How do I know when my garbage and recycling will be picked up? Inclement weather can include, but is not limited to, snow/ice events, extreme heat, or hazardous air quality days. If it is used properly, you should not have any issues with pests.ĭuring severe, inclement weather, your garbage and recycling collection service may be interrupted from its regular schedule.
Your yard debris bin is already designed to prevent this. Will my cart attract pests, like rodents? Your food scraps will mostly blend in with your yard debris and not create a big change. The average proportion of food scraps to yard debris is around 5 percent. Won’t my yard debris cart get really gross? Please do not add fluids, oils, or anything that is not food. Yard debris and any food scraps including bones, meat, dairy products and fruits and vegetable scraps. What can go into the yard debris container? For smaller multi-family apartments and condos that have yard debris carts, composting will be available, and the additional charge will apply. Residents in these complexes will not see a rate increase. The City is working on a way to include these complexes in the future. Most apartments and condos will not have compost service initially. Will my apartment/condo have compost service?
Reducing the amount of garbage you produce is the main factor in reducing your overall garbage and recycling costs. Hillsboro’s garbage and recycling service is bundled, meaning customers pay for all of the curbside services together. What if I don’t have yard debris service, do I still have to pay for it? The mixed yard debris and food scraps will be collected by your waste hauler and taken to the composting facility in North Plains. Place your food scraps in the container and as needed, simply empty the food scraps from your counter-top container into your yard debris container. See battery information below for more details. Tape the ends on button cell and lithium batteries. Place household alkaline batteries, button cell batteries, and lithium batteries in a 1-quart zip-sealed plastic bag on top of the glass in your red bin. Pour into a clear plastic container with a screw-on lid. No light bulbs, drinking glasses, or dishware. Place these approved items next to your recycling roll cart in the red bin. Rigid plastic plant pots 4 inches or larger.Rigid buckets (5 gallons or less - handles okay).Bottles & tubs 6 ounces or largerMargarine, cottage cheese, yogurt tubs (rinse clean remove and throw away lids).The numbers indicated in triangles on boxes and containers refer to the item’s material and do not determine whether the item can go in mixed recycling. Clean scrap metal including foil, bolts and metal hangers, empty aerosol cans (remove cap).Cereal, granola bar and other snack boxes (flattened).Place only these approved items in your recycling roll cart. $5.00 to $10.00, depending on weight of extra garbage Size of Garbage CartĬommercial recycling only (does not include yard debris)Ĭommercial yard debris (does not include recycling) Does not include yard debris in monthly rate. Includes every-other-week curbside recycling, including glass. Replacement Fees for Lost/Damaged Roll Carts Cart Uncontained garbage, recycling, or yard debrisĬontaminated recycling cart (contains garbage)Ĭontaminated yard debris cart (contains material other than yard debris)Īdditional yard debris (in kraft paper bag or small can) Recycling only (does not include garbage or yard debris service) Yard debris only (does not include garbage or recycling service) Includes weekly garbage collection, every-other-week curbside recycling and every-other-week yard debris. Curbside is defined as within 5 feet of public or private road.
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