Have your recycling and trash out on your appointed day by:
- 6 a.m. June 1st to Sept 30th and 7:00 a.m. the rest of the year
All items must be separated. Use extra containers if necessary. You may use cardboard boxes as an extra container. If not separated, your recycling will not be picked up.
Recycle Bins are available for $12.50
- You may use any hard sided bin: Storage Totes, Laundry Baskets, Small Trash Cans, ect...
| Aluminum Cans | all types of aluminum |
| Newspaper | Daily issues with color coated inserts and advertising issues like the Star Shopper. Take out of plastic bags. DO NOT PUT OUT NEWSPAPER IN RAIN |
| Cardboard | Corrugated boxes, packing paper, paper bags, and gray chipboard such as cereal boxes. Remove liners from boxes. |
| Glass | The City no longer picks up glass curbside, but glass can still be taken to the Boston Mountain Solid Waste District just West of Prairie Grove on Bond Road. |
| Mix | Magazines, junk mail, envelopes with windows, TV Guides, telephone books, manila envelopes, office paper. Shredded paper must be bagged. |
| Plastic - Bottles ONLY |
#1 Plastic - Soda Bottles and Water Bottles. Must be rinsed out and lids removed #2 Plastic - Milk Jugs, Detergent Bottles, and Bleach Bottles. Must be rinsed out and lids removed. |
| Soft Plastics | Such as Wal-Mart bags and newspaper bags |
| Steel Cans | Must be rinsed out |
| Styrofoam | We Do Not accept styrofoam for recycling |
Material to be picked up must be clean.
Must be organized in your bin, cannot be mixed. Glass, plastic and cans must be rinsed out. Failure to do so will result in recycling being refused.