Dear Resident, O hi o City o f le Heigh ap t s, M I am please to provide you with the recycling information and calendar outlining our refuse collection service. Collection fees are included with the yearly property tax assessment issued by Cuyahoga County. I commend the many residents who are recycling, and convey my sincere thanks for being environmentally responsible citizens. If you are not currently recycling, I encourage you to join in our efforts to minimize trash and recycle our share of recoverable resources. A coupon for a free one-year supply of blue recycling bags is included in this newsletter. If you have any questions or concerns regarding refuse collection or recycling, please call 216-662-6000. • • • • • • • • • Did You Know….. Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a TV for three hours -- or the equivalent of a half a gallon of gasoline. We use over 80,000,000,000 aluminum pop cans every year. Once an aluminum can is recycled, it can be part of a new can within six weeks. Americans use 85,000,000 tons of paper a year; about 680 pounds per person. The first real recycling program was introduced in New York City in the 1890s. The city's first recycling plant was built in 1898. More than 20,000,000 Hershey's Kisses are wrapped each day, using 133 square miles of tinfoil. All that foil is recyclable, but not many people realize it. One-third of the water used in most homes is flushed down the toilet. Aluminum can be recycled from cans, bicycles, computers, cookware, wires, cars, planes and other sources. The average aluminum can goes from the supermarket shelf to scrap and back to the shelf in 42 days. Recycling Collection: Trash Collection: Every Other Week Every Week Please place trash within 5 feet of the curb by 7:00a.m. on your scheduled pickup day in 20-30 gallon trash containers or plastic bags not to exceed 40 pounds. Do not place trash our until 6:00p.m. the night before pickup day. Please refrain from putting broken glass syringes or sharp objects loosely in plastic bags. This will prevent lacerations and puncture wounds from occurring. In addition to household trash, bagged grass, bagged leaves, furniture and appliances including refrigerators, will be accepted. All hedge cutting, limbs and branches should be securely tied. They must not exceed 4 feet in length, 4 inches in diameter, or 40 pounds in weight. Please place these items at the curb on the regularly scheduled pickup day. Any waste generated by a contractor performing work at a private residence will not be collected on your regularly scheduled collection day. The contractor is responsible for disposing of these materials in another manner. A dumpster can be rented for an additional fee. For Additional information please contact: City of Maple Heights Waste Management 216-662-6000 1-800-989-9278 www.wm.com Each resident will be sent a coupon for a year’s supply (26 Bags) of recycling bags. Blue plastic grocery-store bags may also be used to hold recycling items. City of Maple Heights ***************ECRWSS** RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER MAPLE HEIGHTS, OH 44137 Funding for Collection information provided by the Cuyahoga County Solid Waste District. Jeffrey A. Lansky, Mayor 5353 Lee Road Maple Heights, Ohio 44137 *****************ECRWSS** RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER MAPLE HEIGHTS OH 44137 Curbside Recycling & Rubbish Collection Information Enclosed! Curbside Recycling & Rubbish Collection Information Enclosed! 5353 Lee Road, Maple Heights, Ohio 44137 Funding for Collection information provided by the Cuyahoga County Solid Waste District. M s, O hi o 216-662-6000 City o f le Heigh ap t Jeffrey A. Lansky, Mayor City of Maple Heights Please Deliver by October XXXXX, 2013 Cleveland OH Permit No 647 PAID PRSRT STD US POSTAGE This Coupon Entitles Bearer To One Year Supply Of Blue Recycling Bags. O hi o City o f le Heigh ap t s, M FREE Mayor Jeffrey A. Lansky One year’s supply is 26 recycling bags. This coupon is good for one 26-count bag of blue recycling bags. This Coupon Redeemable Only At These Locations: Discount Drug Mart 6148 Dunham Road Maple Heights, Ohio Maple Heights City Hall or Senior Center (Expires 12/31/13 at this pick-up location) Recycling Calendar Put out your recyclables on the highlighted weeks Regular Recycling Collection Day Refuse Collection Day Holiday Delay Collection Day Recycle Weeks for 2013: November: Week of Nov. 3 & Nov. 17 December: Week of Dec. 1, Dec. 15, & Dec. 29. Holiday Schedule for Recycling & Refuse: The Following Days will be observed for January 2014– December 2014 New Year’s Day (Wednesday & Thursday pick up delayed 1 day) Memorial Day (Wednesday & Thursday pick up delayed 1 day) Independence Day (NO DELAY IN PICKUP) Labor Day (Wednesday & Thursday pick up delayed 1 day) Thanksgiving (Thursday pickup ONLY delayed 1 day) Christmas Day (Thursday pickup ONLY delayed 1 day) If a Holiday falls on a weekday before or on your collection day then your recyclables and refuse will be collected one day late than regular pick up.