Compost Giveaway

March 21, 2015 • 8:00–10:30am Garden Grove Public Works Yard 13802 Newhope Street

epublic Services together with the City of Garden Grove Rwill be giving away FREE to residents to say thank you for participating in our green program. Because this event is so popular, we have a “while the supplies last” and a limit of 60-gallons per household. Please bring your own buckets or containers, no bags please. Recycle Garden Grove Like us on PRST STD U.S. Postage Solid Waste & Recycling Newsletter for Garden Grove Residents x Winter 2014 Paid Facebook Anaheim, CA Permit No. 514 Go to Facebook.com/RepublicServices Small Changes Make a Difference SoCal and click ‘Like’ to learn more about upcoming events, recycling and arden Grove is a city we’re all proud to call the trash container in the kitchen for items that reducing waste in your community. Ghome, and it takes commitment from all of us are recyclable—glass, aluminum, plastic, paper, to maintain the safety and health of our commu- etc. Place these items in the recyclable contain- nity. The choices we make every day like recycling er immediately so they are not forgotten and and picking up litter can support a healthy, clean thrown out as trash. environment for us all.

Before getting into recycling, consider . Materials Comprising Landfill Trash Precycling is examining food and product pack- Contact Us Child Safety—Play It Safe! aging before making your purchase. The National Trash Collection t Republic Services, we care about Cross the street at a crosswalk. Do Recycling Coalition suggest: “In the store you may • Taking a few extra Service...... 714-238-3300 your child’s safety. Our trucks not cross in the middle of the street ask, ‘Is this nutritious? Is it fattening?’ Now ask, A ‘How is it packaged?’” Look for products that use Household drive up and down the streets of your or between parked cars. If there is minutes each day Hazardous Waste...... 714-834-6752 community every day, starting and no crosswalk, cross at the corner. less packaging. We can eliminate a third of what we throw away just by considering the packaging Recycling Center...... 714-238-3301 stopping multiple times, and we want to sort your waste • Remember that trucks can take up to make sure your kids are safe when before buying. Public Disposal Center.... 714-238-3301 to 40 percent longer than cars to will reduce the walking or riding their bikes or scoot- Residential Motor Oil come to a complete stop. It is always Taking a few extra minutes each day to sort your ers. Take time today to talk to your Collection...... 800-449-7587 best to let trucks pass before cross- amount of trash waste will reduce the amount of trash you have, When In Doubt, Throw It Out kids about these important safety tips: Trash Billing...... 714-238-3300 ing a street. and it will ensure that recyclables are being re- If you have you ever spent time trying to decide if you have, and it Street Sweeping Citation, covered and not sent to landfills. It is estimated something is or isn’t recyclable, keep in mind that • Watch out for vehicles making right Storm Drains that a majority of the nation’s trash sent to land- it’s best to throw something out if there is a doubt— turns. Before stepping off the curb, will ensure that and Sewers...... 714-741-5375 fills could be recycled, but it isn’t. The graph to this will help to avoid contaminating recyclables make sure there is not a car be- recyclables are the right shows the percentage of different ma- or yard waste. Check for the recyclable symbol on hind you about to make a right turn terials that make up our landfilled trash. A lot of any item you think may be recyclable. The “chasing directly into your path. being recovered this trash is recyclable, but it is ending up in the arrows in a triangle” symbol will appear if in fact, Make sure your child wears a bicycle waste stream and sent to landfills instead of be- the item is meant to be recycled. If the symbol isn’t • and not sent helmet, knows how to read street ing recycled or reused. present, or if you have questions or need infor- signs, makes hand signals and un- to landfills. mation about what is and isn’t recyclable, please In Home Ease RepublicServices.com/site/Garden-Grove-ca derstands which lane to ride in. call Republic Services at 714-238-3300. Having an additional container in your kitchen For more information on bike safety, can ease the recycling process before trash is And remember, you’re always a winner when visit www.nhtsa.gov. taken out. A small container can be placed near you recycle.

4 1 Options to Recycle Your Holiday Tree he holidays are approaching, and Use Your Yard Waste Twe want to remind you to start 1 Container Foam is Now Recyclable the year off right by recycling your Cut the branches down oam recycling has become holiday tree. Choose the option that so your tree fits in your more convenient for Garden is best for you. yard waste container F Grove residents. Last month, with the lid closed and Republic Services launched a will easily slide out when Green Building styrofoam recycling program serviced. for a Healthier Lifestyle at its regional materials recov- Place Your Tree ery facility, located in Anaheim, s local recycling laws 2 Alongside Your California. Due to the demand A become more stringent, Automated Containers for recycling in Orange County, residential construction and No need to call! Repub- Republic is offering residents renovation projects are re- lic Services will pick up and businesses an opportu- quired to divert construction your tree on your regu- nity to drop off their foam, free and demolition (C&D) debris lar service day, Decem- of charge, so it can be trans- away from the landfill through ber 29th through Janu- formed into premium picture and recycle. As the City’s ary 9th. Since trees will frames and crown molding. only approved hauler, Republic be mulched, remove all Services makes it easy for res- ornaments, lights, and Garden Grove residents and idents to comply with Green stand from your tree. Safety Tips for Disposing businesses can participate in Building requirements and If your tree is over 6 feet this program by wiping or promote a healthy lifestyle. tall, please cut it in half. of Hot Ashes rinsing their foam and drop- C&D debris collected from ping it off at the collection your residential project is ith the onset of cold tempera- cold and completely extinguished center located at 1071 N Blue transported to Republic’s Wtures, many Garden Grove before placing them in their carts Gum Street. regional materials recov- residents with fireplaces use them or dumpster. It takes only one spark Recyclable polystyrene can ery facility to be processed. to provide warmth and comfort. Re- to ignite all the trash in a truck or a be identified by a #6 chasing Through waste separation Holiday cently, however, fireplace ashes have dumpster. Residents should make arrows symbol, often found technologies at its facility, resulted in fires in trash trucks. Of- sure their fireplace ashes are cold 11/27/14 12/25/14 at the bottom of the material. Republic recovers and diverts Schedule ficials are urging residents to make and dead before throwing them in THANKSGIVING christmas It has a wide variety of uses, more than 75 percent of the day day sure that their fireplace ashes are the trash. from the large molded blocks C&D it collects, helping the City Follow These Recommendations for Handling Ashes: used to package electronics reach its diversion goals. such as TVs and computers to Visit RepublicServices.com or food service packaging such as call 714-238-3300 to order a foam cups, bowls, and “clam- temporary cleanup container. 1/1/15 5/25/15 shell” take-out containers. NEW YEAR’S MEMORIAL day day Metal Add Cool Dispose In addition to foam, Republic 1 Bucket 2 Water 3 Down 4 Ashes accepts aluminum cans, glass bottles, plastic bottles, white If your scheduled service day falls on Place fireplace Pour water Wait until Place bagged and colored ledger and com- Recycling Fun Fact or after a holiday listed to the right, ashes in a over fireplace ashes are extinguished puter paper, cardboard and then your service day will be delayed 7/4/15 9/7/15 metal bucket. ashes. cold and fireplace newspapers. aking a standard, dispos- by one day. For all other holidays your completely ashes in INDEPENDENCE LABOR Mable battery uses 50 times collection will be on schedule. day day extinguished. the trash. For additional information, call more power than it generates. 714-238-3301.

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