2021 El Granada/ Princeton/Miramar Residential Greenwaste Calendar & Service Brochure
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of the Coast 2021 El Granada/ Princeton/Miramar Residential Greenwaste Calendar & Service Brochure SERVICE REMINDERS COLLECTION TIMES: EXTRA GARBAGE: All collection containers must be placed Extra garbage must be bagged CHRISTMAS TREE RECYCLING: at the street by 5 a.m. on your service and arrangements made with our Christmas Trees will be collected day. We recommend placing containers office in advance for pickup. You at the curb/street on your regular out the night before as pick-up times may also schedule one of your free greenwaste collection day through may vary. After service, please bring collections. See page 8 for more January 31 and should be cut to 4 your containers back from the street as information. feet or less in length. Those trees not they should not sit out longer than 12 picked up during the month above hours. MISSED COLLECTIONS: should be cut up and put into your We will not service ANY container where Please report any missed collections green waste container(s). Please the lids do not close completely. We are to our office by the following remove all ornaments, tinsel, lights not responsible for any articles left on or business day. We have a 24 hour and stands. Flocked trees are ok. near collection containers. messaging service so if you call after hours, please leave a detailed 2021 HOLIDAY PICKUP message and a Customer Service Thanksgiving Day Representative will address your Regular pickup–have carts missed collection the following day, out by 5am Monday – Friday. Quarterly Recycle Days Single Stream Recycling Below you will find the Special Item Recycling The Single-Stream Recycling Program allows you to put Drop-Off Days for 2020. Remember, disposal is FREE all your recyclables into the same rolling cart and will be and only one (1) trip per household, please. serviced every week! Please place your cart curbside/at the Must present id with district address. street by 5 a.m. on your regular service day for collection. El Granada, Miramar, Princeton In the Burnham Strip parking lot at the end of Avenue Portola Time: 8:00am - 12:00noon DATES: January 23, 2021 April 24, 2021 July 24, 2021 October 23, 2021 For more information call: 650-355-9000 or 650-726-7093 ITEMS NOT ACCEPTED Antifreeze & Motor Oil Concrete Hazardous Waste Packing Peanuts Paint, Aerosol Cans Painted & Pressure Treated Wood Pesticides Sheetrock Tires (large truck or tractors) UNACCEPTABLE ITEMS: ACCEPTABLE ITEMS: Animal Waste Aluminum ITEMS ACCEPTED Bubble wrap (i.e. soda cans, CLEAN Appliances (1 per household, Ceramics refrigerators/freezers no Clothing aluminum foil) charge) Compostable bags Aseptic Containers Batteries (auto & household) Diapers (juice and soup boxes) Carpet & Carpet padding Food contaminated Glass Bottles & Jars (1 room only no larger packaging than 12x12) Furniture Mixed Paper (colored, Cell Phones, pagers Garden hoses Computers, Monitors, computer, magazines) Packing peanuts Keyboards Plastics Paper towels, napkins, Fluorescent bulbs (containers #1-7) Furniture facial tissue Green Waste/Yard waste Photographs/Negatives (limit of 4 - 30 gallon cans) Plastic Bags Mattress/Box Spring PVC pipes (1 set only) Styrofoam Printers, Cartridges, Cables Unmarked plastics Scrap Metal & Metal Car (plastics without the Parts #1-#7 recycling symbol) Small Fax & Copy Machines Stereos, TVs, VCRs For recycling and reuse options of the materials Styrofoam (large blocks only) listed above, please visit San Mateo County Tires (auto, motorcycle, RecycleWorks at www.RecycleWorks.org. pick-up) - limit of 4 Untreated wood 2 Recyclopedia The following is an alphabetical listing of items that can be disposed or recycled in or around your area. Items shown in BOLD are picked up curbside. If you have any questions, please call Recology of the Coast at 650-355-9000 or visit recology.com. ALUMINUM FOIL - Recycle cart Keyboards, Printers, Fax Machines, PHONE BOOKS - Recycle cart (completely clean) Copy Machines, Power Cables, TVs, PLASTIC BASKETS - Recycle cart ANTIFREEZE1 - Recycling Yard Typewriters, VCRs, Stereo Equipment, Cell Phones, Pagers) PLASTIC CONTAINERS - (#1 - #7) APPLIANCES2 - Recycling Yard Recycle cart or the Recycling Yard FLOWER POTS - Recycle cart - plastic BATTERIES; auto, cell phone – Recycling only PLASTIC BAGS – Garbage cart only Yard FLUORESCENT/CFL BULBS - PROPANE TANKS – call The County BATTERIES; household – in sealed clear Recycling Yard of San Mateo at 650-363-4718 to plastic bag on top of recycling cart schedule an appointment FOOD SCRAPS – Garbage cart. BICYCLES - Recycling Yard SATELLITE DISHES - Recycling Yard or FURNITURE - Recycling Yard, On-Call TV service provider BOOKS - hardbound and softbound Collection, Donate books Discovery Book kiosk