SAN LEANDRO FOOD SCRAPS in Your QUESTIONSQUESTIONS? Foodfood Scrapscrap
12COLLECT EMPTY food scraps and food soiled paper your kitchen scraps in your new kitchen pail! into your green yard Your new kitchen pail makes it easy. Line your kitchen pail trimmings cart! with paper bags or newspaper for added convenience. It’s ok to put the paper bag or newspaper into the cart.
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• ALL food products including meat & bones NO • Coffee grounds & tea bags 3 SESET OUOUT your yard trimmings • Food-soiled paper • Plastic such as pizza boxes, • Glass cart at the curb for paper towels, paper plates, • Metal weekly collection! paper napkins & waxed • Styrofoam paper containers • Liquids DO NOT SET YOUR KITCHEN PAIL AT QTHEU CURBSIDEES TFORI COLLECTION.ONS? SET OUT Now you can RECYCLE ? City of SAN LEANDRO FOOD SCRAPS in your QUESTIONSQUESTIONS? FoodFood ScrapScrap
YARD WASTE CART! Alameda County Industries RECYCLINGRECYCLING (510) 357-7282 Your participation in the Food Scrap Recycling For questions about garbage and recycling services Program helps your community and helps the environment! Food waste is the largest single item in the waste City of San Leandro Recycling Hotline stream going to landfills. Food scraps and food-soiled paper products are easily separated from garbage. (510) 577-6026 For information about the food scrap recycling program When combined with yard waste, food scraps can be processed into rich compost material for gardening, landscaping and farming. Alameda County Recycling Hotline 1 COLLECT food scraps. Use the new 1 (877) STOPWASTE kitchen pail, paper bags or For information about recycling in Alameda County milk cartons for convenience. 2 EMPTY food scraps into your green yard trimmings cart. Para obtener información en español sobre la reduc- 3 SET OUT the yard trimmings cart for ción de desechos y el reciclaje, llame (510) 614-5496. weekly collection. DO NOT set your kitchen pail at the curbside for collection.
EASY CONVENIENT NO ADDITIONAL COST This program is funded by the City of San Leandro and the Alameda County Waste Management Authority and Recycling Board.