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Is your Garbage, Yard Waste and Recycling prepared properly?

Garbage Do's & Don'ts

DO prepare your garbage properly:

  • BAG IT: Use sturdy garbage bags
  • BUNDLE IT: Materials must be bundled and tied in 4 foot lengths and placed curbside with your garbage for collection
  • CAN IT: Place garbage in 32-gallon cans

Bags, bundles or 32-gallon garbage cans should weigh no more than 50 pounds each.

Garbage must be placed at the curb before 6 a.m.

DON'T throw out:

Yard Waste Do's and Don'ts

DO prepare your yard waste properly:

  • BAG IT: Use sturdy garbage bags
  • BUNDLE IT: If you don’t wish to use garbage cans or garbage bags, you can put yard waste in bundles no longer than 4 feet in length.
    • Bundles cannot contain branches large then 6 inches in diameter. Any branch larger than 6 inches in diameter should be cut in half lengthwise, tied, and bundled.
    • Tie bundles with heavy-duty string.
  • CAN IT: Put yard waste in 32-gallon garbage cans. Yard waste should not extend above the top of the can.
  • LARGE QUANTITIES: For very large quantities of yard waste too difficult to bundle, a special collection can be arranged for a fee or you may use your one free annual collection.

Bags, bundles or 32-gallon garbage cans should weigh no more than 50 pounds each.

Yard waste must be placed at the curb by 6 a.m.

DON'T put the following out with yard waste:

  • Garbage
  • Animal Waste
  • Fruit
  • Mulch
The above items are to be placed in the garbage.

Recycling Do's & Don'ts

Recycling must be placed at the curb before 6 a.m.

Items accepted in your recycling cart include:

  • Paper – Only clean junk mail, magazines, newspapers
  • Cardboard – Only clean flattened boxes
  • Metal – Only clean aluminum or tin cans
  • Plastic – Only clean plastic bottles and jugs
  • Glass – Only clean glass bottles and jars

Do not include:

  • Styrofoam, food waste, plastic bags, garden hoses, extension cords, wire and packing peanuts
  • Plastic bags harm recycling machinery — empty the recycling directly into the cart instead

Recycling do's and don'ts

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