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Materials Preparation
Residents must have paid their semi-annual collection fee to receive collection.
Trash and recyclable materials are collected at curbside once a week and must be set out by 7:00 a.m. to ensure collection.

Trash Collection
Each bag or barrel must have a green disposal tag or six-month barrel sticker.
Trash may be placed in plastic trash bags or barrels up to 34 gallons in size.
Barrels must weigh no more than 40 pounds.
Materials may not extend above the barrel rim.
There is no limit to the number of bags or barrels a resident may set out.
Businesses may set out up to five bags or barrels.
Styrofoam packaging peanuts must be placed in securely tied bags in order to be disposed of as trash. Barrels with loose packaging peanuts will not be collected. Packaging peanuts may be recycled at local packaging stores (see additional materials).

Recyclable Materials Collection
Place Mixed Paper and Containers in separate recycling bins.

MIXED PAPER
Place in paper bag or recycling bin
CONTAINERS              
Rinse clean
Place together in recycling bin
PAPER
Any Clean Paper Product
 
Newspaper, magazines, catalogs, etc.
Junk mail, stationery, & envelopes.
White, colored, & lined paper.
Paperback books & phone books.
Paper bags & clasp envelopes.
Paperboard (e.g. cereal, cracker, shoe boxes, writing tablets, etc.)
Corrugated cardboard - flattened, no larger than 3’x3’x15"

 Do Not Include

No pizza boxes, soiled paper, or plastic bags.
No cardboard larger than 3' square.
No paper products that are designed to get wet and hold their shape, such as coffee or paper cups, or any paper product designed to go in the refrigerator or freezer (ice cream carton, frozen juice container, paper takeout food containers, etc.).
GLASS
Bottles & Jars
Remove lids & corks

No other glass items such as ceramics, drinking glasses, dishes, Pyrex, or window glass.

ALUMINUM & STEEL
Cans, Lids & Foil  
No aerosol, paint, or solvent cans.
No propane tanks.

PLASTIC
Food, Beverage & Household Product Containers
Throw away plastic lids and pumps
No motor oil or chemical containers.
No Styrofoam.cups or trays
No flower pots
No plastic bags.

ACEPTIC CONTAINERS
Milk Cartons & Juice Boxes
Flattened



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