April 18, 2012 PDF Edition of the Perrysburg

PERRYSBURG MESSENGER JOURNAL — April 18, 2012 — Page 9
The City of Perrysburg is expanding the curbside recycling collection program. Everything you recycle instead of tossing in the trash
decreases the amount of money spent on landfill disposal fees. The price the city is paid for recycling offsets any recycling handling
fee; therefore, the city does not pay to recycle items collected curbside. Listed below are the items that can be recycled curbside.
Note the NEW items that can be recycled curbside
FIBER needs to be placed in a paper bag not loose in the bin as it will blow and become litter
• Newspapers and inserts
• Magazines, catalogs, junk mail, telephone books, and office paper
• NEW — Shredded paper placed in a clear, see-through plastic bag close at the top
• NEW — Paperback books
• NEW — Non-metallic wrapping paper, paper gift bags and paper shopping bags
• NEW — Cardboard boxes that hold food including boxes that hold liquids like juice, milk, OJ
• NEW — Cardboard from toilet paper rolls, paper towel rolls, cereal, crackers and other boxes
• NEW — Cardboard can be recycled curbside ONLY IF it is flattened & placed in either a paper grocery bag or a pop cardboard
sleeve AND is no larger than 12” by 18”. Large pieces of cardboard cannot be accepted curbside. Large boxes and large
pieces of cardboard can be recycled at one of the two cardboard drop-off locations:
11980 Roachton Road OR 211 East Boundary Street
Monday – Friday (excluding holidays)
7:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
AND
Second Saturday of each month at the 211 East Boundary location only
9:00 a.m. to 12 noon
BOTTLES AND CANS
• Glass of all colors that hold food or liquids including caps and lids
• Steel food and beverage containers including caps and lids
• Aluminum beverage containers/cans, trays and aluminum foil that is clean of food debris
PLASTICS
• #1, #2, and newly added #4, #5, #6, #7 containers that have a recycle logo and number, can be recycled curbside
• This also includes items that are labeled HPDE, PET or PETE (no plastic bags of any kind are accepted curbside)
• NEW — items with #4, #5, #6, #7 and the recycle logo on the bottom like, but not limited to:
• Tubs for yogurt, cottage cheese, and margarine
• Molded food trays, plastic carryout containers, deli containers, and cold drink cups
• Medicine bottles and containers
• Flower pots and nursery flats but not flimsy plastic plant six pack pots
• NO #3 plastics accepted
AT THIS TIME, WE CANNOT ACCEPT THESE ITEMS FOR CURBSIDE RECYCLING
• Plastic bags of any kind
• Styrofoam of any kind
• Hardback books
• Biodegradable plastics which are marked: PLA, made with corn or compostable
• Any plastic item without a number within the recycling logo
• Light bulbs, broken glass, windows, mirrors, cooking dishes, ceramics or dinnerware
• Paper plates, cups, napkins, towels or tissue products
• Plastic bottles that contained motor oil, antifreeze, windshield washer fluid or toxic substances
• Batteries of any kind
More specific details about items collected for curbside recycling are available on the
City of Perrysburg web page at www.ci.perrysburg.oh.us listed under recycling
Mrs. Brady’s class
NEW — NEW — NEW
2012 Curbside Recycling
Program Expansion
(Effective April 23, 2012)
Once a Month Drop-Off
Recycling Site for Bottles, Cans,
Paper and Cardboard
Available to residents and businesses
in the city and township
Only the third Saturday of each month
from 9:00 am – 12 noon
at Perrysburg Township Maintenance Building
26609 Lime City Rd.
Mrs. Evans’ class
Mrs. Swanson’s class Mr. Opsincs’ class Mrs. Cherry’s class