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Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day
April 19th, 2008 - 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Case Junior High School
Open to Swansea residents only
- accepting (no fee) electronic items (computer monitors, computer box parts &
accessories, fax machines, laptops, cell phones, video game consoles, VCRs, projectors,
video cameras and others) along with the usual household wastes
- no fee for car batteries, cleaners, pesticides, fuel, oil paints and others
- televisions of any size - $5 fee
- tires - $4 fee per truck tire, $2 per car tire
- propane cylinders - $2 each
Please tighten caps and lids, pack containers in boxes with newspaper or packing
material. DO NOT MIX chemicals and NEVER SMOKE while handling hazarduos
materials. Do not place waster in garbage bags.
Water Restrictions
water use restrictions for 2007 end on December 27th
Recycling Program
Pay as You Throw trash program info
http://www.epa.gov/payt
Town of Swansea trash bags are priced at $1.50/bag for a 33-gallon bag and $0.80/bag for a 16-gallon bag and are sold only in packs of 5. Town of Swansea tags, for large items, are sold individually at $10 each.
Residents will be billed a separate annual fee for program participation.
For more info on the PAYT program, please contact the Swansea Highway Department at (508) 678-5615
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info and recycling provided by Browning-Ferris Industries
1080 Airport Road
Fall River, MA 02720
(508) 676-1091 |
Material
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What to Recycle
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How to Prepare
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Do Not Include
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Paper
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Newspaper/inserts
Magazines and catalogs
White paper
Computer Paper
Office paper
Colored office paper
Corrugated cardboard
Brown paper bags |
Place all paper in paper bags only
Place beside or on top of bin
Staples and paper clips are o.k.
Cut, flatten and tie corregated to 36"x36" or smaller |
No food-soiled paper or boxes
NO PLASTIC BAGS
No waxed paper or waxed cardboard
No wet paper
No chipboard, pizza boxes, cereal or shoe boxes
No phone books
No junk mail, carbons, wrapping paper
No books |
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Glass
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Clear, green and brown food and beverage containers only |
RINSE CLEAN
Collars & neck rings DO NOT have to be removed
REMOVE lids & corks, etc.
Paper labels may be left on |
No broken glass
No other glass items such as window glass, Pyrex, ceramics, mirrors, light bulbs,
etc. |
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Metal
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Deposit and non-deposit cans
Metal food cans
Aluminum pie plates and trays |
RINSE CLEAN
Crush to save space
Labels may be left on |
No aluminum foil
No paint cans
No other metal items
No aersol cans |
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Plastic
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Plastic milk, juice or water jugs
Soda bottles
Detergent bottles
Plastic containers
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only |
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RINSE CLEAN
REMOVE LIDS
Crush to save space |
NO PLASTIC BAGS
No motor oil or chemical containers
No unmarked containers
NO STYROFOAM, packing peanuts or large pieces |
YARD WASTE (Leaves, grass, brush, etc.) - resumed on April 1, 2008
TELEVISIONS and COMPUTER MONITORS (call
1-877-944-7019 to schedule pick-up for last Saturday of the month)
WHITE GOODS (Scrap metal, refrigerators,
stoves, hot water heaters, cathode ray tubes (television and computer monitors),
etc.)
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