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DAMA
2008 SCHEDULE FOR TRASH & RECYCLING |
BLUE
WEEKS |
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Blue
Bins (Co-Mingled) |
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WHITE
WEEKS |
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Newspaper
& Corrugated Paper |
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HOLIDAYS |
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"H"
Indicates A Holiday With NO
PICKUP (New Years Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas
Day) |
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NO RECYCLING, CO-MINGLED OR NEWSPRINT, WILL
BE ACCEPTED IN PLASTIC BAGS |
TRASH
& RECYCLABLES ARE TO BE CURBSIDE BY 6:00 A.M.
ON COLLECTION DAY  |
IN
THE EVENT OF A HOLIDAY ALL PICKUP WIL BE ONE DAY BEHIND, FOR
EXAMPLE:
Monday Pickup will be on Tuesday - Tuesday
Pickup will be on Wednesday - Wednesday Pickup
will be on Thursday - Thursday Pickup will
be on Friday - Friday Pickup will be on Saturday
TOLL
FREE SERVICE NUMBER IS 1-800-243-7575
Material |
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What
is Being Collected |
What
is Not Being Collected |
How
To Prepare For Recycling |
GLASS |
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Clear,
green and brown bottles and jars.
Examples-soda bottles, beer bottles, food containers. |
Window
and plate glass, light bulbs, crystal, pyrex and ceramics |
Remove
caps and rings. Rinse beverage containers and wash food
containers. DO NOT BREAK GLASS. Place in recycling container. |
| NEWSPAPER |
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Newspapers,
comics and glossy advertising inserts. |
Magazines,
telephone books, junk mail. |
Stack
newspapers and place in heavy brown paper bags or tie
with twine (do not use wire). Place the bagged or tied
newspapers at the curb. No paper curbside in plastic bags. |
CORRUGATED
PAPER |
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Double
walled cardboard layered with waffle in between. |
Press
board, pizza boxes, shirt boxes, cereal boxes. |
Flattened,
piled and tied with twine. (or place in paper bags) |
HIGH-GRADE
PAPER |
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Manilla
envelopes, fax paper, copy paper, computer print outs.
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Waxed,
napkins, candy wrappers, paper towels, brown lunch bags. |
Place
in paper bags or box |
ALUMINUM
CANS |
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Beverage
cans |
Foil,
foil trays, aluminum lawn chairs. |
Rinse
cans and place them in the recycling container. They may
be flattened or left intact. Labels can be left on. |
STEEL
& BI-METALLIC
CANS |
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Any
food container such as vegetables, fruit, soup, juice.
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Aerosol,
oil cans, paint cans. |
Rinse
cans and place them in the recycling container. They may
be flattened or left intact. |
PLASTICS
I.
PET (E) |
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Soft
drink bottles, peanut butter jars, toiletries. |
At
this time, if there is no number code on a container
or if it does not fit into categories 1, 2, or 3, place
the iten into the regular garbage.
Lookfor symbols and/or codes on the bottom of containers.
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Lids
or caps should be removed and placed into regular garbage.
Containers should be rinsed and cleaned. Plyable plastics,
like 2 liter bottles, must be flattened. Place in recycling
container.
Do not place co-mingle curbside in plastic bags for collection.
No Styrofoam Accepted |
II.
HDPE
(clear-colored) |
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Colored:
laundry and dish detergents, bleaches, fabric softeners.
Clear: milk, water juice and punch jugs. |
| III.
PVC |
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Mineral
water bottles, salad and vegetable oil bottles, floor
polishes, mouthwash containers. |
MOTOR
OIL
Can be dropped off for recycling at the following
locations:
Kunkle Motors
Back Mountain Transmission
BULK
ITEM/WHITE GOODS COLLECTION
For Items such as Washing Machines, Stoves, Old Sofas,
Etc., is available thru DAMA'S Hauler.
Contact DAMA at 696-1134 for program
details
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TRASH
REMEMBER, there is a TWO bag limit on trash. Additional
bag stickers are $2.75 and are available at:
DAMA - Dallas Centre
hardware
Dallas Bi-Lo, Thomas' Market
and Newells Fuel Service
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YARD WASTE COMPOSTING
Tons of grass clippings and leaves have been successfully
recycled to compost which is available to our residents
free of charge. Contact your Township or Borough Officials
or DAMA, for additional information on composting yard
waste.
REMEMBER
THE 3 R'S
1. REDUCE- THE AMOUNT OF TRASH YOU DISCARD
2. REUSE- CONTAINERS AND PRODUCTS
3. RECYCLE- AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE |
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