Good news for environment-conscious Boise residents: The city’s recycling and composting programs are expanding.

Now, you can add No. 5 plastic food tubs — including sour cream, cottage cheese and yogurt containers, as well as lightweight, crinkly plastic water bottles — into your blue carts for mixed recycling.

The changes come at no extra cost to residents or the city, Melissa Stoner, a spokesperson for the city’s Public Works Department, told the Idaho Statesman.

Boise residents “have asked for more options” to recycle, Mayor Lauren McLean said in a news release. “So we have worked alongside our partners at Republic Services to offer more services to more people.”

The city also announced a pilot program to allow the residents of multifamily buildings, including apartments and condominiums, to compost. The city has budgeted $5,000 for the one-year pilot to fund cart enclosures, signage and door hangers, Stoner said by email.

After the pilot concludes, the city plans to decide whether to continue or expand the program and allocate its budget. As of October, about 40% of residential waste in Boise was diverted from the landfill through city recycling and compost programs, according to the city’s release.

Boise residents can continue to recycle clean, dry Nos. 1 and 2 plastics shaped like a jug, bottle, or jar, including caps and lids, in their blue carts. Learn more about what to recycle — and what not to — at the city’s online Curb It guide: https://shorturl.at/XjFS8.