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Begins in "Simple Sort" Norfolk County 2- Monday, May 2, 2011

See inside for important changes to Norfolk’s recycling program

More Items Accepted Starting in May! (empty metal paint cans, empty metal aerosol , spiral cans with metal bottoms, Tetra Pak TM containers)

See inside and back cover for details. Keep this useful sorting guide near your recycling! Existing SMALL Black or Blue Box for : Now for paper fibres such as newspapers, correspondence, boxboard, small cardboard , and , too.

SPAmPaEllRBBlalacckkBBoox x Include How to Prepare NOT Accepted Household Paper  correspondence • Do not place paper inside plastic or  No gift wrapping paper.  junk mail paper bags. Place loose in box.  No paper beverage or take-out coffee  cards • Place shredded paper (only) inside a cups.  regular paper bags clear, firmly-tied plastic , or paper  No bags (e.g. pet food  office and roll or fold down the top; place bags).  window and plain beside recycling boxes.  No envelops with plastic bubble liners.  pap erbacks and insides • Discard covers from hard-covered of ha rd-cover books books. Newspaper &  newspapers • Place loose in box. Magazines  flyers • Place heavier items over loose  magazines newspapers and flyers.  catalogues See below for plastic bags.  phone books Paper Egg &  paper egg cartons • No food residue.  No waxed or coated boxes. Small Boxes  small corrugated cardboard boxes • Flatten boxes.  take-out beverage trays

Boxboard  boxes for cereal, tissues, pop, crackers, • Remove liners and trays.  No milk or juice cartons, drink boxes laundry soap, toothpaste, pasta, etc. • Flatten and place inside another or Tetra Pak™ boxes in the paper box.  shoe and gift boxes boxboard box. Place these in the tall  frozen pizza boxes recycling box.  cores for and bathroom  No paper beverage or take-out tissue rolls coffee cups.  No foil-lined food container .  No cardboard spiral containers (e.g. frozen juice, chilled dough) in the paper box. Place spirals in the tall container recycling box. Corrugated  all corrugated cardboard including: • Remove leftover food and any paper  No food residue, liners or plastic. Cardboard Boxes  shipping and packing boxes liners.  clean and empty pizza boxes • Remove wrap from cases of bottled water and pop (place with plastic bags, as directed below). • Flatten large boxes and tie in bundles no larger than 8” thick (20 cm) X 30” wide (78 cm) X 30” tall (78 cm). Staples and tape accepted. Place beside boxes.

Plastic Bags  retail and grocery shopping bags • Remove receipts and any food residue.  No other than those types  bread and frozen vegetable bags • Thoroughly rinse clean inner milk bags listed.  outer milk bags (no milk residue).  No chip or other foil bags.  rinsed inner milk bags • Stuff all plastic bags into one bag and tie handles firmly.  dry cleaning bags  • Tuck the bag of bags into the plastic wrap from cases of toilet tissue, paper box. paper towels, bottled water and pop  clean Simple Sort 2-Box Recycling begins: Monday, May 2, 2011

Items Now Accepted: Special instructions: • empty metal paint cans and empty • Place recyclables at the curb by 7 a.m. • Place large quantities of shredded paper aerosol containers on your recycling day. in a clear and set beside • spiral cardboard containers • Extra recyclables that won’t fit into the the boxes. • Tetra Pak™ juice and beverage boxes paper or container box should be placed • On windy days, place newspapers in a in any similar size box and set out with grocery bag, leave untied and use to weigh All go into the new, tall black the black boxes. down other papers in the paper box. container box. New TALL Black Box for CONTAINERS : For all other recyclables such as and plastic , and tubs showing numbers on the bottom, metal cans, foil wrap and trays, and foam cups and trays.

CONTAINERS Black Box Include How to Prepare NOT Accepted

Tetra Pak™ Boxes  juice boxes • Empty and rinse.  No straws or plastic wrapping.  beverage boxes, e.g. soya and rice milk • Discard straws and plastic  soup and broth boxes wrap.

Paint Cans Empty and dry metal cans for: • Paint cans must not contain  No plastic paint cans.  paint more than ¼” (6mm) of  No cans with liquid remaining in them.  dried paint. stain  No rags, paint brushes or stir sticks.  varnish • Remove lids, place in box separately.  No old or rusted cans. These should be discarded. Aerosol Containers Empty metal aerosol containers: • Discard plastic caps.  No partially full aerosol cans.  air freshener  No plastic caps.  shaving cream  No propane cylinders.  deodorant  hair spray and other products  household cleaners  paint Spiral Cardboard  frozen juice • Empty.  No caulking gun tubes. Tubes  chilled dough • Metal ends may stay on.  baby formula • Discard foil lined lids. & Cans  potato chips Glass Bottles & Jars  all clear and coloured food and • Empty and rinse.  Return beverage alcohol containers to beverage glass jars and bottles • Recycle metal lids The Beer Store and collect your deposit. separately.  No window glass, vases, tumblers or ceramics. • are accepted.

