City of Torrance Heil Formula 7000 Recycling
The gray or blue bins are for recycling plastics, glass, paper and metal blue bins are now available in size 96 gallons Switch to the new blue here.
Newspapers, cardboard and mixed paper catalogs, magazines with staples, glossy paper, junk mail, computer paper, juice boxes, containers smart cardboard tubes, hard and soft cover books, clean, fast food packaging, hamburger boxes, chips boxes, pizza and bakery boxes, clean paper plates and cups, and corrugated cardboard and thin cardboard like cereal boxes and biscuits are included shredded paper should be placed in paper or recyclable plastic bags, then the bags must be stapled or taped closed and recyclable plastic bags must be closed to equality.
Aluminum, metal cans and beverage cans of soup, the pet food and vegetables, empty aerosol can, a clean aluminum foil and trays, hangers wire, and dry , empty paint cans.
Plastic containers plastic bottles, bags or containers with a number from 1 to 7, the arrows recycling triangle Examples include soda bottles, milk bottles, shampoo bottles, bath butter, and pieces of polystyrene foam, cup size or more.
Glass bottles and glass bottles jars and jars of all colors can be recycled.
Liquids, towels, tissue paper and all contaminated with carbon Photographs food plans paper or NCR, small pices Styrofoam called popcorn or peanuts, or a bottle, bag or container without a number in the triangle glass dishes, blisters, mirrors, ceramic cups, glasses, plates, china or glass of the window, pots or pans, propane tanks or helium or scrap from plumbing materials or construction.
Please rinse containers, but make sure all fluids are emptied containers before placing them in recycling bins.
The labels can be left on the container lids can be recycled into the tray, but please take off the containers Flatten cardboard boxes and cut to enter the recycling bin.
This container is only for recycling green waste or yard waste.
Leaves of Grass Wood chips Sawdust Tree branches Garden Trimmings bad Green plants herbs.
Plastic bags - Do not put green waste in plastic bags - put it directly in the metal container or larger branches nails than 4 inches in diameter or 4 feet in length large clusters of ice plants and leaves palm branches of hot ash, coal or other hazardous materials food waste or any other type, animal waste or any other wood material or refuse the construction of all kind of liquid flocked trees.
Equipment can not exceed the top of the containers of more than 2 or 3 feet Please wash inside the container with water periodically.
Recycle your Christmas trees any time in your green waste container Cut your green Christmas tree to meet the green waste collection needs.
household waste, food waste, contaminated food packaging, plastics without 1 to 7, incandescent bulbs, palm leaves or large clusters of ice plants.
Dirt, rock, sod, concrete, construction debris, hot ashes, liquids, electronics, hazardous waste such as oil, gas, paint or batteries.
For non-hazardous liquids such as cooking or vegetable oil, solidifying the liquid by mixing with an absorbent such as cat litter, plaster of Paris, sawdust, or even newspapers Once the liquid is in the form solid, he can go to the regular trash Do not throw in sewers or wells as this will damage the pipes.
If you need additional capacity, leave the lid open and place a garbage bag of 30 additional gallons firmly closed above your waste.
OTHER INFORMATION RELATED LINKS By City Ordinance, recycling and refuse containers should be taken to the sidewalk area or collection no earlier than 12 hours prior to collection, and then removed from the sidewalk area or collection latest 12 hours after the place collection containers when full at the curb for collection by 7 am on collection day of the containers so that instead openings cover the face of material instead of the street into containers; field materials will not be collected Leave about 18 space between containers containers Place at least 3 away from any obstruction, like a car, after the lamp or closing Weight of the container and its contents can not exceed 200 pounds .
Leave your grass clippings on the lawn - it is a good source of nitrogen and acts as a fertilizer, you can recycle your garden waste and food waste at home to create your own compost Jump for more.
Some residents with alley collection will use 300 gallons sharing refuse container for refuse Please remove the gray and green bins in the alley and store in your own yard until the next collection.
Recycling saves natural resources, reduces air pollution and water use less energy reduces emissions of greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change allows sustainability to create jobs why not recycle Hey, it is a good thing.
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