COMPOST & RECYCLING Guide

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COMPOSTING

INTRO ("WHY BOTHER?")

MUNICIPAL "FOOD PLUS" TOTERS (year-round)

ONSITE IN "COMPTOWN"—

• Cold composting (year-round)

Hot composting (March thru August)

RECYCLING

INTRO ("WHY BOTHER?")

COMMON HOUSE (Mailroom & NW Porch)— PHOTO VIEWS

• Mixed paper; Soft plastics; Household batteries

• Reusables: brown shopping bags, plastic bags and mailing packets

• Portable electronic devices, cords, chargers & cartridges (ink & laser)

• All unwanted, unbroken light bulbs (NW Porch)

WASTE CORRALS:

"What Goes Where" in the Waste Corrals (2-page flier also posted in the Mailroom.)

•  PTAG toters (rigid Plastic, Tin, Aluminum, Glass)

Cardboard dumpster (west side only)

•  Food Plus toters & yard waste

• Mixed Paper toters

• Landfill dumpsters

West side: “Clamshells” toter (smaller, gray)

• East side: Metal can

"RIDWELL" (items collected on Jaco & Barbara's west side porch)

PACKING MATERIALS (collected on Jaco & Barbara's west side porch)

•  Bubble wrap (except small bits, which can go into Mailroom plastic)

• Bundles of reusable brown shopping bags

• Reusable plastic plant pots (all sizes)

Packing paper (okay if crumpled)

• Air pockets

• Packing “peanuts”

• Any other types of clean package fill or cushioning