GARBAGE & RECYCLING

GARBAGE & RECYCLING


Garbage pick up takes place every Tuesday, please have your garbage out to the curb by 7:00am.

Homeowners are responsible to keep their garbage stored in a secure enclosure, or state, ensuring it is protected from weather, rodents, birds, wildlife, and pets.  Any mess made by birds or animals is not the responsibility of the refuse collection staff and should be cleaned up as soon as possible by the owner of the garbage.  Each household shall have a three-bag limit for the weekly garbage pick-up.  The refuse collection staff will not pick-up garbage in excess of the three-bag limit, or garbage (can/bag and contents) that exceeds 50 pounds in weight. 

Glass pick up takes place the FIRST Tuesday of the month.

Recycling pick up takes place every Thursday, please have your recycling out to the curb by 7:00am.

What can you recycle?

  • Newspapers, including flyers and glossy flyers (please keep dry)
  • Magazines, catalogues and telephone books (please keep dry)
  • Aluminum food and beverage cans (such as pop cans and beer cans)
  • Steel and tin food and beverage cans
  • All pop bottles, beer bottles, liquor bottles (plastic and glass)
  • PET (#1 plastic) bottles (such as pop bottles and water bottles)
  • HDPE (#2 plastic) bottles (such as milk jugs, shampoo and liquid laundry bottles)
  • Glass bottles and containers
  • Boxboard (non-corrugated)(such as cereal boxes and 6-pack boxes)
  • Corrugated cardboard (such as cardboard boxes)
  • Gable top beverage cartons (such as milk cartons, and juice cartons)
  • Aseptic containers (such as "Juice" boxes)
  • #4, #5, & #7 Household Plastic Containers

Please note:  All containers and boxboard/cardboard must be clean and dry (no food/product residue) newspapers, flyers, magazines & catalogues must not be shredded or crumpled. Glass jars and bottles are not to be broken. Remove all lids and caps. Please do not place any other waste items in the blue box(es) other than those identified above. If other wastes are placed the in the blue box they will not be collected.

What can you NOT recycle?

  • Plastic grocery store bags 
  • Aluminum foil, foil pie plates, foil food containers
  • Dishes, ceramics or crystal
  • Electronics
  • Foam packaging, Styrofoam, or other foams
  • Paint cans or oil cans
  • Cellophane wrapping
  • Steel pots & pans
  • Wax or foil coated paper
  • Window glass, mirrors or broken glass
  • Plastic Wrappers (Cookie Bags)
  • Laundry Soap Boxes
  • Pottery
  • Aerosol Cans
  • Light Bulbs
  • Sugar / Pet Food Bags

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