Friday, April 22, 2011

APRIL RECYCLING EVENT



Today and Tomorrow,
Friday April 22, 8a.m-6pm & Saturday April 23, 8a.m-noon
Waste Connections 2600 Freedom Road

Please note the following:
*Containers with food and liquid residues create a mess & stench! Please bring your containers clean and dry.
*No plastic bags; they are the worst contaminant in the bin.
*Remove all lids from containers. No plastic bottle caps in the bin. No lids from plastic tubs unless they have a recycle number on them. Metal jar lids are accepted!!!
*Only cardboard and paperboard boxes should be flattened
Items Accepted

PAPER
White or pastel office paper, file folders, egg cartons (no styrofoam), paperboard boxes such as cereal and crackers(flatten), paper bags, milk/juice cartons ( no foil pouches), paperback books, phonebooks, magazines and catalogs, brochures, blueprints, newspapers and inserts (no bags), junk mail and greeting cards, corrugated cardboard and cardboard boxes.

PLASTIC
#1-7 Plastic bottles and jars (no caps) and tubs. No microwave trays. No compostable cups!

GLASS
Bottles and jars of all colors.

ALUMINUM
Clean, balled aluminum foil (2" or larger) and pie pans.
Put your Aluminum Cans in the boxes around town to benefit Habitat for Humanity or take them to the Las Animas County Rehabilitation Center to benefit its operations.

Sponsored by the El Pomar and Trinidad Community Foundations.

Questions? Call ReGroup at 719.845.8218

See Regroup's Bookmark in the library for other recycling opportunities in Trinidad.




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