CAPITOLA RESIDENTIAL RECYCLE GUIDE for Yard Waste, Recyclables and Garbage

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METAL Empty and rinse food and product contoiners • Aerosol cons (empty and non-hazardous) • Electrical motors • Paint cons (remove excess point, let residue dry) • Screws and nails • Aluminum foil, foil trays and pans (clean) • Food and soup cans • Pet food cans • Sporting goods - metal • Aluminum pie pans • Furniture'" (e.g., chairs, tables) • Pipes • Tools - metal • Beverage and soda cons • Hangers - metal/wire • Plumbing fixtures • Toys - metal • Con lids - metal • Keys • Pots and pons • Umbrellas - metal • Cor parts - small (no fluids) • Lids and cops - metal (e.g., from glass bottles, jars) • Propane/gas tanks'" (empty) • Utensils - metal • Doors and screens'" • Nuts and bolts • Scrap metal'"

GLASS Empty and rinse food and product container • Beverage bottles • Dishwore - glass • Windows - uncoated/unlaminated • Wine bottles • Broken glass • Food jars

PAPER Staples and tape are acceptable • Books - hardback and softbock • Coupons • Magazines and catalogs • Photographs - photo paper • Carbonlass poper (e.g., receipts) • Egg cartons - cardboard • Moilers - cardboard (e.g., Fed Ex, UPS) • Pizzo delivery boxes - clean • Cardboord . unwaxed (flattened) • Envelopes (plastic window OK) • Milk and cream cartons • Shoe boxes • Cereal and cracker boxes (remove liners) • Frozen food packaging - cardboard • Newspaper - clean (including inserts) • Shredded paper (tie in clear plastic bag) • Coffee cups - poper • Gift wrap (no metallic/foil) • Office paper • Telephone books • Colored or construction paper • Juice boxes and cartons • Paper bogs • Tissue paper (e.g., gift wrap, dry cleaning) • Computer paper • Junk mail • Paper cups and plates - clean uncoated

PLASTIC Empty and rinse food and product container • Auto parts - plastic (no fluids) • Coolers'" • Household cleaner bottles (non-toxic) • Squeezable bottles (e.g., honey, mayo, ketchup) • Baby wipe containers • Crates - plastic • Mouthwash • SWimming pools'" (e.g., rigid, inflatable) • Baskets - plastic • Disposable razors • Pet carriers· • Toke-out food containers - plastic • Beverage bottles (e.g., soda, juices, water) • Flower pots - plastic • Pipe - plastic (non-PVC) • Toys - plastic • Bleach and detergent bottles • Food containers (e.g., cottage cheese, yogurt) • Plastics (with numbers 1-7) • Umbrellas· - plastic (e.g., patio, beach) • Buckets (remove metal hondles) • Furniture'" - plastic (e.g., choirs, tables) • Prescription bottles (must be empty) • Coat hangers - plastic • Gloves - rubber (not single-use or latex disposable) • Shampoo and conditioner bottles • Coffee-cup lids • Hoses (e.g., cor, gorden, appliance) • Shelving'" - plastic

FILM PLASTICS Bundle in a clear plastic bag and knot the tap • Bread bogs • Dry cleaning bogs • Pallet wrap • Produce bogs • Bubble wrap • Frozen food bogs or pouches • Plastic liners (e.g., from food packaging) • Shopping bogs - plastic • Cellophane bags (e.g., posta, salad, cookies) • Newspaper bogs • Plastic wraps • Shrink wrap

ELECTRONIC WASTE • Appliances - small (e.g., coffee maker, toaster) • Computer tower* (detach from computer monitor) • Inkjet and toner cartridges • Printers'" • Calculators • Cords - tied up (e.g., telephone, computer; • Keyboards • Radios • Cameras appliance) • Microwave'" • Scanners'" • Cell phones • DVRs, VCRs, DVD players'" • Pagers • Stereos'" • Computer mice • Fox machines· • PDAs • Telephones

Phone 831_768_9505 • Web __greenwalte.com *These items are bulky items, call Customer Service at 831.768.9505 to schedule an appointment. 1 Capitola Email cu ... om.n.rvlc.@g.... nwa ..... com 2 ~ . ~ greenwaste- a brighlw shodlldg~ GARBAGE Please place all NON-reusable NON-recyclable, NON-campostable All items must fit inside the garbage container with the lid closed. Extra items may and NON-hazardous items in your garbage container. be set out in a 32-gallon container or 32-gallon bag.

GLASS • Blue glass • Cookware - gloss (e.g. boking pans, Pyrex TM) • Eye glasses • Incandescent light bulbs • Ceramics • Dishwore - ceramic • Glass art • Mirrors

PAPER • Aseptic containers (e.g., juice, soup) • Envelopes - podded, Tyvek • Paper napkins • Take-out food containers (e.g., fast food) • Blueprint poper (recycle the cover sheet) • Ice cream cartons • Paper towels • Thermal fax paper • Corbon paper • Newspaper - dirty (paint, pet waste or food/grease) • Photographs - Polaroid • Tissues (e.g. Kleenex) • Cardboard - waxed or soiled • Paper cups and plates - coated • Pizzo delivery boxes - soiled (food, grease) • Waxed paper

PLASTIC • Chip Bogs • Pipe - PVC • Straws • Toothpaste and ointment tubes • Credit cords • Rubber bonds • Toke-out food containers - polystyrene foam • Utensils - plastic (e.g., spoons, forks, knives) • Foil beverage pouches • Shoes • Tarps" • Webbing/mesh (e.g., from lawn fumiture) • Gloves - latex (single-use and disposable)

POLYSTYRENE/STYROFOAM • Cups and plates • Foam pocking (e.g., from electronics) • Packing ·peanuts" • Take-out food containers - polystyrene foam • Egg cartons - molded foam • Meat trays - molded foam

