Waste Collection services occur bi-weekly on Thursdays. This service utilizes a 65-gallon black waste bin with orange lids.
What is not allowed to be in waste bins?
- Hazardous materials like batteries, paint, and chemicals.
- Large, bulky items such as mattresses or pieces of furniture.
- Electronics; vehicle parts and fluids.
- Bulky items.
- Flammable materials.
- Asbestos.
Recycling collection occurs weekly on Tuesdays. All recycling should be done in blue bags only, as recycling in clear or black bags will not be collected.
What is allowed to be in recycling?
- Newspaper/Heavy Paper: newspaper, magazines, phone books, catalogues, flyers.
- Mixed Paper: office paper, junk mail, shredded paper, etc.
- Boxboard: cereal boxes, pasta boxes, etc.
- Containers: food cans, beverage containers, hard plastic #1-7, deposit items.
- Rinsed Plastics: rinsed plastics marked with a recycling mark are permitted.
- Corrugated Cardboard: flattened, folded, and taped together either inside or beneath the blue bag - no larger than 2ft by 3ft (60cm x 90cm). Flattened cardboard placed in another box no larger than 24" x 24" is also acceptable.
What is not allowed to be in recycling?
- Plastic film (bags, etc) or containers that held dangerous chemical or hydrocarbons (oil, etc).
- No glass, batteries, styrofoam, machine parts, mixed materials (toys, etc), or construction debris (siding, etc.)
- Lids of all kinds from containers, cans, bottles, etc, must be disposed with waste.
Organic Waste Collection services occur weekly on Thursdays from May 01 to October 31, and bi-weekly on Thursdays from November 01 to April 30 in any calendar year.
What is allowed to be in the organics waste bin?
- Meat trimmings
- Leftovers
- Vegetable and fruit husks
- Soiled paper napkins
- Greasy pizza boxes
- Dryer lint
- Bread
- Rice or grains
- Dairy products
- Egg shells
- Bones
- Fish
- Small wood scraps and pieces
- Coffee, tea & filters.
- Grass
- Leaves
- Hedge pruning
- Garden trimmings
What is not allowed to be in the organics waste bin?
- Plastic bags
- K-cups or coffee pods
- Take-out drink cups
- Butcher paper wrap
- Microwave popcorn bags
- Frozen food boxes
- Glossy paper
- Food packaging
- Produce stickers
- Treated wood
- Plant pot or bedding trays
- Diapers and sanitary products
- Dryer sheets
- Vacuum cleaner bags
- Clothing or fabric
- Styrofoam
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