The
Town contracts for these services and assesses an equal fee on all homes in
Garret Park. All items for collection need to be ready for pickup before 7:00
AM.
Refuse
collection (curbside or side/rear yard): Mondays and Thursdays
General
household trash and garbage should be placed in plastic bags inside of covered
trashcans. It is not necessary to place trashcans at curbside; trash will be
collected from the side or rear of your home. If you change the location of
your trashcans, please notify the Town Office.
Recycling
collection (curbside only): Monday
Containers,
etc
.
-
Glass, food and beverage jars
and bottles (no broken glass, other glass or ceramic products)
-
Metal food, beverage, and pet
food cans – please rinse
-
Aluminum foil products – foil
wrap, pie plates, food trays, etc. – please rinse
-
Clear and colored plastic
bottles with necks
-
NO bottles that contained
hazardous products such as automotive and garden products, or cooking oil
or peanut butter.
-
NO plastic bags or wraps
(these may be recycled at the grocery store)
-
DO NOT crush cans or bottles
-
Labels DO NOT need to be
removed from containers
Mixed
Paper recycling
– Acceptable materials may be placed at the curb in paper bags
or small cardboard boxes. Flatten all empty boxes and put in bundles not larger
than three feet wide and six inches thick. Tie newspapers with twine or place
in a separate box or paper bag. Shredded paper is acceptable - please bag or
box securely to prevent wind-blown debris. The following paper items are acceptable:
-
Newspapers and inserts
-
Magazines, catalogs,
telephone books, unwanted mail
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Cereal and other boxes,
corrugated cardboard, paperback books
-
Computer and office paper
-
All other clean, dry paper
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NO packing material such as
Styrofoam or plastic
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NO waxed paper or cardboard
contaminated with paint, chemicals, kitty litter, food, oil, or grease
-
NO foil gift wrap, paper
towels, napkins, or tissues
Yard
Waste (Curbside only): Monday
Yard waste is collected every Monday during the months of March through October, and
on the first Monday of each month only during November through February.
It should be placed at the curb before 7 AM
.
-
Place leaves, grass, small
brush, and clippings in large paper bags available from most grocery and
hardware stores, home improvement and garden centers.
-
Total bag weight MUST NOT
exceed 45 pounds
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Branches and large brush may
be tied in bundles with twine. Bundles should not exceed 30 inches in
diameter or four feet in length.
-
Individual branches MUST NOT
exceed four feet in length and four inches in diameter.
-
NO rocks, dirt or sod
-
NO root balls or tree stumps
-
NO lumber or firewood
Holiday
Collections
On
the following holidays there will be
no refuse, recycling, or yard waste
collection:
New
Year’s Day
MLK,
Jr.'s B'day
Memorial
Day
4th
of July
Labor
Day
Thanksgiving
Day
Christmas
Instead:
Recycling will be collected on Tuesday.
Refuse will be collected the following Thursday.
Yard waste will be collected the following Monday.
Trash
and recycling WILL be collected on Presidents' Day.
On
Thursday holidays, the trash collection is not made up and normal collection
resumes the following Monday.
(6/1/11)
