Menlo Park Residents Your New Carts Are Coming! Recycle, Compost and Garbage Cart Deliveries Start Now As of August 30, Recology San Mateo County has begun delivering new carts to homes throughout the RethinkWaste service area. Be sure to review the information found attached to your new Garbage cart. This kit will help walk you through the new collection service, letting you know exactly what can and what cannot go into each cart. Visit www.RethinkWaste.org for the delivery schedule.
How To Use Your New Carts.
BLACK CART = GARBAGE (20, 32, 64 and 96 gallon)
Basically anything that can’t go in the blue or green cart goes here. Waste, such as Styrofoam packaging, peanuts, and food containers; bagged animal waste and diapers; ceramics, glassware, mirrors, and window glass; wrappers and juice pouches; black plastic; and plastic bags, buckets, and broken toys.
Out With The Old Please make sure to set out your old green yard trimmings cart on your FIRST COLLECTION DAY immediately following the delivery of your new carts. The old cart will be taken away. You can choose to keep your recycling tubs, but if you want them taken away, simply place them upside down next to your carts during a recycling collection week. You can also have your old garbage cans taken away. Simply affix one of the “Take Me” stickers that came with the information kit. You can have your old tubs and cans taken away through December 31, 2010.
BLUE CART = RECYCLE
GREEN CART = COMPOST
(64 gallon)
(96 gallon)
For single-stream recycling, meaning all recyclables in one cart – no more sorting! You can mix newspapers, junk mail, cardboard and other paper products with plastic, metal, and glass containers. Recycling will be picked up every other week through December 31, 2010.
Use your new green Compost cart the same way you’ve been using your current Yard Trimmings cart – by putting in only materials that come from your yard. Compost carts will be picked up every other week through December 31, 2010.
Visit RecologySanMateoCounty.com or RethinkWaste.org for details. October 27, 2010 N The Almanac N 15