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RESIDENTIAL RECYCLE GUIDE
for Yard Waste, Recyclables and Garbage
RECYCLABLES Please place all recyclable materials together in your blue All items must fit inside the recyclables container with the lid dosed. Extra items may
recyclables container. be placed in a 32-gallon container or paper bag.
FILM PLASTICS Bundle in a clear plastic bag and knot the tap
• Bread bogs • Dry cleaning bogs • Pallet wrap • Produce bogs
• Bubble wrap • Frozen food bogs or pouches • Plastic liners (e.g., from food packaging) • Shopping bogs - plastic
• Cellophane bags (e.g., posta, salad, cookies) • Newspaper bogs • Plastic wraps • Shrink wrap
ELECTRONIC WASTE
• Appliances - small (e.g., coffee maker, toaster) • Computer tower* (detach from computer monitor) • Inkjet and toner cartridges • Printers'"
• Calculators • Cords - tied up (e.g., telephone, computer; • Keyboards • Radios
• Cameras appliance) • Microwave'" • Scanners'"
• Cell phones • DVRs, VCRs, DVD players'" • Pagers • Stereos'"
• Computer mice • Fox machines· • PDAs • Telephones
Phone 831_768_9505 • Web _ _ greenwalte.com *These items are bulky items, call Customer Service at 831.768.9505 to schedule an appointment.
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GARBAGE Please place all NON-reusable NON-recyclable, NON-campostable All items must fit inside the garbage container with the lid closed. Extra items may
and NON-hazardous items in your garbage container. be set out in a 32-gallon container or 32-gallon bag.
GLASS
• Blue glass • Cookware - gloss (e.g. boking pans, Pyrex TM) • Eye glasses • Incandescent light bulbs
• Ceramics • Dishwore - ceramic • Glass art • Mirrors
PAPER
• Aseptic containers (e.g., juice, soup) • Envelopes - podded, Tyvek • Paper napkins • Take-out food containers (e.g., fast food)
• Blueprint poper (recycle the cover sheet) • Ice cream cartons • Paper towels • Thermal fax paper
• Corbon paper • Newspaper - dirty (paint, pet waste or food/grease) • Photographs - Polaroid • Tissues (e.g. Kleenex)
• Cardboard - waxed or soiled • Paper cups and plates - coated • Pizzo delivery boxes - soiled (food, grease) • Waxed paper
PLASTIC
• Chip bogs • Pipe - PVC • Straws • Toothpaste and ointment tubes
• Credit cords • Rubber bonds • Toke-out food containers - polystyrene foam • Utensils - plastic (e.g., spoons, forks, knives)
• Foil beverage pouches • Shoes • Tarps" • Webbing/mesh (e.g., from lawn fumiture)
• Gloves - latex (single-use and disposable)
POLYSTYRENE/STYROFOAM
• Cups and plates • Foam pocking (e.g., from electronics) • Packing ·peanuts" • Take-out food containers - polystyrene foam
• Egg cartons - molded foam • Meat trays - molded foam
ELECTRONIC WASTE
• Audio and video topes • CDs and DVDs (e.g., computer, music) • Speakers
FOOD SCRAPS
• Bones • Corks • Fish • Poultry (e.g., chicken, turkey)
• Bread • Dairy products (e.g., cheese) • Fruits • Sh.llf;,h
• Coffee grounds • Dough • Grains (e.g., rice) • Tea bags
• Compostoble plastic bogs • Eggs • Meat • Vegetables
• Compostoble plastics • Filters (e.g., coffee, teo) • Posta
YARD WASTE Items may not exceed 3 feet in length or 6 inches in diameter and must {it inside with the lid closed.
