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Recycling
Waste Management is becoming a very critical situation nationwide. People can separate six kinds of material from their regular trash. The six kinds of material are plastic, glass, paper, cardboard, tin cans and aluminum foil containers.
O.C. Sanitation provides recycling services to the following communities:
- Dakota Dunes, SD - West Side of Dakota Dunes Blvd. - 1st & 3rd Monday's
- East Side of Dakota Dunes Blvd. - 2nd & 4th Monday's
- Wynstone, SD - 1st & 3rd Monday's
- Orange City, IA - 1st & 3rd Tuesday, 1st & 3rd Wednesday, or 1st & 3rd Friday Depending On Location also look at Calendar
- Alton, IA - 2nd & 4th Wednesday's
- Merrill & Struble, IA - 2nd & 4th Friday's
- Brunsville, IA - 4th Friday's ONLY
- Ireton, IA - 1st & 3rd Wednesday's Calendar
- Primghar, IA - 2nd & 4th Wednesday's
- Boyden, IA - 1st & 3rd Wednesday's
- Hospers, IA - 1st & 3rd Wednesday's
- Hawarden, IA - 1st & 3rd Wednesday's North of 16th St, South of 10th, West of Ave E
- Hawarden, IA - 2nd & 4th Wednesday's K-18W to Ave E, 10th St Through 16th St
- Ashton, IA - 1st & 3rd Friday's Calendar
****** NO RECYCLING ROUTES ON 5TH WEEKS!
Recycling in Dakota Dunes and Wynstone
PLASTIC:
Acceptable - milk jugs, liquid soap bottles, antifreeze jugs (# 1, 2, 5, 6, & 7) check bottom on containers
Unacceptable - Styrofoam, Saran Wrap, plastic bags, rigid plastics (e.g., toys, bottle caps, etc.)
PAPER:
Acceptable - newsprint, letter quality paper, computer paper, magazines, advertising & books with glossy pages, colored typing paper, junk mail.
GLASS:
Unacceptable - Please do not include glass in recyclable items as of 7/1/16.
CARDBOARD:
Acceptable - corrugated cardboard, boxboard, fiber board (e.g., packaging boxes, food boxes, beverage boxes, tissue boxes, paper towel rolls, etc.)
TIN CANS:
Acceptable - tin cans and aluminum foil containers.
Unacceptable - aerosol cans and paint cans
ADDITIONAL DIRECTIONS
- Please clean and rinse all containers.
- Plastics may be flattened to save space.
- Please DO NOT flatten tin cans.
- Discard all container lids in garbage.
- Fold cardboard into one by two-foot sections.
- Return all beverage cans and bottles to store for redemption if applicable.
- If your recycling pickup day falls on a holiday, pickup will be the following day
- Please have recyclables curbside by 7:00 a.m.
- No garbage or medical waste allowed in container.
- Please keep the recycling material clean and dry.
- Container remains the property of O.C. Sanitation
Recycling in Orange City, Alton, Hospers & Ireton
PLASTIC:
The two basic varieties of plastic that are being recycled are clear and colored plastics. This includes milk jugs, dishwashing liquid bottles, laundry bottles, shampoo bottles, antifreeze jugs and any container that holds a liquid (numbered 1-7). The separated plastic should be cleaned and rinsed as much as possible.
PAPER AND CARDBOARD:
Newsprint, computer, white ledger, brown paper shopping bags glossy magazines, catalogs and phone books 1/2 or less and corrugated cardboard are acceptable.
TIN CANS:
Any tin container should be separated from the regular garbage. These containers should be rinsed and cleaned as much as possible.
ALUMINUM FOIL CONTAINERS:
We accept disposable foil containers, such as foil wrap, foil pie plates, aluminum pans, lasagna trays and foil TV dinner trays, and non-refundable pop cans. Rinse and clean the containers and then crumple it.
Northwest Iowa Area Solid Waste Agency & Recycling
ADDITIONAL DIRECTIONS
- Please clean and rinse all containers.
- Plastics may be flattened to save space.
- Please DO NOT flatten tin cans.
- Discard all container lids in garbage.
- Fold cardboard into one by two-foot sections.
- Return all beverage cans and bottles to store for redemption if applicable.
- If your recycling pickup day falls on a holiday, pickup will be the following day
- Please have recyclables curbside by 7:00 a.m.
- No garbage or medical waste allowed in container.
- Please keep the recycling material clean and dry.
- Container remains the property of O.C. Sanitation
Items that Are Recycled:
Waxed paper, waxed cardboard, envelopes with gum address labels or plastic windows, shoe boxes, cereal boxes, pop and beer boxes are recyclable.
Items Not to be Recycled:
Items that should not be recycled and should remain in your regular trash are:
- Glass: Pyrex glass, window glass, light bulbs, mirrors, china or colored glass.
- Plastics: Styrofoam, fast food containers, rigid plastics, laundry bags, grocery bags, garbage bags, and disposable diapers.
- Medical Wastes: are not recyclable and shouldn't be disposed of in the garbage either. This includes infectious wastes, needles and syringes, scalpels, urine specimens bottles, donated blood bottles and needles. This material should be disposed of at a hospital incinerator and the sharps should be ground up.
Please keep the recycling material clean and dry. Don't mix garbage with your recycled material.
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