WHAT YOU NEED TO DO NOW ABOUT YOUR RECYCLING SERVICE!

• Note that your cart has a serial number on it.  The carts are the property of the Waste Management. Each address has a cart “assigned” to it. This helps you keep up with your cart, and helps us locate lost carts and return them to their proper home. If your cart is stolen please report it to the police department.
• You must be a current resident of the City of Murphy in order to be eligible for the recycling-cart and service.
• Move your cart to a location that is convenient for you to collect your household recyclables. Then on your scheduled collection day, place the cart out at your regular trash/recycling location.
• NOTE:  Please do not leave your cart in these locations between collection days. Your recycling service day will not change. When serviced our drivers will place your cart back at the curb in the location from which it was received.
• There is a list of accepted recyclable materials on the inside of the lid of the cart to serve as a reminder to you.  All items may be place in the cart together; no separation is required. Please rinse all containers before placing in the cart.  Do not put anything in the cart except the items listed.  No liquids, no food, no hazardous waste, no yard waste!

• Your Recycling collection day will remain the same. 

• On your collection day, place your cart out for collection no later than 7 a.m.  On the first day of cart collection for your neighborhood, if you still have it, place the 18-gallon recycling bin you have been using beside the cart so that the bin can be collected for other uses.  The bins are the property of Waste Management.
• Cart handles should face the street to make collection easier for collection crews. Your cart may be serviced by a truck that looks similar to the trash collection truck. However, this truck is for “recycling only and all materials will be taken for processing at our local recycling materials recovery facility. (MURF)” Please keep your recycling materials separated from trash to avoid contamination.
• After collection, remove your cart from the alley or street and store in a secure and convenient location.
• Do not overfill the containers.  The lids must remain closed to prevent littering. Do not place recyclable items outside of the cart.
• Do not put anything that is not listed on the inside of the lid in the cart.  Do not put hot ashes, coals, or household hazardous waste in your cart.
• Do not use the cart for any purpose but recycling.
• Do not leave the cart on the street where it may be stolen or damaged.

MIXED RESIDENTIAL PAPER
Newspaper, inserts, magazines, paperboard boxes, mail, junk mail, office paper, phone books, paperback books and flattened cardboard.

CANS
Food, beverage, and soft drink cans composed of tin, steel or aluminum; other clean cans of same material.

GLASS
Unbroken food & beverage containers that are clear, brown, or green in color.

PLASTIC
HDPE (milk and detergent bottles), PET (primarily soft drink containers), bottles generally referred to as one & two liter soft drink, milk, juice, water, shampoo, liquid soap, plastic containers with #1 through #7 recycling symbol on bottom of the container.

Did you know?  One pizza box with food content can downgrade a whole load of Recycling material.

Waste Management announced the launch of www.ThinkGreenFromHome.com  a new online service from Waste Management to recycle household waste, including compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs), batteries, and eventually other household electronics.  ThinkGreenFromHome.com offers consumers a convenient mail-in solution to safely store and recycle household devices that contain heavy metals. The site also offers resources to encourage household recycling and sustainability.  Please see the attached news release.  

     
For additional information, to report a damaged or stolen cart, or for comments on service, please call the City of Murphy Water Department @ 972-468-4100.