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1. Is there a comprehensive itemized disposal guideline?
2. Why should I recycle?
3. When is my trash and recycle collection day?
4. What about holiday week collections?
5. When should I put out my recycling?
6. Why didn’t the truck pick up my recycling?
7. Whom do I call if my trash, recycling, or yard waste is not picked up?
8. What can I recycle?
9. How do I put items out for recycling?
10. Do I need to rinse out my bottles and cans?
11. Do I need to separate cans, bottles and plastic containers from each other?
12. What about polystyrene, cartons (milk, juice, juice boxes etc), pizza boxes and microwave food boxes?
13. Can I put out more than one recycling bin?
14. Where can I get a recycling bin?
15. Does the City collect yard waste?
16. Is there a place where I can drop off my yard waste?
17. Does the City have a curbside pick up compost program?
18. How can I dispose of Christmas trees?
19. Is there a curbside Food Compost program?
20. Where can I recycle books, CDs, DVDs and VHS tapes?
21. How can I stop junk mail?
22. How can I shred confidential documents?
23. Is there an electronics collection?
24. Is there a hazardous waste collection?
25. How do I dispose of items containing mercury?
26. How do I dispose of waste oil (used motor oil)?
27. What can I do with all my plastic bags?
28. Can I put out any size barrel for trash and recycling?
29. Can I throw away my propane tank?
30. Is there a limit to the amount of large (“Bulk”) items I can throw away?
31. Where can I bring ink and toner cartridges to recycle?
32. How do I dispose of pharmaceuticals?