Recycle box

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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,[1] 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[edit]

In Wild World and City Folk[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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 nearly busted radio Furniture Not for sale  545 Bells  Recycle box
Recycled-paper bundle recycled-paper bundle Furniture Not for sale  495 Bells  Recycle box
Sloppy bed sloppy bed Furniture Not for sale  527 Bells  Recycle box
Sloppy sink sloppy sink Furniture Not for sale  1,090 Bells  Recycle box
Sloppy sofa sloppy sofa Furniture Not for sale  580 Bells  Recycle box
Sloppy table sloppy table Furniture Not for sale  360 Bells  Recycle box
Tangled cords tangled cords Furniture Not for sale  10 Bells  Recycle box
Baggy shirt baggy shirt Clothing Not for sale  10 Bells  Recycle box
Dirty tank top dirty tank top Clothing Not for sale  30 Bells  Recycle box
Holey socks holey socks Clothing Not for sale  10 Bells  Recycle box
Moldy dress moldy dress Clothing Not for sale  10 Bells  Recycle box
Ripped doctor's coat ripped doctor's coat Clothing Not for sale  135 Bells  Recycle box
Shattered glasses shattered glasses Clothing Not for sale  10 Bells  Recycle box
Torn pants torn pants Clothing Not for sale  10 Bells  Recycle box
Rusted part rusted part Material Not for sale  10 Bells  Communicator part
 Communicator
 Recycle box
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References[edit]

  1. Nintendo of America. [1]. animal-crossing.com. Archived from the original on April 21, 2009. Retrieved July 14, 2021.