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Mission
Statement: To provide materials recycling and
recovery services to the citizens of Manitowoc County and to
keep the public informed about recycling issues. |
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Welcome
Welcome to the Manitowoc County Recycling
Center Website. The Recycling Center is also known as a Material
Recovery Facility (MRF). Material recycling and waste reduction
services are provided to the Citizens of Manitowoc County. Many
commonly recycled materials are accepted on a year round basis and a variety of
special collection and education programs are offered to better serve the community.
The Basswood and Woodland Compost sites are operated through the MRF. We provide educational
outreach to promote the important role that recycling and materials
recovery has for now and the future. The MRF is operated in partnership
with Holiday
House of Manitowoc, Inc. serving people with disabilities since
1957.
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May 16, 3 pm - 6 pm
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CLEAN SWEEP 2008 |
May
16 & 17
Bring your hazardous wastes to the 2008 Clean
Sweep. Many common items like automotive products,
household cleaners, pesticides and home improvement products are
hazardous when used, stored or disposed of improperly.
Look for items that contain the following warnings on their
labels: Danger, Warning, Caution, Poison,
Combustible, Flammable, Corrosive, and
Toxic. Households and farms may participate for free,
businesses receive discounted rates.
►Hazardous
Waste Clean Sweep Details
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Curbside Recycling Guidelines
These guidelines are for curbside recycling picked up
by your contracted hauler. Be sure to contact your hauler for
specific guidelines or curbside pickup of questionable items. It
is recommend to place plastic bottles,
glass bottles and cans together in a brown paper bag inside your
recycling bin to keep them separate from the cardboard and paper
recyclables. That way the paper bag can be recycled once it is
emptied.
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Plastic #1 and #2 Bottles -
Bottles only. Rinse and flatten. Remove the caps and rings when
possible. Labels removed only if easy to do so. No tub shaped containers
or bottles that contained oil or pesticide. No plastic wraps,
films, bags, trays, pails, packaging peanuts, styrofoam, or any other
non bottle shaped item. Please do not tie milk jugs together or tie in
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Glass Bottles- Any color glass
bottle or jar can be recycled.
No lids, caps or rings. Rinse out and remove labels if easy to do so. No
window glass, light bulbs, clay, ceramics, drinking glasses or ovenware. |
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Cans -
Tin, steel, bi-metal, and aluminum. Coated cans, foil and pie tins are
ok. Remove labels if possible. Clean well and flatten. |
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Cardboard - Should
be clean and dry, flattened and boxed, bagged or bundled. No cardboard
coated with wax, tin, or plastic. |
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Paper -
Includes newspapers, junk mail, magazines, computer paper, books with
metal or plastic binding removed etc.. Paper should be clean and dry and
placed in a brown paper bag. No soiled paper, construction paper, paper
coasted with tinfoil or glitter, glues colored with crayons or markers,
or plastic wrapping paper. |
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