Aluminum & Steel Steel and aluminum cans: • Empty and rinse.  No foil-lined cardboard lids. Cans; Aluminum Foil  pop and other beverage cans • Labels are accepted.  No foil wrap for butter, cigarettes. & Trays  tins for soup, vegetables, fruit, pet food • Discard foil-lined cardboard  No coat hangers. ( Return to dry cleaners .) and other products lids from foil baking trays.  No pots, pans and baking trays.  clean aluminum foil • Remove lids, place inside the  No propane cylinders. ( Take to Household  can or separately in the box. foil pie plates, cake and roasting pans Hazardous Waste events .) and other foil food trays  No needles or syringes. ( Take to a local pharmacy .)  No appliances or scrap metal. Plastic Bottles, Jars  beverage (e.g. pop, juice, water) bottles • All accepted bottles must  No with code .  peanut butter jars, jam and pickle jars have visible plastic type  No plastic bags. Place these in the small paper box . & Containers codes showing on bottom.  yogurt and margarine tubs  No plastics that contained pesticides or other  ice cream tubs household hazardous (HHW) products. Take any  dish soap and laundry detergent bottles • Empty and rinse. leftover products to a HHW event .  household cleaning product and • Discard spray pumps.  No motor oil containers. Empty oil containers can bottles go to a HHW event .  shampoo bottles  No plastic wrap.  hand cream bottles   No plastic paint cans. clear plastic bakery, produce and egg  containers No lawn edging, tarps, hoses, plastic furniture or toys.  No plastic blister packs, i.e. inner plastic sleeves for items like chewing gum and pills. Milk & Juice Cartons Gable top cartons for: • Empty and rinse.  milk and milk-type beverages  cream  juice  egg substitutes  sugar

Foam Cups, Trays  foam food and meat trays • Empty and rinse food  No foil or paper lids. & Packaging  foam cups containers.  No foam peanut packaging.  foam packaging, e.g. packaging used • Discard paper or plastic  No foam house insulation. around small appliances coverings. • Look for code on containers. Frequent Questions:

Q. WHY IS NORFOLK CHANGING OUR RECYCLING PROGRAM? ISN'T THE WAY WE RECYCLE NOW WORKING? A. Recycling systems have improved over the years. By moving to Taor ll a two-sort (papers and containers) system, Norfolk will improve the efficiency of our recycling program from the curb to the processing centre. Better efficiency means our program will be more small effective overall and we'll capture more materials for recycling. That's a win-win.

Recycle ‘em all! Q. WHAT IF I HAVE MORE CONTAINERS THAN WILL FIT INTO MY NEW TALL BLACK BOX AND I DON'T HAVE A SPARE SMALL Greeting from the Mayor RECYCLING BOX? A. Use a similar size cardboard box or laundry basket if you like, or save Simple Sort 2-Box Recycling recyclables for the following week's collection.

Please join us in using this improved recycling program. It is Q. WHY DO WE PUT THE BAG OF PLASTIC BAGS IN THE PAPER one step closer to protecting our environment and ensuring BOX? that the world we leave for our children and grandchildren A. The bag of plastic bags gets tucked into the small paper box because is the best possible. the bag can be separated from paper items more easily during processing then it can from containers such as bottles and jars.

Dennis Travale Q. DO I HAVE TO USE MY NEW TALL BOX FOR CONTAINERS? Mayor, Norfolk County I HAVE MORE PAPER ITEMS THAN CONTAINERS. A. Recyclable containers such as plastic bottles and jars tend to be Thank You : lighter than paper items such as newspapers and magazines. Putting Norfolk County is continually striving to improve our paper items in the smaller paper box ensures it can be carried more recycling program so that we can capture more materials easily. You'll also find that the containers are easy to carry in the to be made into new products and packaging. tall box. It's better for you and for the workers who collect the We realize that the success of our program recyclables since they lift hundreds of boxes every day. In fact, there's depends on you. We want to thank you for a weight limit on the boxes of 18 kg or 40 pounds for that reason. recycling and encourage you to recycle everything you can. Q. IF MY TALL CONTAINER BOX ISN'T FULL, SHOULD I STILL PUT IT OUT? Norfolk Team A. If the tall box isn't full, consider saving it until the following week.

REMINDER : Items Accepted Starting May 2: Please place your tall and small boxes AT THE CURB BY 7 A.M. on your TETRA™ PACKAGING EMPTY PAINT CANS EMPTY AEROSOL SPIRAL CARDBOARD recycling day. CANS TUBES & CANS

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