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Item

Acceptable

Unacceptable

COMMINGLED RECYCLABLES

See calendar Use blue bins or bags

Metal food cans, soda & juice bottles, milk jugs, detergent bottles, plastic bottles with #1 or #2, glass jars & bottles

(place together in blue bin)

Bottle caps, plastic jars and tubs, Styrofoam, any plastics other than bottles, dirty containers

MIXED PAPER

RECYCLABLES

See calendar

Use green bins, boxes or paper bags

Newspaper, cardboard, junk mail, magazines, scrap paper, phone books, paper backs, cereal & other boxes, wrapping paper (place in green bins, paper bags or boxes)

Soiled paper, tissues, napkins, paper towels, paper plates

YARD WASTE

(Collected April thru Jan.)

Grass clippings, brush, tree and hedge trimmings, leaves. Items must be bagged, bundled, or tied. Bundle can't exceed 60 lbs or 4 feet length

Whole cut X-mas trees are ok

Tree limbs larger than 6 inch diameter, logs or stumps, animal waste, garbage, rocks, bricks, large quantities of dirt, construction debris, lawn ornaments

TRASH

Containers require pre-paid Aberdeen trash stickers to cover the cost of the County imposed tipping fee. Only trash items require stickers (not yard waste or recyclables). Stickers should be placed on the bags or on the top piece of trash inside the can. In cold or rainy weather, stickers on bags should be placed around the "neck" of the bag to reduce slippage.

- Maximum weight permitted for a purple 40 cent sticker is 20 lbs.

- Maximum weight permitted for a yellow 80 cent sticker is 40 lbs.

Where to buy trash stickers

City Office, 60 N. Parke Street. 8:30am - 5pm, Mon. - Fri.

Klein's Supermarket (Beards Hill Plaza)

Mars Supermarket (Route 22 & Beards Hill Rd.)

E&B Market (101 E. Belair Ave.)

Crown Gas Station (Route 22 & Middleton)

7-11 (Route 40)

SCRAP LUMBER

Scrap Lumber is a regular trash item. Items must be bagged, bundled, boxed or tied. Bundle can't exceed 50 lbs or 4 feet length. No boards greater than 4 inch diameter. Place at the curb on trash day. Yellow sticker for 50 lb. bundle.

Large Electronics

Items like TV’s, computers & stereos require a yellow trash sticker and are put out on trash day. They are picked up separately though and taken to a facility that reclaims the metals and recycles the other parts.

Cell Phones and Ink Cartridges

You may simply place your “used” cell phones, chargers, and spent ink cartridges in sealed clear plastic bags and place on top of your green or blue recycling bin during ANY week. Workers will collect them separately from regular recyclables so please make the bag visible and water tight.

BULK ITEMS

For items like washer, dryer, fridge, sofa, stuffed chairs, or any large metal items; call 410-272-1600 for appt. For bulk items that are “burnable” like wood tables, dressers, chairs, benches, cabinets, doors, fence, plastic toys, place a yellow trash sticker on the item and put at curb on your trash day.

CLOTHING BLANKETS SHEETS

Contact local non-profit organizations who make special pickups for these and other usable items. Purple Heart 410.712.0109, AMVET 410.522.2221

Salvation Army 800.229.7156

DROP-OFF RECYCLING:

Saturdays

9 to noon

361 Michael's Lane.

SCRAP METALS - such as pots, pans, metal hardware, pipe, screen and window frames, bicycle wheels, grills, antennas, toaster ovens, gutters & sheet metal. Most items that are at least 60% metal are acceptable.

CURBSIDE RECYCLABLES- bottles, cans, paper, cardboard

OIL & Antifreeze

Open to public and located at 361 Michael’s Lane during daytime hours.

RECYCLED BIRD HOUSES

Available at the City Office, 60 N. Parke St., Mon. – Fri. from 8:30am to 5pm. Styles include: Wren $5, Bluebird $6, Robin Nesting Shelf $6.