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Recycling News Article
The Ottumwa Recycling Center opened in June of 1992. Recycling operations have remained relatively unchanged. The communities we serve were the same then as now, with the exception of Eddyville leaving our planning area to join Mahaska Counties planning area. All but the very smallest communities had curbside collection then, and still do. The only items we have added to our list of accepted items are, newspaper inserts, paperboard, rechargeable batteries, electronics, and fluorescent tubes. W...
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Preparing Recycling For Collection
As you go through your week, and the recycling is accumulating, please keep these things in mind as you are assembling things in your recycling bin: When you bag all materials together, someone has to go through all of it and separate it. Paper is baled separately from cardboard. Glass, plastic, tin, and aluminum should never be bagged with any paper because it is a contaminate. Only newspapers, office paper, paperback books, magazines, catalogs, and phone books can be bagged together. Some of t...
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Bottles – glass, plastic or metal
Curbside recycling bin or drop off area at the Recycling Center.
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Dealing With Batteries
Did you know batteries and electronics can start fires or even explode? Don’t discard electronics and rechargeable batteries in the trash or recycling. Don’t store old electronics or batteries for long periods of time. They can break down increasing their risk of starting a fire. Don’t attempt to remove embedded or built-in rechargeable batteries. Recycle the whole device. Tape the terminals, and place each battery in a clear plastic bag to prevent sparking or explosions. Damag...
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Recycle Right- Recycle Often
Recycling right can help you make a positive impact on your community. This effort reduces landfill emissions, protects local jobs and ensures the environment is healthy and clean for future generations. To help the Ottumwa/Wapello County Recycling Center Recycle Right and make a difference, follow these five tips for recycling: Don’t mix paper products in bags with plastic, tin, glass, and aluminum: These products go to separate areas to be sorted. Bagging them altogether makes mor...
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Please Don’t Bag Anything But Paper Products!
Bagging plastic, glass, tin, and aluminum causes problems for the Recycling Center. Please put these items in your recycling bin loose. If you have questions, please call the Recycling Center at 641-683-0685.
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Summer BBQ Tips for Reducing Waste and Saving Some Coin
Fill up pitchers of water, lemonade and iced tea instead of buying large quantities of personal-sized beverage containers. This not only reduces waste, but saves money. Buy in bulk: Purchase large bags of chips and large bottles of ketchup and other condiments rather than individually packaged items. This will cost less money and will result in a lot less packaging waste. Encourage recycling by placing clearly labeled recycling bins next to garbage cans. Keep the bins side by side to inc...
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Sharps
Sharps should never be placed in the recycling bin. This is a danger to collectors and recycling center employees. They can be brought to the Recycling Center in heavy plastic containers only, such as an empty laundry detergent bottle or bleach bottle. They are also accepted in the red sharps containers you can purchase at drug stores. Please call the Recycling Center for more information.
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Phone Books
put in see-through plastic bags and place in curbside recycling bin or drop off at Recycling Center.
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Office Paper
put in see-through plastic bags and place in curbside recycling bin or drop off at Recycling Center.
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Waste Management Facts
Reduce Reducing waste requires people to think of efficient ways to prevent trash and household hazardous waste from ending up in the garbage can. Garbage is inevitably buried in the landfill to never be used again. For starters, avoid buying and using disposable items like paper products, straws, and single serving containers. Another habit you should highly consider is to use products that will not harm human health and the environment. Using natural non-toxic cleaning products will limit the...
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Yard Waste
Yard Waste Weekly curbside yard waste collection is intended to help you dispose of… leaves yard trimmings sticks and branches Leaves, grass clippings, garden debris and small brush are collected curbside in compostable bags with the $1 yard waste tag affixed to them. These tags can be purchased for $1.00 each at major local grocery stores, at the courtesy counters. Properly prepared light brush and tree l...
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Sharps Disposal
Sharps Disposal Do not place hazardous material in the recycling bin. 1. Sharps should NOT be placed in the recycling bin. 2. Sharps may be put in a heavy plastic bottle like a laundry detergent or bleach bottle. If Sharps are put in a laundry detergent or bleach bottle… 1. Screw the lid on securely 2. Place it in your garbage receptacle to go to the landfill If you want to dispose of them at the Recycling...
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Garbage Collection
Trash Every household in Ottumwa has been assigned a 64 gallon, wheeled trash cart for weekly curbside pickup. All trash should be bagged before it’s placed in the cart. Place all trash in the cart and close the lid. Don’t stack trash on top of the cart. Extra trash can be collected in 32-gallon trash bags with an extra container sticker attached. Extra trash stickers are for bags only, cost $1.00 each and will still be available at local grocery store...