Sunday, June 7, 2009

Sorting Garbage



Here in our City garbage is sorted before it goes to the curb.
There are six different categories that are sorted ,bagged and taken to the garbage sites.
1.Brown bags...Combustible garbage including kitchen scraps. Pickup 3 times a week.
2. Blue bags...Landfill garbage...ceramic items, light bulbs, lighters, razor blades, etc. Pickup once a week.
3.Red bags...Cans...Pickup once a week.
4.Green bags..Bottles...Pickup once a week.
5.White bags...Other paper containers including tissue boxes, paperboard boxes,paper bags, etc. Pickup once a week.
6.Yellow bags...Other plastic containers and packages. Pickup once a week.
These six categories all go into city bags that can be bought at markets.
In my kitchen I have cabinets with pull-out hampers for the 6 different types.
Other types of garbage...
*Oversized garbage,which includes bicycles, pots and pans, furniture, bedding, etc. Collected on
a reservation basis for a fee.
*PET Bottles...plastic water bottles, etc. Markets have collection sites.
*Used cooking oil. Pickup once a month at specified sites.
*Used Dry-Cell Batteries...anytime at collection sites.
*Used Florescent lights...At collection sites such as storefronts.

Isn`t garbage a bore!
But it`s for the good of the planet...so I`ll do it!
How `bout you? Are you doing your part?

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