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Free, safe recycling of electronics and hazardous waste.The Solid Waste Division is responsible for the curbside collection of recycling and trash for residents and for municipal and school buildings.

To change container size or color and request additional containers or replacement containers.

Please remove the gray and green bins from the alley and store in your own yard until the next collection day.

Some residents with alley collection will use the shared 300 gallon refuse container for refuse. You can also recycle your green waste and food waste at home to create your own compost. Leave your grass clippings on the lawn - it's a good source of nitrogen and acts as a fertilizer. Keep weight of the container and its contents under 200 pounds.Place containers at least 3' away for any obstruction such as a car, lamp post or fence.Leave about 18' of space between the containers.Place materials in the containers materials on the ground will not be collected Place containers so that lid openings face the street.

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Place containers when full at curb for collection by 7 am the morning of collection day.In order to assist with the safe and efficient collection of trash and recycling, residents are encouraged to: Per City Ordinance, recycling and refuse containers must be taken to the curb or collection area no sooner than 12 hours prior to collection, and then removed from the curb or collection area no later than 12 hours after collection.If you need additional capacity, leave the lid open and place a securely closed additional 30-gallon trash bag on top of your other waste.Do not pour down drains or sinks as this will damage pipes Once the liquid is in 'solid' form, it can go in the regular trash. For non-hazardous liquids such as cooking or vegetable oil, solidify the liquid by mixing it with an absorbent like kitty litter, Plaster of Paris, sawdust, or even newspapers.Dirt, rock, sod, concrete, construction debris, hot ashes, liquids, electronics, hazardous wastes such as oil, gas, paint or batteries.General household trash, food waste, soiled food wrappers, plastics 3 through 7, incandescent light bulbs, palm fronds or large ice plant clusters.Please wash interior of container with water periodically. Material cannot protrude from the top of the containers more than 2 or 3 feet. Lumber or construction material of any kind.Food waste or any kind, animal waste or any other refuse.Hot ashes, coals or any other hazardous materials.Large ice plant clusters and palm fronds/branches.Branches bigger than 4' (inches) in diameter or 4' (feet) in length.Plastic bags - Do not place green waste in plastic bags - put it directly in the container.This container is only for the recycling of green waste or yard trimmings. Place recycling items loose in the recycling bin - do not bag them.Flatten cardboard boxes or cut them to fit into the recycling container. Labels and lids can be left on the containers.

Please rinse out containers, but be sure all liquids are drained from containers and all food residue before placing in recycling bins.Pots or pans, propane or helium tanks, or scrap metal from plumbing or construction materials.Glass dishes, light bulbs, mirrors, ceramic cups, drinking glasses, plates, porcelain or window glass.Small Styrofoam pieces (called popcorn or peanuts), or any plastic bottle, bag or container without a number in the triangle.Photographs, blueprint carbon or NCR paper.

Liquids, napkins, tissue paper (Kleenex) and anything soiled with food.

Glass bottles and jars of any color can be recycled.

Examples include soda bottles, milk jugs, and shampoo bottles.

Plastic bottles, bags or containers with a number 1 and 2 only in the recycling triangle of arrows.

Cans from drinks, soup, pet food and vegetables, empty aerosol cans, wire hangers, and dry, empty paint cans.

Shredded paper must be placed in paper or recyclable plastic bags, then the bags must be stapled or taped closed and recyclable plastic bags must be tied closed.

Catalogs, magazines with staples, glossy paper, junk mail, computer paper, cardboard tube chip containers, hard and soft covered books, clean paper plates and cups, and corrugated cardboard as well as thinner cardboard like cereal and cracker boxes are included.

Customer Information, Plans, and ReportsĪccepted Materials Newspaper, Cardboard and Mixed Paper.

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Rebates and Programs: For Your Business.

Construction and Demolition Material Recycling.

Household Hazardous And Electronic Waste +.

Business, Commercial, and Multi-family Trash & Recycling +.

Transportation Analysis Requirements for Private Development.

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