REPURPOSE-RECYCLE REFUSE-RECYCLE GET ON BOARD OUR CLOTHING RECYCLING ABOUT OUR SATELLITE USE BLUE BIN BEHIND THE FIREHOUSE BINS… Village The paper & cardboard recycling bins ITEMS SUCH AS: (firehouse, Methodist Church & St. Matthew’s All CLEAN useable, or rag-worthy, men’s, Church), as well as the blue clothing bin ladies’ & children’s clothing, handbags, belts, shoes Recycling (firehouse) and personal care/cosmetics & sneakers, sheets, blankets, bedspreads, towels, recycling bin (Village Hall) are optional recycling draperies, curtains, material, stuffed animals, hats, choices. However, utilizing these bins over your scarves curbside bins will greatly reduce the weight and Program amount of material the Village pays to remove. AS OF NOVEMBER 2018 There is no cost to the Village for the PERSONAL CARE & paper/cardboard bins and the personal care/cosmetics bin; the clothing bin brings in a COSMETICS RECYCLING www.villageofvoorheesville.com small revenue. We strongly encourage you to use COLLECTION BIN IS LOCATED AT these recycling resources. VILLAGE HALL, 29 VOORHEESVILLE AVENUE
PAPER BIN RECYCLING ACCEPTABLE ITEMS: 3 LOCATIONS IN THE VILLAGE: Toothpaste tubes, toothbrushes, dental floss FIREHOUSE, ST. MATTHEW’S CHURCH, containers, lipstick/chap stick tubes, lip liner FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH pencils, mascara tubes, eye shadow cases/tubes, eyeliner cases/pencils, foundation packaging, BLUE TOTE OFFICE PAPER RECYCLING concealer tubes/sticks, shampoo/conditioner/hair gel, hand/body lotion, tubes/bottles, hair paste jars, ACCEPTABLE ITEMS: soap/body wash bottles & tubes, blush/bronzer Accounting ledgers, adding machine tapes, cases, shave foam tubes (no cans), powder cases advertisements, brochures, catalogues, carbonless forms, card stock, colored paper, computer paper, NOT ACCEPTED: copy paper, craft paper, envelopes, file folders, fax Hair spray cans, nail polish & nail polish paper, glossy paper, glued pads, inserts, inter- remover bottles office memos, direct mail, legal pads, letters, magazines, manila folders, computer forms, newspapers, notebook paper (no spirals), note HAZARDOUS WASTE pads, pamphlets, sticky notes, receipts, shredded ANNUAL COLLECTION SPONSORED BY Village of paper, stapled documents, telephone books, time TOWN OF NEW SCOTLAND cards, typing paper, window envelopes NO CARDBOARD or LIGHTWEIGHT Voorheesville CARDBOARD in these bins ITEMS SUCH AS: Carbon monoxide/smoke detectors, thermostats, 29 VOORHEESVILLE AVENUE CARDBOARD RECYCLING: household/lawn/garden chemicals, unused paint & VOORHEESVILLE, NY 12186 Corrugated cardboard and lightweight solvents, gasoline/kerosene/oil, lithium/lead oxide/ cardboard (food & healthcare boxes, paper towel nickel cadmium batteries. A more extensive list 518-765-2692 & toilet paper tubes, paperboard egg cartons, etc.) available at the time of the event, usually held in PLEASE PLACE ITEMS IN DESIGNATED BINS ONLY. May. REDUCE-RECYCLE REUSE-RECYCLE RETHINK-RECYCLE CURBSIDE RECYCLING RETAIL BAGS/FILM YARD WASTE GREEN-TOPPED TOTE AT YOUR HOUSE PLASTIC RECYCLING CURBSIDE PICKUP BY VILLAGE CREW PLACE AT CURB ONLY WHEN FULL DO NOT PLACE THESE ITEMS IN TRASH NYS MANDATED RETAIL/GROCERY STORE RECYCLING PROGRAM (Hannaford, Price ACCEPTABLE ITEMS INCLUDE: Chopper, Wal-Mart, etc.) ACCEPTED ITEMS, BAGGED: Grass clippings, leaves (bagging required in PLASTICS ACCEPTABLE ITEMS THROUGH THIS spring), sod, twigs & branches, yard/garden waste, ONLY recycling Codes 1 – 3 rinsed clean weeds PROGRAM: GLASS Plastic retail bags (strings & rigid plastic ACCEPTED ITEMS, LOOSE: handles removed), newspaper bags, dry cleaning Clean/rinsed food & beverage containers, Leaves (not bagged, fall only), brush, bags, produce, bread, & plastic cereal bags (all liquor & wine bottles, deposit bottles, canning & Christmas trees (no bags), limbs (up to 10-inches food residue removed), plastic wrapping from food jars in diameter, cut end out) paper products, plastic shrink or stretch wrap (all NOTE: leaf/brush/limb pickups are seasonal – food residue removed), zipper-type bags, plastic BEVERAGE CARTONS notifications are posted on the community bulletin shipping envelopes (labels removed), bubble wrap Rinsed milk & juice cartons, juice boxes (no board on Maple Road & on our website & deflated air pillows pouches) UNACCEPTABLE ITEMS:
UNACCEPTABLE ITEMS: Stones, large stumps, bricks, excessive dirt, METAL & ALUMINUM Rigid plastic handles, 6-pack holders, slider bag decorations, tinsel & lights, limbs over 10-inches Clean food (cut ends placed inside) & beverage closing mechanisms, food residue plastic, in diameter cans (tabs inside can), deposit cans, pie soil/mulch/lawn & garden bags, compostable bags, NOTE: trees and limbs cut by a contractor MUST plates/trays/foil plastic bottles, plastic food containers, frozen food be hauled away by the contractor
bags PAPER Lightweight cardboard (food & healthcare boxes, paper towel & toilet paper tubes, ELECTRONICS paperboard egg cartons, etc.), newspapers & BATTERIES RECYCLED AT THE TOWN OF NEW inserts, magazines, junk mail, paper, phone books, SCOTLAND TRANSFER STATION brown grocery bags (NO PLASTIC BAGS), 237 Upper Flat Rock Road, Clarksville
HOUSEHOLD BATTERIES: paperback books, corrugated cardboard AA, AAA, C, D, 9-Volt - These no longer contain hazardous materials – dispose of in trash UNACCEPTABLE ITEMS: ACCEPTED ITEMS: Plastics coded 4-7, light bulbs, broken glass, BUTTON BATTERIES & RECHARGEABLE Computers, televisions, small scale servers, tableware items, ovenware & ceramics, windows, BATTERIES: monitors, keyboards, fax machines, mirrors, Styrofoam, furniture, medical waste items, Dispose of at Town of New Scotland Highway printers/scanners, cell phones, VCR and DVR toys, plastic straws, caps & lids, plexiglass, metal & Garage, 2869 New Scotland Road, Voorheesville players, portable digital music players, DVD cardboard combo containers (i.e.: hot chocolate), players, digital converter boxes, cable or satellite small appliances, diapers, napkins/tissue/paper COMPUTER & CAMERA BATTERIES, TOOL receivers, and electronic or video game towels, wax-coated cardboard, paper tableware & CAMCORDER BATTERIES, SMOKE consoles. items, plastic cutlery, tissue & metallic wrapping ALARM & TOOL BATTERIES, CORDLESS paper, chips/snack bags, drink pouches, pesticides, PRODUCT BATTEREIS (NI-ZN) chemicals, gasoline & paint Dispose of at Town of New Scotland annual hazardous waste event.