Do Not Include • The placement of your cart is important, Recycling Chart What to Recycle ANY items contaminated by food are since the collection vehicle’s lifting arm not acceptable for recycling requires clearance: 3 feet on both sides, Mixed Examples include: • Greeting cards Mixed paper items not • Candy wrappers and 12 feet overhead. The cart should be • Mail and (windows are OK) • Wrapping paper acceptable include: • Waxed or plastic-coated paper • Magazines and catalogs • Shredded paper • Paper towels, facial tissues, • Wrapping no more than 3 feet away from the curb • Writing or ledger paper (Place in ) • Foil wrapping paper or road edge, and the arrows on the lid • Paperback • Fax paper • Cigarette packs must be pointing toward the street. • Paper bags • Computer paper Please leave 3 feet between your recy- Thin cardboard Examples include: • Cake mix Thin cardboard items include: cling and trash container when placing not acceptable • Shoe boxes • Toothpaste boxes • Boxes with silver or foil coatings them curbside.” Proper Cart Placement • Cereal boxes • Tissue boxes • Anything dirty, greasy or plastic-coated • Pasta boxes • Paper egg • rolls • Soda or beer packaging 3. Recycling • Frozen food boxes • Soap or laundry detergent You will also receive a green 96-gallon wheeled cart with a YELLOW TOP for single • Gift boxes boxes stream recycling in which you may place all of your recyclable materials. Your (including all ads recycling container shall be placed curbside every other week on the same day as and inserts) your regular trash collection. With the new Single Stream Recycling Program you will be able to place ALL of your recyclables neatly into to one container. SORTING Corrugated cardboard • Boxes and other corrugated cardboard should be flattened and Corrugated cardboard items not acceptable include: RECYCLABLES IS NO LONGER NECESSARY!! folded so they fit in the cart. • Dirty or greasy cardboard After October 6th you will no longer be able to use your current recycling bin and • Pizza boxes (with greasy liner removed)

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r any materials outside of the recycling cart will not be accepted. e Here We are providing you with this comprehensive recycling guide in order to help you properly prepare your recyclables and maximize the amount you recycle. This chart Tin/aluminum, scrap metal Examples include: Tin/aluminum, scrap metal items not acceptable include: • Aluminum and tin cans • Wire clothes hangers • Scrap metal also outlines items, which cannot be placed in your recycling cart. Please refer to • Foil and pie plates • Empty steel aerosol cans • Paint cans the calendar and street listing to determine your collection day and week. We will • Hypodermic needles (Please contact the Health Department for continue to follow the same collection schedule (red and yellow weeks) that is in proper disposal infromation) place currently. Glass bottles and jars Examples include: • Spaghetti sauce jars Glass bottles and jars not acceptable include: • Mayonnaise jars • Salsa jars • Broken glass 4.Tips for the best service • Wine bottles • Vinegar bottles • Cups, dishes, glass windows, plates, Pyrex®, ceramics, mirrors, light 4 Make sure to place the right items in the right cart: Solid waste only in the • Beer bottles • Baby food jars bulbs, crystal 64-gallon cart and recycling only in the 96-gallon YELLOW TOP cart. • Applesauce jars 4 Once service begins on October 6th, you may not use your old trash barrels for Plastic bottles, jugs and containers This includes all rigid plastic containers with symbols through Plastic bottles, jugs not acceptable include: waste or recycling. Carts should be placed curbside by 7:00 am the day of your on the bottom; examples include: • Plastic shopping bags collection. • Plastic food wrap, potato chip and sandwich bags • Soda and juice bottles • Shampoo bottles • Styrofoam® 4 Make sure all materials fit inside your carts with the lids closed. • Salad dressing bottles • Window cleaner • Automotive fluid bottles (oil, antifreeze, brake fluid) 4 Always keep the lid closed to keep rain, snow and animals out. • Milk jugs • Saline solution bottles • Detergent bottles • Fabric softener or 4 Do not place any unacceptable materials in the cart. • Juice bottles bleach bottles 4 Use the handle provided to move the cart. Tilt the cart on its wheels to roll it. Remember that it’s easier to pull the cart uphill and push it downhill. 4 Remove your cart as soon as possible after collection to maintain the appearance of your neighborhood. Examples include: • Flavored milk boxes Milk cartons, drink boxes items include: Milk cartons, drink boxes not acceptable 4 Clean your carts periodically by rinsing them with water and letting them dry in • Milk and juice cartons • Cream and creamer containers • Ice cream boxes • Margarine boxes the sun with the lid open. • Juice boxes • TV dinner containers • Cream cheese boxes 4 Trash collection is limited to one cart per residence per week. Make sure you recycle all you can, and use the Bulky Items and White Goods collection service for those items. 4 There are currently no restrictions on street parking on collection days. Since automated waste collection requires clearance for the vehicle’s lifting mecha- Cart prepration nism, any cars parked at the curb should be at least 5 feet from the cart. • Remove all plastic bags. • Remove and discard all corks, tops, rings, metal bottleneck wraps, and unacceptable items. Leave 3 feet between your solid waste and recycling carts when placing them • Remove any non-acceptable items. • Flatten containers whenever possible. 4 • Corrugated cardboard should be broken down so it fits inside the cart without jamming, • Make sure that everything fits inside your cart and that the lid is completely closed curbside. To allow the truck to collect both easily. so the cart will empty completely. to prevent litter. • All containers (jars, bottles, cartons, etc.) must be rinsed and free of all contaminants.

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