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CURBSIDE RECYCLING 
ITEMS & PROCEDURES

Print Name or Address on Recycle Bin

$10.00 Charge for Additional Bin or for Replacement.
 

Newspapers – Must be tied in bundles six to eight inches thick or put in brown paper bags.  
                          Do not use plastic bags.  No wet newspapers will be picked up.  

Magazines & Catalogs – Must be tied in bundles no more than eight inches thick.

Glossy Prints & Junk Mail –  Must be tied in bundles no more than eight inches thick 
                                                      or use brown paper bags.

Cardboard – Must be tied in bundles two feet by three feet by six inches thick.

Office & Computer Paper - Must be tied in bundles six to eight inches thick or in brown paper bags.

Household Batteries – 6 volt, D thru AAA, Hearing aid type place in plastic baggies.

Glass – Clear, Green, Brown – no lids, rinse well

DO NOT INCLUDE  - Drinking Glass, Pyrex, Plate Glass, other colored glass, china, light bulbs, ceramics, or mirrors.

Tin Cans  – Rinse well – remove label and lids – flatten as much as possible.

Plastic – Clear and colored containers used for such products as soda pop,  milk, 
                 liquor,  cleansers,  detergents and other items in bottle or jug form with the number 
                 1 or 2 triangle symbol on them.  Remove hard plastic lids and rings.  Rinse well.  
                 Labels can be left on.  Flatten as much as possible.  

DO NOT INCLUDE  - tubs or containers for cottage cheese, butter, whipped topping, foam products or deodorant containers.

Aerosol Cans – Make sure they are empty with no caps.

Aluminum – Tied or taped in bundles.

Motor Oil  – Bring to D.P.S. yard Monday thru Friday between 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. 
                    – Dump in Big Container.

Auto Batteries – Bring to D.P.S. yard Monday thru Friday between 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. 
                               or call 928-0550 for pick-up.

COMPOST PICK-UP AND RULES 
PROGRAM STARTS APRIL 1 thru DECEMBER 14

Leaves, Grass Clippings, Yard Waste 
Must be in cans with Compost Stickers (Available at City offices) 
or in Paper Compost bags only.

NO PLASTIC BAGS WILL BE ACCEPTED – NO EXCEPTIONS.

Brush – Must be bundled eighteen inches in diameter and four foot long.
(Nothing over three inches in diameter)

REMINDER
Plastic Bags are no longer acceptable for compost 

WARNING
Raking of Leaves into the street is against the city ordinance.  
You could be ticketed and fined.

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