Refuse/Recycling/Yard Waste Regulations

• Garbage must be contained in standard 32-gallon cans with handles and covers, or in plastic garbage bags with ties. Refuse contained in 45 gallon cans will NOT be collected.
• The combined weight of the container and the refuse shall not exceed 75 pounds.
• Collection is made on a weekly basis. 

• Grass, leaves and shrubbery clippings must be contained in brown kraft yard waste bags or loosely in cans. 
• Branches no larger than an inch in diameter and 4 feet in length will be collected if tied in bundles. 
• Collection is seasonal and is made every other week on the day AFTER recycling collection.

• Paper (newspaper, junk mail, magazines, catalogs, envelopes) - no bundling required!
• Clean cardboard and boxboard (cracker boxes, pasta boxes, shoe boxes and other similar materials) - no bundling required!
• Paper egg cartons
• Paper bags
• Office and school papers
• Empty glass jars and bottles
• Aluminum cans and clean foil
• Empty tin and steel cans, including aerosol cans (no paint, pesticide or herbicide cans, please)
• All plastic containers labeled #1 and #2
• All other plastic food, beverage, soap and shampoo containers labeled #3, #4, #5, #6, and #7

• Garbage
• Plastic bags
• Plastic utensils
• Food waste
• Food-tainted items (used paper plates or boxes, paper towels or paper napkins
• Polystyrene or Styrofoam
• Motor oil bottles
• Hazardous chemical containers
• Plastic toys or sporting goods
• Electronics or batteries
• Compact discs or DVDs
• Light bulbs
• Yard waste or garden tools
• Pots and pans
• Plastic toys or sporting goods
• Wax or plastic-coated cardboard
• Medicine or medication bottles
• Tyvek or similar envelopes

• household garbage or recycling contained in paper or cardboard boxes
• loose garbage
• liquid waste
• human or animal waste
• ashes
• paint in cans
• drained oil or hazardous material
• any item too large to be contained in a regulation garbage can or bag
• yard waste contained in plastic bags