SOUTHGATE RECYCLING PROGRAM
The City of Southgate has adopted a curbside recycling program. Federal and
State mandates require cities to reduce their input to sanitary landfills by 25%.
Studies by the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency reports that 80% of what
the nation discards as municipal waste could be recycled!
Southgate’s curbside recycling program provides once a week collection of trash
and recyclable materials on Tuesday. The City of Southgate needs the support
of our citizens to be successful.
Items that can accumulated for curbside recycling pickup include:
Paper and newsprint
Acceptable:
Newspaper, telephone books, computer paper, office
paper and magazines.
Not Acceptable: Wax paper wrapping paper, tissue paper, diapers.
Glass:
Acceptable:
Not Acceptable:
Glass bottles (all colors), glass jars.
Broken mirrors, windowpanes.
Aluminum:
Acceptable:
Not Acceptable:
All beverage cans.
Pie plates, contaminated aluminum foil.
Corrugated Cardboard:
Acceptable:
Boxed broken down to 2 ft. by 4 ft.
Not Acceptable: Boxes not broken down, pizza boxes. Anything
contaminated by food.
Ferrous Metal Cans:
Acceptable:
Bi-metal, tin or steel cans, soup, tuna, pet food or
coffee cans.
Not Acceptable: Kerosene, gasoline or aerosol cans
Plastics:
Acceptable:
Not Acceptable:
PET, HDPE two-liter, soda, fabric softener, and liquid
soap, shampoo bottles, margarine or butter tubs
(labeled 1 or 2).
Anything higher than 1 or 2, Styrofoam.
A group of concerned Southgate citizens have agreed to act as a recycling hot
line. They will act as a link between the citizens, City Government and the City’s
collector currently CSI Waste Services. If you have any questions regarding the
program or what items can be recycled, or would like to help or take a more
active part in your neighborhood in regard to educating and a better
understanding of recycling, please feel free to contact any one of the following:
Reno Deaton
441-8992
Donna Beatsch
781-1527
Rena Gerding
441-4330
Jim Specht
441-6842
This Blue Ribbon Recycling Committee meets at the City Building on an as
needed basis.
Recycling is an important issue in the future of our community, our state and our
nation. The Northern Kentucky Solid Waste Plan incorporates recycling as a vital
segment of its plan for the future. The citizens of Southgate have always been
responsive to issues of public importance and together we will make the curbside
recycling program in Southgate a model for all of Northern Kentucky.
CSI will accept large items as part of your regular trash service on Tuesdays.
Items containing Freon must be certified “Freon free.” If you need assistance
having freon removed please call 441-5166 for disposal information.
Your are welcome to bring items to the Covington Transfer Station on Boron
Drive in Covington, call CSI for pricing and directions.
If you have a missed pickup of trash or recycling please call CSI customer
service at 513-771-4200 or the City building @ 441-0075 between 8:00 a.m.
and 4:00 p.m.