outside SHARPS - Recycling Yard. recycling yard GARDEN HOSE – Garbage cart SHEETROCK/DRYWALL - See Debris GLASS CONTAINERS - Recycle cart BRANCHES - Organics cart (cut to less Box information on page 4 than 3 feet in length and less than 3 GREENWASTE - Organics cart. SOILED PAPER PRODUCTS - Organics inches in diameter) HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE cart BRASS - Recycling Yard (HHW) – call The County of San STYROFOAM PEANUTS – Garbage Mateo at 650-363-4718 to schedule BUILDING MATERIALS - See Debris Box cart (bagged). Information on page 4 an appointment STYROFOAM BLOCKS – Recycling JUNK MAIL - Recycle cart CANS - Recycle cart (aluminum, bimetal, Yard tin) LUMBER - see Wood TIRES2 - Recycling Yard CARDBOARD - Extra cardboard - MAGAZINES - Recycle cart TREE LIMBS, CUTTINGS - Organics Recycling Yard MATTRESSES – Standard mattress/ cart (cut to less than 3 feet in length CHRISTMAS TREES - picked up curbside box spring only at the Recycling Yard. and less than 3 inches in diameter) through January 31st, cut to 4ft in length Futons, posturepedic, memory foam, VITAMINS/MEDICATIONS – Pacifica or less. etc are NOT accepted. Police Department: 2075 Coast COMPOSTABLE BAGS - green cart only MOTOR OIL1 - Recycling Yard Highway confidential drop-off COMPUTER PAPER - Recycle cart NEWSPAPER - Recycle cart container CONCRETE - See Debris Box PAINT; latex and oil base1 – See WOOD – Recycling Yard - Untreated, InformationCOPPER PIPE AND WIRE - Household Hazardous Waste unpainted, unstained, lumber ONLY - Recycling Yard NO pressed board, pressure treated or PAPER - Recycle cart (colored, plywood accepted. NO tree branches, DIRT – Call the office for disposal options, computer, mixed) stumps, etc. 650-355-9000 PAPER BAGS - Recycle or Organics YARD WASTE - Organics Cart. ELECTRONIC WASTE - Recycling Yard cart (Zip Drives, Speakers, Monitors, 1 A five-gallon limit per household, per month may apply. 2 A fee will be charged for items such as: Refrigerators, tires, etc. 3 RECYCLE YARD The Recology of the Coast Recycle Yard is located at 1046 Palmetto Ave, in Pacifica. Hours of operation are 8 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Items accepted at the Recycling Yard are: • Antifreeze1 • Sharps (must be inside a biohazard container) • Appliances2 • Small Household Appliances • Car and Household Batteries (like microwaves, radios, space heaters) • Cellular Phones • Styrofoam, packing blocks only • Computers2 • Tires (auto and pick-up truck only)2 • Televisions2 • Wood, unpainted & untreated • Cooking Oil, used 1 A five-gallon limit per household, per month may apply. • Fluorescent tubes and bulbs 2 A fee will be charged for items such as: Refrigerators, computers, tires, etc. • Furniture For more information, please call our Customer Service Department • Latex (water-based) paint1 • Motor Oil and Filters1 at 650-355-9000 or visit us online at www.recology.com. Items • Scrap Metal accepted at discretion of Recycling lot attendant. The Recycle Yard is closed on the following holidays: • New Year’s Day • Memorial Day • Weekend of the Fog Festival • Martin Luther King Day • 4th of July • Thanksgiving Day • President’s Day • Labor Day • Christmas Day • Saturday after Christmas Day and New Year’s Day Household Hazardous Waste RECYCLING THEFT: (HHW) Information It is illegal to remove recycling materials once they have The County of San Mateo offers free disposal been placed inside of a recycling cart. If you are a witness of certain HHWs: to this crime, please report it by calling the North Coast County Substation Business Line at: 650-573-2801. • Art and hobby supplies • Furniture and metal polishes • Household cleaners • Oil and latex based paint Pharmaceutical & Sharps Disposal • Paint thinner Vitamins & Medications or Sharps (medical devices • Pesticides for self-injection or blood tests): • Pool chemicals North Coast Sub-Station: 500 California Ave, Moss • Photographic chemicals Beach or Half Moon Bay Police Station: 537 Kelly St. To schedule an appointment call the automated For more information about Sharps and appointment line at 650-363-4718 or visit their Pharmaceutical disposal visit website http://smchealth.org/hhw/ http://smchealth.org/hhw GARBAGE PICKUP SERVICE REMINDERS: Please place garbage containers curbside by 5 a.m. on your pickup day for service. UNACCEPTABLE ITEMS: Ashes Construction Debris Hazardous Waste Dirt/Rocks/Bricks/Concrete E-Waste Motor oil Pesticides Paint Green Waste Service Reminders: UNACCEPTABLE ITEMS Please place grass clippings, leaves and • Animal waste • Food Waste • Ashes and sod • Garbage small branches that fit into the closed lid • Bamboo and palm fronds • Plastic/biodegradable bags container in your Greenwaste containers • Building materials • Poison oak (1-96 Recology cart and 1-32 personal cart) • Cat litter • Pumpkins and gourds • Tree stumps