From Tanya Chavez, Tempe Neighborhood Services: Dear Neighborhood Contacts, This is a friendly reminder to advise you your Green Waste collection is this week. Green waste items should be placed out for collection no later than 6 a.m. on Monday, March 10. The amount of green waste allowed for each collection will be limited to approximately 10 cubic yards – picture a pile about 15 feet long, 6 feet high and 3 feet deep, OR roughly the size of a full size pickup truck bed. Please read the information below regarding acceptable green waste items. GREEN WASTE – vegetation: • Tree trimmings and brush (tree limbs, branches, trunks and stumps) must be cut into four-foot lengths or shorter and less than 19 inches in diameter. Leaves, pine needles, small hedge clippings, etc., must be placed in a cardboard box or compostable lawn bag. Cactus must be placed in a sealed cardboard container so that they are not hazardous to collection employees. General Guidelines · If you have alley collection, acceptable items must be placed on your side of the alley. All materials must be stacked as neatly as possible, parallel to your alley and at least two feet away from any solid waste container, gas meter, telephone or cable TV box, or other utility junction box. · Secure all trash, grass and animal waste in plastic bags and place inside the trash container with lid closed. This prevents littering and odors. In general, items that can fit in the trash bin should be placed in the bin, not on the ground. · Cardboard boxes should be cut and placed in blue recycling bin or taken to your nearest neighborhood recycling drop off site. Visit tempe.gov/recycling drop-off site locations for the location nearest you. · Use the closest trash container. If that container is full, use the next adjacent one. · Household hazardous waste – such as paint, motor oil, lawn and pool chemicals – should be taken to the Household Products Collection Center, 1320 E. University Drive, open Fridays from 7 a.m. to noon and Saturdays from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Do not place these items in trash or recycling bins. · Do not place dirt, rock, concrete, bricks, blocks, asphalt, roofing materials and construction debris in trash or recycling bins. Disposal options include renting a city construction debris roll-off container, taking materials to a transfer station or the Household Products Collection Center. · All appliances, including those with Freon – like refrigerators and freezers – can be taken to the Household Products Collection Center for proper disposal. For more appliance options, visit tempe.gov/appliances. · Slash the Trash! For eco-friendly alternatives to reduce, reuse and recycle what you’re thinking of throwing out, visit our website. As a reminder, here are upcoming important dates: § Saturday, April 19, 2014 - Zero Waste Day. Free compost to each household that participates in this event. Proof of Tempe residency required (e.g. driver’s license, utility bill) § Monday, May 12, 2014 – Mixed Collection week starts. You can place out everything you always could – green waste, old screen doors, broken pottery, you name it.
Posted on: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 22:09:01 +0000
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