Hi Neighbors!
It’s that monthly, “Second Tuesday” time once more for us to collect your bottles and cans for recycling. If the morning comes a little too soon for you, why not place your plastic bags filled with recyclables at the curb the night before, but certainly by 9:00 a.m. so that we may pick them up for you. As a courtesy to the collection crew, we ask if you would help us separate the recyclables into like-type bags, and please do not use paper bags or cardboard boxes for that since they just fall apart and create such a big mess for us to clean up.
Just in case you forgot, which is more than easy to do for some of us; I’ll list what we can pick up and what should just be placed in your blue recycle bins for normal bi-weekly pick up.
· Clear water bottles
· Opaque water containers
· Soda and Juice containers but not those listed as 100% juice
· Glass, most soda and beer
· Aluminum soda and beer cans
Consider the following if you still are unsure of the above list. If you paid a CRV fee when you purchased your item, we can turn it in for refund. How do you find the CA-CRV on your empty container? Check the bottom of the can, and if it’s not there, check the label in and around the ingredients or nutrition information. If you can not find the CRV stamp, consider it for your normal blue recycle bin instead.
What are the items that should not be placed out to the curb for us to collect? Here’s a short list for you:
· Opaque milk jugs
· 100% Juice containers
· Food containers of any type
· Alcohol and Wine bottles
The State of California refunds CRV items at different dollar amounts, therefore, we must make sure all loads are properly separated. Please no trash, we can be asked to leave the premises if found.
I hope this article was able to clarify what we can pick up and what we cannot. These refunds benefit our community projects that we all enjoy. Thank you and have a wonderful Holiday Season.
Jeff Petersen