NEVADA COUNTY
CLIMATE ACTION NOW
What TO Recycle and What NOT TO
If you have been to the Waste Management website https://www.wm.com/us/en/recycle-right/recycling-101 or https://www.facebook.com/groups/wastenotnevadacounty
and still have some questions, this clarification sheet might help.
You have choices on how to dispose of your trash. Waste Management has curbside pick-up for garbage (black lid), recycle (blue lid) and green waste (green lid).
You can self-haul to the McCourtney Road Transfer Station (MRTS), or another Transfer Station. For some hazardous waste, you must haul to MRTS, or check with your local Transfer Station.
The biggest issue for recycling is CONTAMINATION. One customer’s contamination can affect a truck’s entire route--the whole load is unrecyclable and destined for the landfill. What a waste!
Before you Recycle anywhere – PLEASE…
REthink - REuse - REpurpose – REdirect – REpair -
RECYCLE OR TRASH?
ITEM WHERE IT GOES
METAL
Empty Metal cans/bottles, Recycle
Clean aluminum pans and foil
Unclean cosmetic, toothpaste, food tubes Trash
All other miscellaneous metal - MRTS-scrap metal
Fencing, wire, paint cans
Steel Propane camping stove bottles MRTS -Hazardous waste
GLASS
All glass is recyclable IF NOT BROKEN Recycle
(empty, wash & dry container)
Clear and all colors OK
Take plastic caps off Trash
PAPER
Paper and cardboard - dry only please Recycle
Pizza boxes with no grease or food remains Recycle
If box is soiled Trash
Take-out containers if waxed inside Trash
(cups, boxes, etc.)
Wet paper Trash
Shredded paper Trash
(can recycle at House of Print and Copy)
Common paper products Recycle
(the machinery takes out staples, plastic windows, etc.)
- Phone books
- Wall calendars, wire bound notebooks
- Stapled papers
- Envelopes with clear windows
- Envelopes with metal clasps
- Cards, wrapping paper plain
- Office paper
- Slick paper, catalogs, newspaper
Cards/wrapping paper with metallics/glitter Trash
Plastic cards inside the mail Trash
Laminated packaging items (soups, dairy cartons, etc.) Trash
PLASTIC CONTAINERS- all numbers
Plastic water bottles (ok to leave on cap) Recycle
(empty please- so no leakage) See below for CRV locations
Unattached plastic lids of bottles Trash
Plastic “clamshell” food containers Recycle only if #1
(Salads, fruits & vegetables, etc.)
Plastic Tubes –Only if cleaned out please Recycle
Unclean medical, cosmetic, food products Trash
Plastic bag packaging for chips, crackers, cookies Trash
(BIG litter item-consider buying bulk)
Plastic bags Take to bag recovery
(All flexible plastic you can put thumb into) boxes (see list below or Trash)
Thin produce bags, thick shopping bags Trash
Newspaper sleeves and shrink wrap Trash
Bubble wrap type packing material Trash
(ReStore & second-hand stores can use bags
and packing material)
CLOTHING, TEXTILES, HOUSEHOLD ITEMS
Please donate if possible
Otherwise, these go to the landfill – now there is a real waste!
Look at WasteNOT Facebook page for ideas on how to reuse
HAZARDOUS WASTE
Anything with mercury in it MRTS -Hazardous waste
(Some athletic shoes with neon,
fluorescents light bulbs, Christmas bulbs)
Batteries MRTS -Hazardous waste (some stores have battery recycling bins)
Customers CAN bag batteries and leave on
TOP of the trash bin for curbside pickup
Fertilizers, chemical pesticides, cleaning products MRTS-Hazardous waste
All pet feces and kitty litter Trash
Rancid or used cooking oil Trash
(Hint- Mix it with an absorbent like flour, kitty litter or sawdust
and put in your trash can in a leak-proof container and toss in trash)
CHECK OUT THE WASTE MANAGEMENT/WasteNOT FACEBOOK PAGE
https://www.facebook.com/groups/wastenotnevadacounty
Recycling tips
Minimal packaging ideas
New cleaning products without the plastic bottle
PLASTIC BAG RECOVERY BOX LOCATIONS
-B and C Ace Hardware store – 2032 Nevada City Hwy – 530-273-6105 –
-Safeway – 867 Sutton Way – At the south entrance between doors
-Safeway – 105 Neal Street – On the side entrance toward Flour Garden – they bale up all their plastic in the back room like shrink wrap to return to their distribution center then it is sent to a re-processor
-Grocery Outlet – 616 Sutton Way - inside central door on right as leave – Steve and Kim Smith, owners – grassvalley@groceryoiutlet.com 530-477-6961
-Holiday Market – 11324 Pleasant Valley Rd., 530-432-0110 Manager Barry - Penn Valley – 22 stores all offer plastic bag recovery plus shrink wrap - sent to a re-processor
-SaveMart – 2032 Nevada City Hwy., Fowler Center – Box is inside the exit doors
-SPD Market – Nevada City and GV Crossings
__________________
Redemption Value RETURN LOCATIONS
CRV - CA Redemption Value containers
- plastic, aluminum, and glass bottles that have a deposit
Beverage containers covered under the act are subject to California Redemption Value (CRV)
Return to participating locations to recover the deposit amount
--5 cents for containers less than 24 ounces
--10 cents for containers 24 ounces or larger
Must be rinsed out with no food or drink left.
LOOK FOR THE SYMBOL or label CA CASH REFUND or CA CRV that shows a deposit was made at time of purchase.
Details https://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/bevcontainer/bevdistman/labeling#Labeling
LOCATIONS -
-Rite Aid Pharmacy store – 720 Sutton Way – ask for details on how much, etc.
-K Mart Store - 111 W. McKnight Way – ask at Customer Service
-Waste Management - McCourtney Road Transfer Station