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Preparing your recyclables
Bottles, cans, food containers
- Empty contents.
- Rinse residue.
- Labels and lids can remain.
Paper
- Remove binder clips.
- Staples, paper clips can stay.
- Place shredded paper in plastic bag and tie shut.
Cardboard
- Bag small cardboard and paper cartons with other recyclables.
- Break down cardboard bigger than 2'x2' along the seams
- Remove other packing material and wraps.
- Bind the cardboard together with string or packing tape in bundles not to exceed 4' x4' and 30 pounds.
- Put cardboard bundle beside bin.
Aerosol cans
- Spray to release remaining pressure.
Household chemical containers
- Drain and rinse thoroughly.
Inside the recycling bin
- Use puncture-resistant plastics bags.
- Bag commingled paper, cardboard, plastics, cans.
- Bag glass bottles and jars in separate bag.
- Tie bags shut and place in recycling bin.
- Close lid.
EarthSavers
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| Month | Waste | Non-Glass Recyclables |
Glass | Waste + Recycling |
Total Recycling | Diversion Rate |
| March | 226,060 | 60,780 | 13,980 | 300,820 | 74,760 | 24.85% |
| April | 249,240 | 43,640 | 17,260 | 310,140 | 60,900 | 19.64% |
| May | 237,080 | 54,940 | 16,640 | 308,660 | 71,580 | 23.19% |
| June | 262,600 | 46,260 | 16,120 | 324,980 | 62,380 | 18.85% |
| July | 239,560 | 47,100 | 11,220 | 297,880 | 58,320 | 19.58% |
| August | 248,840 | 52,720 | 10,480 | 312,040 | 63,200 | 20.25% |
| Total Pounds | 1,463,380 | 305,440 | 85,700 | 1,854,520 | 391,140 | 21.26% |
| Total Tons | 731.69 | 152.72 | 42.85 | 927.26 | 195.57 | |
| Monthly Average | 121.95 | 25.45 | 7.14 | 154.54 | 32.59 | |
| Participation: 808 out of 1,850 households = 44% | ||||||
The City of Oak Hill contracts for twice-a-week "backdoor" recycling service. Paper, small cardboard, cans and plastics can be commingled into one bag and placed in the recycling bin. Boxes should be flattened. You can put in glass, but it should be collected separately in a plastic bag. Tie the bags closed and put them in the bin on collection days.
Households receive one free 32-gallon recycling bin per address. You can purchase additional bins at cost: a 25-gallon bin with lid is $11.62. If you want additional bins, please bring or mail your payment to the City office, and the bins will be delivered to you.
Additional services available
EarthSavers will collect unlimited amounts of recyclables at no charge, but if you want additional or customized services beyond what the guidelines for free pick-up by the City of Oak Hill provide, you can get them directly from EarthSavers for a fee. Options include:
• Containers farther from driveway than permitted.
• Locked or manual gates.
• More than three 32-gallon containers of trash per collection.
| PAPER | |
| DO Recycle: All mail Newspapers Magazines Phone books Cardboard (break down, bundle large pieces) Paperback books Journals | DON'T put in bin: Facial tissue Toilet tissue Paper towels Tyvek mailers Milk cartons Pizza boxes Paper with food or grease Hardback binding of books |
| PLASTIC BAGS | |
DO Recycle: Bags withrecycling logo Place all bags into one and tie it closed | DON'T put in bin: Plastic bags without recycling logo |
| PLASTIC | |
| DO Recycle:Styrofoam, plastic containers with recycling logo #1-7 | DON'T put in bin: Plastic without recycling logo |
| METAL | |
| DO Recycle: Aluminum cans Pie pans Food cans Aerosol cans | DON'T put in bin: Paint cans Scrap metal Aluminum foil Eating utensils Containers that held flammable liquids |
| GLASS (in separate bag) | |
| DO Recycle: Food jars Food bottles Drink bottles | DON'T put in bin: Plates Plate glass Mirrors Glassware Ceramics Crystal |