**REMINDER, PER THE SOLID WASTE ORDINANCE, ALL CONTAINERS AND PLASTIC BAGS SHALL NOT BE PLACED OUT SOONER THAN 24 HOURS BEFORE COLLECTION AND NOT LATER THAN 7:00AM ON SCHEDULED COLLECTION DAY. WASTE AND RECYCLING CONTAINERS SHALL BE REMOVED FROM THE CURB WITHIN 24 HOURS OF ANY COLLECTION.

Recyclables are to be separated into two groups and placed out on alternating weeks as outlined below. Please do not put recyclable material in plastic bags. Plastic bags cannot be recycled in our program.

FIBER RECYCLABLES: Newspaper, magazines, "junk mail," cereal and other boxes and corrugated cardboard (we no longer accept gable top containers such as milk and juice cartons).

CO-MINGLED RECYCLABLE CONTAINERS: Glass, plastic, tin/steel and aluminum cans.

REFUSE will be collected weekly, and must be in tied plastic bags or covered garbage cans not to exceed 50 lbs/each

HELPFUL HINTS

• To help reduce the amount of space required for storage of recyclables:
  • Flatten milk jugs
  • Crush tin and aluminum cans
  • Bundle corrugated cardboard, cut in 2' x 2' squares
  • Flatten cereal boxes, shoe boxes, etc. and place with junk mail and magazines in separate paper bag from newspapers.
• Additional "blue boxes" may be purchased at the Public Works Office for $8.50 each.
• In bad weather, please cover the recycling bin to keep paper recyclables dry.
• Refuse bags/cans and recycling bins are to be at your curb no later than 7:00 am.
• Refuse containers must be waterproof.