• Ashes (hot ashes prohibited) " Dirt*" • Pampas grass • Soil""
• Bamboo • Food scraps • Pet waste • Ton bark*"
• Burlap • lumber*" (painted, treated) • Poison oak • Wood chips""
• Construction lumber*" (painted, treated) " Manure • Rocks"" • Wood wastes""
• Crates - wood""
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YARD WASTE Please place all yard waste tagether in yaur green yard EXTRA SERVICES
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waste cantainer. Items may nat exceed 3 feet in length ar 6 inches in diameter and
must fit inside with the lid closed. Extras may be set out in a 32-gallan container. Annual Clean-up
Each customer can set-out up to 10 additional bags or items for colledion during their regular
collection day. Max. size 5ft. in length and max. weight 701bs. No tree stumps, no hazardous waste or
• Branches - cut to fit loosely in container • Lumber (unpainted, untreated) construction debris (dirt, concrete, brick, asphalt). Use a clean-up sticker for each item.
• Cactus • Plant trimmings
• Christmas trees - (stand/decorations removed) • Row fruits and vegetables
• Flax • Sawdust Bulky Item CollectIon
• Flowers • Shrubs Furniture, refrigerators or other large items may be picked up at your curb for a small fee per item. To
• Gross clippings • Small prunings schedule a pick-up appointment, call Customer Service.
• Hoy • Sod (remove as much soil as possible)
• Ivy • Stumps - see size limitations above
E-Waste
• Ice plant • Succulents GreenWaste accepts TV's, computers and computer monitors as Bulky Items. Please call Customer
• landscape vegetation • Tree trimmings - see size limitations above
Service to schedule a pick-up appointment.
• leaves • Yucca
Extra Garbage
HAZARDOUS WASTE These items cannot go into the garbage, Call Customer Service to arrange for pick up of extra garbage. Extra garbage must be placed in a
recycling or yard waste container for colledion. 32-gallon can or 32-gallon bog. Please call Customer Service prior to your collection day to schedule
extra garbage collection.
• Auto and brake fluids • Medicines (unused, expired)
• Cor batteries • Mercury thermometers and thermostats
• Cleaning fluids • Monitors· Household BaHeries
• Computers* • Motor oil** To recycle small batteries, simply seal the batteries in a clear Ziploc bag and place the items on top (not
• Electronic woste** (except as listed in recyclobles) • Oil filters** inside) of your recycling cort.
• Fire extinguishers • Paints and stains (e.g., oil based and latex)
• Fluorescent light bulbs (e.g., CFLs, tubes) • Pesticides and fertilizers Used Motor 011 and Motor 011 Filters
• Fuel tonks - with valve on (e.g., helium, propane, • Paol and spa chemicals To recycle used motor oil and filters at curbside, you must use a FREE GreenWaste issued oil jug
gas tanks) • Solvents because it is designed to prevent leaks. Seal drained oil filters in a sturdy clear plastic bog. Please place
• Grease and cooking oil • Syringes and sharps filled oil jugs and filter bogs on the curb near your containers for colledion. Oil mixed with other
• Household Batteries** (e.g., M, AAA, D, nickel • Televisions* automotive fluid will not be collected. To order a FREE oil jug, call Customer Service.
cadmium, lithium) • Transmission fluid
For more information, please call the Santa Cruz County Household Hazardous Waste
Program at 831.454.2606 or visit www.santacruzcountyrecycles.org.
CART SET-OUT
Cart Set-Out and WeIght RestrIctIons
Set carts out by 6am on your service day.
*These items can be collected curbside as Bulky Items, please call Customer Service at 831.768.9505
Cart cannot exceed the weight limit listed below.
to schedule a pick-up appointment.
GreenWaste Container
*-See information in Extra Services for disposal options through GreenWaste. 96-gallon, max. capacity 332.5 Ibs.
64-gallon, max. capacity 227.5 Ibs.
IMPORTANT CONTACT INFO ..... _'~b'_ YardWaate Carl
35-gallon, max. capacity 122 Ibs .
20-gallon, max. capacity 75 Ibs.
~ la-gallon, max. capacity 35 Ibs.
GreenWaste Recovery Customer Care 831.768.9505
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