Our community CITY SERVICES fall 2017
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Public Spaces Recycling Recycle at home and on the go! Ever go for a walk in the park with your coffee and wish there was a convenient location to recycle that cup? What about food scraps from your picnic? Good news, recycling and organics stations are coming to select Airdrie parks and public facilities. Keep an eye out for the new stations and help us keep Airdrie a clean community by placing your waste in the correct bins. We’ve made it easy by ensuring these stations accept the same materials as the blue and green carts.
MIXED RECYCLING
Paper • Cardboard Disposable paper cups Plastic #1–7 Tin food cans
Reminders
Changes to cup disposal We’ve made changes to where we place disposable cups. Disposable paper coffee/ drink cups should no longer go in the green cart with your organics as our processor is finding the plastic liner does not break down during the recycling process and compromises the final product. Disposable paper coffee/ drink cups can be recycled in your blue cart.
ORGANICS ORGANICS
Food scraps scraps • Napkins Food Napkins Fast food food packaging packaging Fast Paper plates Paper NO NO PET WASTE
• Curbside collection requires your waste be put out by 7 a.m. on your collection day. Sign up for e-mail or text reminders at .ca • Not sure where to put something? Check out the Where Does it Go tool on airdrie.ca. • Windy days make for wandering carts – be sure to write your address in the white block on your blue and green cart so it’s easy to identify if the wind moves it. • Cart not collected? Be sure there is one metre clearance around the entire cart, pull the cart out and away from fences and garages so the truck arms can reach around safely.
BEVERAGE CONTAINERS
Cans Plastic bottles Juice boxes
• April 3rd, 2017, the garbage limit changed from two units of waste to one bag of waste per week. Loose material in garbage cans is no longer accepted, it must be contained within one 90cm x 127cm bag. If you have extra bags, you can purchase excess waste tags for $3 per bag from the following locations: Genesis Place, City Hall, Airdrie Public Library, Eastside Recycle Depot, Co-op, any of the four Airdrie Shoppers Drugmarts.