FABRICS and TEXTILES • Boots • Clothing accessories (e.g. belts, purses) • leather goods • Rubber • Burlap'" • Down - filled items • linen • Shoes • Carpet and rugs" • Electric blankets • Pillows • Stuffed animals • Cotton • Fabrics - clean or soiled with chemicals, oil, or • Polyester • Vinyl • Diapers - cloth or disposable paint • Rayon • Wool

ELECTRONIC WASTE • Audio and video topes • CDs and DVDs (e.g., computer, music) • Speakers

FOOD SCRAPS • Bones • Corks • Fish • Poultry (e.g., chicken, turkey) • Bread • Dairy products (e.g., cheese) • Fruits • Sh.llf;,h • Coffee grounds • Dough • Grains (e.g., rice) • Tea bags • Compostoble plastic bogs • Eggs • Meat • Vegetables • Compostoble plastics • Filters (e.g., coffee, teo) • Posta

YARD WASTE Items may not exceed 3 feet in length or 6 inches in diameter and must {it inside with the lid closed. • Ashes (hot ashes prohibited) " Dirt*" • Pampas grass • Soil"" • Bamboo • Food scraps • Pet waste • Ton bark*" • Burlap • lumber*" (painted, treated) • Poison oak • Wood chips"" • Construction lumber*" (painted, treated) " Manure • Rocks"" • Wood wastes"" • Crates - wood""

Phone 831.768.9505 • Web www.greenwalte.com "These items are bulky items, call Customer Service at 831.768.9505 to schedule an appointment. 4 3 Capitola Email cu ... om.n.rvlc.@g.... nwasfe.com ""for large quantities of these items, please canted 408.283.411 9 to order a debris box. ~ . ~ greenwaste- a brighlw shodlldg~ YARD WASTE Please place all yard waste tagether in yaur green yard EXTRA SERVICES waste cantainer. Items may nat exceed 3 feet in length ar 6 inches in diameter and must fit inside with the lid closed. Extras may be set out in a 32-gallan container. Annual Clean-up Each customer can set-out up to 10 additional bags or items for colledion during their regular collection day. Max. size 5ft. in length and max. weight 701bs. No tree stumps, no hazardous waste or • Branches - cut to fit loosely in container • Lumber (unpainted, untreated) construction debris (dirt, concrete, brick, asphalt). Use a clean-up sticker for each item. • Cactus • Plant trimmings • Christmas trees - (stand/decorations removed) • Row fruits and vegetables • Flax • Sawdust Bulky Item CollectIon • Flowers • Shrubs Furniture, refrigerators or other large items may be picked up at your curb for a small fee per item. To • Gross clippings • Small prunings schedule a pick-up appointment, call Customer Service. • Hoy • Sod (remove as much soil as possible) • Ivy • Stumps - see size limitations above E-Waste • Ice plant • Succulents GreenWaste accepts TV's, computers and computer monitors as Bulky Items. Please call Customer • landscape vegetation • Tree trimmings - see size limitations above Service to schedule a pick-up appointment. • leaves • Yucca Extra Garbage HAZARDOUS WASTE These items cannot go into the garbage, Call Customer Service to arrange for pick up of extra garbage. Extra garbage must be placed in a recycling or yard waste cart for collection. 32-gallon can or 32-gallon bog. Please call Customer Service prior to your collection day to schedule extra garbage collection. • Auto and brake fluids • Medicines (unused, expired) • Cor batteries • Mercury thermometers and thermostats • Cleaning fluids • Monitors· Household BaHeries • Computers* • Motor oil"" To recycle small batteries, simply seal the batteries in a clear Ziploc bag and place the items on top (not • Electronic woste** (except as listed in recyclobles) • Oil filters"" inside) of your recycling cart. • Fire extinguishers • Paints and stains (e.g., oil based and latex) • Fluorescent light bulbs (e.g., CFLs, tubes) • Pesticides and fertilizers Used Motor 011 and Motor 011 Filters • Fuel tonks - with valve on (e.g., helium, propane, • Paol and spa chemicals To recycle used motor oil and filters at curbside, you must use a FREE GreenWaste issued oil jug gas tanks) • Solvents because it is designed to prevent leaks. Seal drained oil filters in a sturdy clear plastic bog. Please place • Grease and cooking oil • Syringes and sharps filled oil jugs and filter bogs on the curb near your containers for colledion. Oil mixed with other • Household Batteries"'" (e.g., M, AAA, D, nickel • Televisions" automotive fluid will not be collected. To order a FREE oil jug, call Customer Service. cadmium, lithium) • Transmission fluid For more information, please call the Santa Cruz County Household Hazardous Waste CART SET-OUT Program at 831.454.2606 or visit www.santacruzcountyrecycles.org. Cart Set-Out and WeIght RestrIctIons Set carts out by 7am on your service day. "These items can curbside as Items, Customer at be collected Bulky please caff Service 831.768.9505 Cart cannot exceed the weight limit listed below. to schedule a pick-up appointment. GreenWaste Container "See information in Extra Services for disposal options through GreenWaste. 96-gallon, max. capacity 332.5 Ibs. 64-gallon, max. capacity 227.5 Ibs. 35-gallon, max. capacity 122 Ibs ...... _'~b'_ IMPORTANT CONTACT INFO YardWaate Carl 20-gallon, max. capacity 75 Ibs. ~ la-gallon, max. capacity 35 Ibs. GreenWalfe Recovery Customer Care 831.768.9505

Santa Cruz County Household Hazardous Waste Program 831.454.2606 OIIJUIi + 011 FlI .... Bag Bueno Vista landfill 831.454.2430 Recycling and Solid Waste Services 831.475.7300 ~

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