TRASH AND YARD WASTE GUIDELINES

 

 

REGULAR TRASH

Trash must be in proper containers such as plastic bags, or thirty-two (32) gallon plastic or galvanized containers.  These cans should have handles and a lid.   DO NOT use forty (40) gallon plastic containers, especially those with built-in wheels and side mounted handles. Cans or plastic bags should not weigh more than fifty (50) lbs.   Please do not put out kitchen cans to be emptied.  Please place trash out in an orderly fashion for pickup. 

 

Cardboard boxes must be broken down and tied.  DO NOT USE AS TRASH RECEPTACLES.              Trash and yard waste, with materials wedged or stuck in the bottoms of cans, will not be dug out of the receptacle by the rubbish men.

 

            Trash, yard waste and recycle must be placed at the curb the evening before or by 6:30 AM of your trash day.  No special pick-ups will be made if you forget to put it out. Weekly pickup of garbage and yard waste will be limited to ten (10) thirty-two (32) gallon trash containers.  Trash cans to be thrown out must have a large sign stating “EMPTY-PLEASE TAKE”.

 

 

GLASS ITEMS

                All glass from shower doors, storm doors, windows, door walls, and mirrors must be removed from the frames.  The glass must be broken up and placed inside a cardboard box labeled GLASS and securely taped closed.  Frames to these items need to be bundled securely and placed with the trash.

 

PAINT

Latex – Must be solid (dry) and placed at curb in solid form without the lids.

Oil Base – Put oil dry or kitty litter inside can to absorb paint, place at curb with lid on securely.

NO oil, paint thinners, gasoline or other combustible materials are allowed. 

Keep until hazardous waste day.  Township will post date & time on cable station as well as in Ile Camera.

 

 

MISCELLANOUS WOOD/METAL ITEMS

Carpet & Padding – must be cut down into four (4) foot lengths, bundled and tied.  No more that fifty (50) lbs in a bundle.

 

Doghouses must be taken apart, tied & bundled securely in no more that four (4) foot lengths and fifty (50) lbs. in weight.  Roofs to doghouses must be taken apart as listed for dog housing.

 

Fence posts – three (3) or four (4) in a bundle, concrete must be broken off bottom of poles.

 

Gutters – must be cut into six (6) foot lengths and tied.  No more that fifty (50) lbs in a bundle.

 

Kitchen tables - remove legs and bundle.  No more that fifty (50) lbs in a bundle.

 

Large garage doors must be cut down into four (4) foot sections.

 

Lumber – one bundle cut and tied no longer than four (4) foot lengths.  No more that fifty (50) lbs in a bundle

 

Metal tool sheds must be taken apart (see dog house instructions).  No more that fifty (50) lbs in a bundle

 

Pipes – must be four (4) foot or shorter, tied and bundled.  No more that fifty (50) lbs in a bundle.

 

Pool liners – rolled and tied – fifty (50) lbs. maximum per bundle

Pool rims – must be broken down, rolled and tied – fifty (50) lbs. maximum per bundle

 

Swing sets must be completely taken apart.  No pipes longer than six (6) feet.  All concrete on the ends of the poles must be knocked off.  Slides must have legs removed.

 

Wooden doors (any type) must be cut in half. 

 

Workbenches, picnic tables, awnings, must be taken apart, tied and bundled.  No more that fifty (50) lbs in a bundle.

 

 

 

 

 

 

APPLIANCES/ LARGE ITEMS

Refrigerators, dehumidifiers, regular household freezers – doors must be removed from appliances.  Residents must call Capital Waste, Inc. (our sanitation company) @ 1-313-931-1200 to arrange to have these items placed on a special pick up list.  There is a charge of $49.00 from the company to remove Freon and take away appliance.

 

COMPOST / YARD WASTE

 

Place in regular plastic or metal trash cans.  Receptacles should not weigh more than fifty (50) lbs.  Special yard waste paper bags are acceptable.  Yard waste must be separated from regular trash by eight (8) – ten (10) feet.  At least one bag must be clearly marked YARD WASTE OR COMPOST.  Please place yard waste out in an orderly fashion for pickup.

 

Acceptable                                                                     Not Acceptable

Tree branches, brush, shrubs, etc. (with dirt & roots        No sod or dirt allowed

removed and not to exceed over 2” in diameter). They    No Cardboard boxes with yard waste in them    

must be tied and bundled in four (4) foot lengths.             Pumpkins are not compost and should be placed in regular trash  

No more than fifty (50) lbs in weight. Garden waste,       No yard waste in plastic bags of any sort

weeds, and hay are considered yard waste.                     Do not put yard waste in buckets, wooden crates or receptacles

                                                                                    that are not listed.      NO PLASTIC BAGS   

 

 

                                                           

ITEMS THAT WILL NOT BE REMOVED BY TRASH CONTRACTOR

Building Materials (such as drywall, etc.)                                    Railroad Ties                 Grocery Carts  

   Commercial Refrigerators       Commercial Freezers                 Truck Tires                   Wooden Sheds 

Gas or Oil Tanks                       Wooden Fence (only Posts)       Campers                       Dirt or Sod       

Engine Blocks                           Transmissions                           Welding Tanks              Concrete                      

Wire Fencing                            Batteries                                   Car Bumpers                Car Doors                    

Car Fenders                              Car Engines                              Items with Freon           Concrete Laundry tubs

 

 

TRASH PICKUP WILL BE DELAYED BY ONE DAY WHEN

 THE FOLLOWING HOLIDAYS FALL DURING WEEK DAYS:

 

NEW YEAR’S DAY, MEMORIAL DAY, 4TH OF JULY, LABOR DAY, THANKSGIVING, CHRISTMAS DAY

 

If you have any further questions concerning trash, yard waste or recycling,

please, call the D.P.S. at 734-676-5959 or call Capital Waste, Inc. at 313-931-1200.