RECYCLING
Town Hall Meeting
September 8, 2014
Recycling in Shaker Heights
Refuse & Recycling Collection
Drop off Recycling Services
Recycling Initiatives in Lakes & Storm Water
Management
4. Resources
5. Next Steps
6. Q&A
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1. REFUSE & RECYCLING
COLLECTION
In Your Backyard
• Placement:
• In front of garage door or driveway by 7:30 a.m.
• Recyclables next to refuse in recycling buckets or
blue/opaque recycling bags*
• 30 gallon garbage cans – maximum 40 lbs
• Scooter operators collect/place recyclables in
containers on scooter
*Bags are not recycled
Where it goes…
Scooter to packer truck side
compartment
To Service Center, then to Kimble
recycling facility in Twinsburg
At the recycling facility
AFTER
BEFORE
Backyard recyclables collected
(from private one- and two-family houses only)
Paper:
Books (hard/softcover/phone)
Catalogs
Colored/white/office paper
Envelopes
Files/folders
Food/gift/toy boxes
Greeting cards
Junk mail
Magazines
Newspaper
Pamphlets/brochures
Paper bags
Glass/Aluminum:
Cans & glass containers
Plastics:
Corrugated Cardboard
Flattened boxes to max 12“ x 7“ x 18" or
size of paper grocery bag
through
NO:
Plastic toys/furniture
Styrofoam
Light bulbs
Plastic shopping bags
Brush and leaves on tree lawns
Brush/grass/leaves: all recycled
Mulch
Mulch uses
Nurturing
Decorative
Composting
• Individual homeowner’s may compost
• Rich in nutrients
• Used in gardens, landscaping, horticulture and agriculture
• Soil conditioner, fertilizer, natural pesticide
• Contact Public Works for Guidelines, composting tips, and
to obtain permit ($5)
• http://www2.epa.gov/recycle/composting-home
Wood chipper in action
Available to residents at Lower Lake
2. DROP OFF RECYCLING
SERVI CES
At the Service Center: 15600 Chagrin Blvd
All residents and businesses
Saturday and Sunday -- 8 am to 4 pm
• Paper/Plastic/Glass/Aluminum
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Appliances w/Freon
Fluorescent bulbs
Metal
Motor oil
Rechargeable batteries
Styrofoam
Tires off rim
Special Collection Events:
Computer Round-Ups
Household Hazardous Waste
Community Shredding Days
Habitat for Humanity ReStore
Disposal of large items
• Self-serve
• Residents only
• Service Center, 15600 Chagrin Blvd.
• Saturdays, 8 am–4 pm
• Two proof of residency (i.e., driver’s license, current utility bill)
• Personal vehicles only (no trailers, rental trucks or
other types of trucks or vans)
• Once per quarter (send email to public.works@shakeronline.com
for special circumstances)
Special pick up of large items
Residents may:
• Arrange for private contractor
• Call Public Works list of contractors:
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Any-Time-Any-Place Cartage
(216) 799-9911
DiCillo Landscape Design Inc.
(440) 442-6302
Waste Management of Ohio, Inc.
(800) 343-6047
Transfer station
Compacts refuse, grass, leaves and
brush for transportation to landfill
Trash Treasures
Trash or Cash?
CASH!
• Lower landfill costs
• Revenue received for paper, cardboard, glass, plastics,
aluminum, scrap metals, and Freon recyclables
3. RECYCLING INITIATIVES IN
LAKES & STORM WATER
MANAGEMENT
Protecting our lakes
Crews remove debris
Lower Lake bioswale
• Collects, slows and filters polluted
run off water
• Purifies water underground
• Water-loving plants consume
pollutants
Horseshoe Lake Park Rain Garden
• Native-plants in 300 sq. ft. garden
• Filters, diverts 12,000 gallons storm water per year
• Storm water drains into ground, not lakes, streams and
sewers
• No asphalt
Permeable Pavement
• Often made of recycled
materials
• Storm water drains into
ground, not into lakes,
streams and sewers
Street sweeper keeps debris out of sewers
All that Shaker recycles:
Aluminum
Asphalt
Auto parts
Batteries
Brush
Cardboard
Cellphones
Christmas trees
Freon
Grass
Leaves
Logs
Magazines
Metal
Monitors
Motor oil
Computers
Dishwashers
Fluorescent
bulbs
Oil, paint thinner
Old concrete
Paper
Plastic 1-7
Pool chemicals
Pesticides
Refrigerators
Sandstone
Stoves
Styrofoam
(packaging)
Tires
Window air
conditioners
4. RESOURCES
shakeronline.com/city-services/recycling
and
www.cuyahogaswd.org/
5. NEXT STEPS
4. Next Steps
• Single stream recycling
coming soon
• 60/40 refuse truck design
increases recycling
compartment from 5 to 10
cubic yards
6. Q&A
Thank you!