SINGLE STREAM

AUTOMATED RECYCLING

Beginning July 21, 2008, the Town of Mansfield will begin a curbside single stream recycling program. The town has selected to implement this program along with Waste Management in order to make recycling easier for Mansfield residents.

WHAT IS SINGLE STREAM RECYCLING?

Recycling will be made easier and more efficient for all residents. You no longer have to spend time sorting your recyclable materials into separate bins. Now all recyclable items can be placed in the same container for easy curbside collection. Single stream materials are sorted at a special facility and then recycled in their individual streams, simply stated…they do all the sorting. Similar to your current solid waste carts, this system will help to improve the appearance of neighborhoods, while keeping recyclables, contained and covered. No more newspapers blowing away. And no more carrying multiple bins curbside.

HOW WILL THIS CHANGE THE WAY I RECYCLE?

Waste Management will provide you with a 64 Gallon container similar to you current trash container. This container will have a distinctive yellow cover and will be labeled for recycling only. Resident may also request a 96-gallon container upon special request. You may continue to save the same recyclable materials as you do now, however NO SORTING IS NEEDED! Simply place all the materials in the new container. Place your recycling cart curbside on your normal recycling day…. IT’S THAT EASY!!

YOU CAN CONTINUE TO RECYCLE ALL MATERIALS PREVIOUSLY COLLECTED IN TWO STREAMS:

• Plastic Bottles • Glass Bottles and Jars

• Aluminum and Tin Cans • Cardboard boxes

• White and Colored Paper • Newspapers and Magazines

• Junk Mail

ALL IN THE SAME CART!

Materials should still be prepared in the same fashion, lids removed and containers rinsed out. Break down cardboard into pieces so that it will not become lodged in the cart while dumping. By crushing your plastic and tin containers and flattening paper and cardboard boxes you will be able to maximize the volume of your recycling cart. Along with inspections by our drivers in order to prevent solid waste from entering the recycling stream, we ask that you please remember to use your new yellow top container for recycling only. This will not only prevent the contamination of recyclables but will help to maximize recycling efforts.

WHEN WILL I RECEIVE MY NEW RECYCLING CONTAINER?

Beginning the week of the July 14th, your second cart (yellow top) will be delivered on or about your normal collection day. Collection will begin on your normal collection day beginning the week of July 21st.

USE AND CARE OF YOUR NEW RECYCLING CONTAINER

Your new cart is made of the same durable materials as your solid waste container and will give you years of maintenance free use. You may contact Waste Management in the effort of any problems such as a broken lid or wheel. Merely place the cart curbside by 7:00 am, arrows facing the street, in the same manner as your solid waste container. Please allow 3 feet between the containers and avoid obstructions such as trees, lampposts and low hanging wires etc. Each Cart will be assigned to a single residence and will remain the property of the contractor. Please do not remove the cart when you move. Residents will be responsible to pay for a replacement due to negligence.

SAME AS YOUR TRASH CART, MATERIALS OUTSIDE OF THE CART WILL NO BE COLLECTED.

MANSFIELD GREEN RECYCLING PARK/COMPOST AREA

The Town of Mansfield operates a recycling park and compost facility at the intersection of Route 106 and East Street. The facility is open on Saturdays from 8:00 AM to 3:45 PM and on Mondays from 10:00 AM to 3:45 PM or as otherwise posted. The Green/Compost Area accepts glass, # 1 through #7 plastic, newspapers, cardboard, white goods, clothing, tin, metals, motor oil, fluorescent light bulbs and yard waste. Residents may obtain a sticker to access the facility at the Town Clerk's Office during regular business hours, the cost is $10.00 and will allow both resident parking at the Mansfield Train Station and the use of Mansfield Green. Stickers are not available at the Green. For additional information, please contact the Town Clerk's Office at 508-261-7345.

SPECIAL STICKERS

The following items to be dropped off at the Mansfield Green will require special stickers.

• CRT’s, computers, TV’s, tires, propane tanks require a sticker

• White Goods containing Freon (refrigerators, dehumidifiers,

• air conditioners, etc.) require two (2) stickers.

Special stickers cost $5.00 each and may be purchased at the Treasurer’s Office at Town Hall during regular business hours and at the Mansfield Green on Saturdays and Mondays. No cash will be accepted at the green-checks only. Nobody will be admitted to the green without a valid resident sticker Please direct any questions you may have regarding these changes to the DPW office at 508-261-7335.

CATHODE RAY TUBE (CRT), COMPUTER MONITORS, TELEVISIONS, ETC.

The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) prohibits the disposal of cathode ray tubes (CRTs) from television and computer monitors at all Massachusetts disposal facilities. CRT's must be taken to the Mansfield Green for recycling. They will not be picked up at curbside.

CURBSIDE BULKY ITEMS AND WHITE GOODS COLLECTIONS

Residents are required to schedule White Goods and Bulky item curbside pickups. "Bulky" refers to items that cannot fit into the 64-gallon trash cart such as furniture, box springs, mattresses, desks, chairs, etc. White Goods are any appliances such as stoves, refrigerators, dryers, dishwashers, etc. Bulky Items are required to have a "Bulky Item" sticker affixed to the item. White Goods are required to have a "White Goods" sticker affixed to them. The cost for these sticker is: White Goods $15.00 and Bulky Items $10.00. Stickers can be purchased at the Treasurer's Office

at Town Hall or by contacting the DPW Office at (508) 261-7335. Residents can schedule the collection by contacting Waste Management at 1 800 972-4545 once a sticker has been purchased. Bulky Items and White Goods will not be collected unless residents schedule a pickup in advance and have the proper sticker attached to the item.

I HAVE QUESTIONS THAT ARE NOT ANSWERED HERE, WHO DO I CONTACT?

You may contact Waste Management at 1-800-972-4545 or by visiting our website at www.wm.com

You may also contact the Mansfield Department of Public Works at (508) 261-7335.

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