City of Conover SOLID WASTE COLLECTION INFORMATION

RECYCLING I S SMART, 00 YOUR PART

Landfill Fees Increasing What is Recyclable

Due to State mandated fees and increasing County landfill fees the City must increase our landfill charges. The State will implement a $2.00 per ton disposal fee effective July I", 2008 to be used in cleaning up orphan landfill sites. Catawba County has also proposed a $1.00 increase to assist with operations and maintenance costs. The County currently charges a $30.00 per ton disposal fee. As

Glass, Food and Drink Containers Green, brown and clear glass only

Rinse and remove all lids.

Aluminum and Metal Cans Food and beverage type only Rinse and remove all lids.

of July 1"' 2008 the new disposal fee will be $33.00 per ton. The City currently charges $2.73 per montk for this landfill . s e r v i c e a n d & p r o p o s e s a n increase to $4.00 per month. This increase will recover the additional cost initiated by the State and County.

RECYCLING REDUCES THE AMOUNT OF GARBAGE YOU THROW AWAY

Newspapers, Magazines, Catalogs, Phone Books Do not place in plastic or paper bags.

No. 1 and No. 2 Plastic Drink Bottles Rinse, remove lids, flatten

To help you identify plastic look for one of these recycle logos on the container you wish to recycle.

PETE HDPE

CARDBOARD

Don't forget cardboard is recyclable. For proper disposal of the cardboard we ask residents to take advantage by using the container located at the Post Office parking lot beside City Hall for proper

ROLL OUT INFORMATION TRASH MUST BE OUT BY 5:00 a.m. ON

YOUR COLLECTION DAY Each residence or business will be issued one (1) 96- gallon rollout container for use in the removal of household garbage. Garbage must be placed in the rollout provided by the City for collection. Users generating more than the one 96-gallon container once per week o n a consistent basis must purchase an additional container at current cost. Residences and businesses generating more than two (2) containers per week must obtain service from a private hauler. Although the containers are the property of the City, each user is responsible for keeping them clean and notifying the City should maintenance be required.

Garbage must be placed in rollout provided by the City for collection

White goods (old appliances), old furniture, tires, wood, scrap metal, etc. will be collected on your assigned collection day. All items must be separated for proper collection and disposal.

THE CITY WILL NOT Q COLLECT; PAINT, BRICK, q

BLOCK, CONCRETE, ROCK

The following are some DO'S and DON'TS relating to the rollout container use,

1.Place containers at curbside by 5:00 a.m. on your scheduled collection day. 2.Place container with handles facing Street. 3.Place household garbage only in the container, yard debris must be separate. 4.Food waste must be drained of

liquid prior to disposal. 5.Container lid should remain closed at all times. 6.Container shall be stored on users property promptly following collection and not left on the public right of way. 7.Hose container with water as necessary.

Don't 1.Do not place yard debris or recyclables in rollout container. 2.Do not put ashes, cinders or any hot substance in containers, this could cause damage to the qontainer. 3.Do not place container in ditch line areas, containers should be

Yard debris may be disposed of using your old gar- bage cans, clear plastic bags or loose piles along curb/roadside (small loose piles must be bagged). Limbs should not exceed (4 inches in diameter) nor exceed (6 feet in length). Remember yard debris should not be put in your garbage container.

YARD DEBRIS INFORMATION

Small amounts of loose yard debris such as grass and leaves etc. must be bagged (clear bags only) be- fore collection. Dark tinted or colored bags contain- ing yard debris will not be collected. Clear debris bags are available at City Hall and Public Works for residents at no charge.

placed in flat areas such as driveways, road shoulder, sidewalk or lawn.

Tree removal or tree trimming performed by con- tractors or persons for hire, WILL NOT BE COLLECTED BY THE CITY. Building or demolition materials generated by contractor or person for hire, WILL NOT BE COLLECTED BY THE CITY.

FALL LEAF COLLECTION NOVEMBER 1 ST THROUGH JANUARY lST

During leaf season all leaves must be placed at curbside for pickup by the Conover Public Works Department. The department encourages residents to take advantage of the City's vacuum service.

Small amounts of leaves may be bagged for collection, removing all limbs and twigs. Please place leaves at curbside. Only CLEAR PLASTIC BAGS are to be used when bagging. Clear bags are available from City Hall and the Public Works Department.

Leaf piles and other debris should not be placed in the curb, ditch line, or street. This is a danger to pedestrians and vehicle traffic.

I WHY PEOPLE DON'T RECYCLE I Don't know

No recycling No Bin how

Don't need to 6%

Forget to Other reasons 6%

17 %

Inconvenient 16%

I Lack of interest

Don't be a part of this chart

HOLIDAY COLLECTION SCHEDULE The City Of Conover Sanitation Dept. works all Holidays, except Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. If your Collection day is on the Thanksgiving Day Holiday; your trash and recycle will be picked up on the following day. If your collection day is on the Christmas Day Holiday your trash aild recycle will be collected on the next day, unless it is on Friday, then it will be picked up on the Thursday before. Due to the increased volume of trash during the Holidays, yard debris may not be collected during the Christmas Holiday. Your cooperation during the holidays will be greatly appreciated.

Interesting Facts about Recycling

If one-third of North Carolina's households sent junk mail reduction cards to the Mail Preference Association, it would save North Carolina local governments almost $1.3 million in disposal fees per year.

Making products from recovered materials instead of virgin materials saves energy. For aluminum cans, the energy saved is more than 90 percent, for newspaper 40 percent and for steel 60 percent.

North Carolinians recycle 68 pounds of materials a second. That's impressive! But we throw away 679 pounds of trash a second. That's almost 10 times what we recycle.

North Carolinians throw away more than $20 million in aluminum cans each year.

Every 43 days, North Carolinians throw away enough trash to fill Dumpsters lining the entire North Carolina coastline.

With the amount of trash North Carolinians throw away, we would fill enough Dumpsters to line the length of North Carolina's Interstate 40 more than six times in one year. That's 2,555 miles of Dumpsters each year.

Each week, North Carolina workplaces throw away enough potentially recyclable office paper to fill two soccer fields three feet deep.

In 1994, our state had 306 recycling companies. In 2004, we had 532 recycling businesses in North Carolina, a 74 percent rise in only 10 years. That means more materials are being recovered, more jobs are being created, and more money is flowing through our economy - all because of recycling!

Recycling in North Carolina is a job creator and a growing part of our state's economy. Recycling employs more than 13,000 North Carolinians and recycling jobs have increased about 48 percent in the last 10 years.

A 20 percent increase in recycling would create as many as 500 new jobs, according to information from the 1994 study.

City of Conover Post Office Box 549 Conover, NC 28613

Editor ........ Matt Cook

Associate Editor.. Jimmy Clark

Photographs,.,, Matt Cook

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