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What
Items Can Be Recycled
During the
past couple of weeks, our recycling contractor, Russell Disposal,
has been leaving some of the recyclables at curbside with a tag
saying you are not recycling properly.
The Board of
Health office is sorry for the inconvenience, but the Material Recovery
Facility, where they take Walpole’s recyclable materials are
charging them, when they bring in loads that do not have the proper
materials in them and do not conform with our Walpole contract.
In the past, even when people put out the wrong recyclables the
containers were taken, but they are no longer able to do that.
The four main
offenses have been, Styrofoam, plastic bags, dirty pizza boxes and
not separating paper from the other recyclables.
- Our contract
does allow for all recyclable plastic containers marked #1-#7
to be collected. That is still true, but the plastic does have
to be a container (like a yoghurt cup or something that you can
put your fist into). Container lids can also be recycled. Containers
do not include Styrofoam trays or packing materials.
- Plastic
bags were never allowed. Some people have been putting their recyclables
in them. Please put your paper recyclables in either a brown paper
bag or in any open container NOT in plastic bags. Please put your
other recyclables in an open container NOT in plastic bags. You
can recycle plastic bags in most supermarkets, but not at curbside.
- Pizza boxes
have been a real problem because the Material Recyclable Facility,
not only has been receiving dirty pizza boxes (with oils from
the pizza) but actually some people have even left part of the
pizzas in them. If you do recyclable pizza boxes, please cut them
in half-discarding the oily bottom half in the trash and only
recycle the top clean part. If our recycling haulers see complete
pizza boxes, they assume that part of it is dirty.
- All paper
recyclables including cardboard, paper bags, and magazines
must be completely separate from the glass, plastics and metals
(the latter items can be recycled together).
Thank you all
for recycling. Our efforts really do save the Town money, and it
is the right thing to do. If you have any questions, please do not
hesitate to call the Health Department at 508-660-7321
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