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, it appears in Resident Services.

Appearances

In Wild World and City Folk

The player accessing the Recycling Bin in Animal Crossing: Wild World

The player standing in the front of the Recycling Bin in Animal Crossing: City Folk

In Animal Crossing: Wild World and Animal Crossing: City Folk, the Recycling Bin is located within town hall, on the right-hand side. Items, including furniture, clothing, and Gyroids, can appear in the recycle box occasionally; the player can also place items in it. Each Monday and Thursday at 6 AM, the Recycling Bin is emptied.

In New Horizons

In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, the recycle box is located within the Resident Services building, on the left-hand side. Each day, there is a 45% chance of an item appearing in the box if there are less than 10 items already inside; items that can appear include three Clay, three Iron Nuggets, a small furniture item, an item of clothing, a flower bag, a Sapling, Cedar Sapling, a wallpaper, or trash. Each of these items has an equal chance of appearing. Of the clothing items that can appear, five can exclusively be obtained from the recycle box. On the day after Gulliver or Gullivarrr visits, a Rusted Part will appear in the recycle box. When a villagers moves away from an island, a Cardboard Box and one of their furniture or clothing items will appear in the recycle box.

Unlike in previous games, items cannot be placed in the recycle box directly. However, any items placed outside will appear in the box if the Cleanup Service is used, and any items within other players' pockets at the end of local co-op multiplayer will also appear. A maximum of 80 items can be stored in the recycle box, though only up to 60 are visible at a time. After the maximum is reached, the oldest items are removed.

Item list

The following items can be obtained exclusively from the recycle box in New Horizons.

Recycle Box items in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Item	Image	Type	Buy price	Sell price	Available from
Nearly busted radio		Furniture	Not for sale	545 Bells	Recycle box
Recycled-paper bundle		Furniture	Not for sale	495 Bells	Recycle box
Sloppy bed		Furniture	Not for sale	527 Bells	Recycle box
Sloppy sink		Furniture	Not for sale	1,090 Bells	Recycle box
Sloppy sofa		Furniture	Not for sale	580 Bells	Recycle box
Sloppy table		Furniture	Not for sale	360 Bells	Recycle box
Tangled cords		Furniture	Not for sale	10 Bells	Recycle box
Baggy shirt		Clothing	Not for sale	10 Bells	Recycle box
Dirty tank top		Clothing	Not for sale	30 Bells	Recycle box
Holey socks		Clothing	Not for sale	10 Bells	Recycle box
Moldy dress		Clothing	Not for sale	10 Bells	Recycle box
Ripped doctor's coat		Clothing	Not for sale	135 Bells	Recycle box
Shattered glasses		Clothing	Not for sale	10 Bells	Recycle box
Torn pants		Clothing	Not for sale	10 Bells	Recycle box
Rusted part		Material	Not for sale	10 Bells	Communicator part  Communicator  Recycle box

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Gallery

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  Icon displayed when accessing the Recycling Bin in Animal Crossing: Wild World

See also

• Dump
• Lost and found

References

Gameplay elements

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