SUMMIT COUNTY RESIDENTIAL RECYCLING GUIDE

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1 SUMMIT COUNTY RESIDENTIAL RECYCLING GUIDE

2 REDUCE. REUSE. RECYCLE. IT WORKS! SINGLE STREAM RECYCLING Single Stream Recycling allows all recyclables to be collected in the same container, making recycling convenient because it is no longer necessary for you to sort your recyclable materials. This approach to recycling has been shown to increase recycling rates an average of 30%. The Single Stream Recycling method also helps to reduce collection costs while decreasing the amount of solid waste being dumped in our local landfills. Here is a list of items that are generally accepted in curbside collection programs. Please refer to your community s recycling guidelines for a list of materials accepted by your local hauler. GLASS > Clear, Brown, or Green Glass Food Jars, Juice, Soda and Beer Bottles ALUMINUM & METAL > Soda and Beverage Cans, Soup and Vegetable Cans CARTONS > Milk, Juice, Soup, Broth and Food Cartons REDUCE UP TO 53.6 % OF WASTE PAPER > Magazines, Office Paper, Junk Mail, Phone Books, Paperboard and Cardboard PLASTIC > Water, Soda, and Sports Drinks, Milk and Juice Containers, Food Containers, Dishwashing Liquid Bottles and Laundry Detergent Jugs SUMMIT COUNTY RECYCLING SERVICE PROVIDERS MUNICIPAL SERVICES LOCAL COLLECTION SERVICES Republic Services republicservices.com Waste Management wm.com Rumpke rumpke.com Kimble Companies kimblecompanies.com City of Akron akronohio.gov or call from a landline phone or (330) from a cell phone City of Cuyahoga Falls cfo.cityofcf.com Don Walters, Mayor

3 Does It Recycle? bowling ball GET THE REWORKS APP ReWorks has developed an app for Summit County residents so that you never have to wonder again if something is or is not recyclable. Featuring a Does It Recycle search function, the app will let you know whether an item is accepted at the curbside, if there is an alternative recycling option, or if the item should go in the trash. The app will also assist you in finding local, convenient recycling drop-off locations within your community when you are on the go or if curbside recycling is not available. Another exciting feature the app offers is the ability to receive notifications in real-time from ReWorks on everything from upcoming Document Shredding & Recycling events, Scrap Tire Collection days, Household Hazardous Waste Recycling Center service updates, and additional opportunities to reduce, reuse and recycle in your community. > The ReWorks App can be downloaded for FREE at itunes or Google Play. THE REWORKS APP FEATURES: > Enter search terms and receive instant response on whether it can or cannot be recycled > Locate local recycling drop-off locations > Receive notices about upcoming recycling events > Find answers to the most commonly asked recycling questions RECYCLING DROP-OFF LOCATIONS A number of local communities offer recycling drop-off locations for residents in their communities. These recycling drop-off locations accept the same material as most curbside recycling programs, and in some cases, yard waste. It is always recommended that you confirm what items are accepted before visiting your community s recycling drop-off location(s). For a complete and updated list of all recycling drop-off locations within Summit County, visit summitreworks.com/recycling or download the ReWorks app from itunes or Google Play.

4 MAKE RECYCLING WORK! DO NOT RECYCLE THESE ITEMS CURBSIDE. PLASTICS ORGANICS METAL MEDICAL WASTE GLASS OTHER > Styrofoam > Yard Waste > Chains > Medicine > Light Bulbs > Trash > Hangers > Food Waste > Hardware Tools > Syringes > Window Pane > Shoes / Clothing > Garden Hoses > Auto Parts > Drinking Glasses > Hangers CURBSIDE RECYCLING ALTERNATIVES LOCAL RECYCLING SOLUTIONS» LATEX PAINT DISPOSAL Dried out latex paint (water-based) is an acceptable item for curbside trash. You can mix absorbent material (e.g. cat litter, sawdust, shredded newspaper) into paint and allow mixture to dry thoroughly or simply remove the lid and let the paint dry out.» AUTOMOTIVE OIL RECYCLING Call your local oil changing stations or auto parts store to recycle your automotive oil.» COMPACT FLUORESCENT BULBS Home Depot and Lowes currently offer free CFL recycling in all their stores.» PRESCRIPTION DRUGS & SYRINGES D.U.M.P. (Dispose of Unused Medications Properly) Call for locations. For syringe disposal, call » RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES call2recycle.org» SCRAP METAL & LEAD ACID BATTERIES Most local scrap yards. For a complete list, visit summitreworks.com» TELEVISION RECYCLING Best Buy Call your local store for instructions. For a complete list, visit summitreworks.com AUTOMOBILE GAS TANKS Mackey Radiator 1544 E. Market Street, Akron CARDBOARD, PAPER, NEWSPAPER & PHONE BOOKS RECYCLERS ACROA / Neoshred 895 E. Tallmadge Ave., Akron Allied Infotech 2170 Romig Rd., Akron River Valley Paper 131 N. Summit Street, Akron Royal Oak Recycling Industrial Parkway Cleveland, OH S. Slesnick Company 700 3rd Street, SE, Canton Paper Cuts Recycling (Text books only) 851 S. Broadway, Akron (call first) CARPETING Flooring Transport of America 1510 Linwood SW Canton, Ohio COMPUTERS AND ELECTRONIC Best Buys and Staples All locations E-Scrap Solutions 7510 Bittern Ave., Cleveland e-waste, LLC 5211 Hudson Drive, Hudson Goodwill Industries of Akron 570 East Waterloo Rd., Akron Itran, Inc. (ItranUSA.com) 4100 Congress Parkway W, Richfield Metallic Resources PCR 2116 Enterprise Parkway, Twinsburg RET3 (ret3.org) 1814 East 40th Street, Cleveland

5 CONSTRUCTION/ DEMOLITION DEBRIS Butcher & Sons C&D Landfill County Rd. 215, Barberton Summit C&D Disposal 1947 Wadsworth Rd., Norton Summit & McCoy C&D Landfill 3897 Summit Rd., Norton COOKING OIL Darling International 1002 Beltline Ave., Cleveland FLUORESCENT LIGHT BULBS Chemical Solvents, Inc. chemicalsolvents.com Fluorescent Recycling, Inc St. Clair Ave., Cleveland Veolia Environmental Services MISC. GARBAGE American Landfill 7916 Chapel Street SE, Waynesburg, OH Oakwood Transfer 7450 Oakleaf Rd., Oakwood Village, OH PACKAGING PEANUTS Call your local shipping services store and ask if they accept packaging materials. PALLETS/SCRAP WOOD ProTree and Landscape Call for details-pick up service available Tri County Pallet 900 Flora Ave., Akron PLASTIC GROCERY BAGS Check with your local Acme, Giant Eagle, Heinen s, Marc s or Wal-Mart to see if that location recycles the plastic grocery bags. SCRAP METAL/APPLIANCES Annaco, Inc. 943 Hazel Street, Akron City Scrap & Salvage Company 760 Flora Ave., Akron Decco Alloys, Inc Midway Drive, Twinsburg Hairston Appliances 1185 Manchester Rd., Akron Harry s Scrap Metals 888 Hazel Street, Akron Hazel Street Recycling 963 Hazel Street, Akron Maxwell Recycling Station 480 Fifth Street N.E., Barberton PSC Akron 1068 Bank Street, Akron PSC Barberton 701 W. Hopocan Avenue United Salvage Company 921 Hazel Street, Akron SHARPS Contact Summit County Public Health scphoh.org/environmental/env-solidwaste.html SHREDDERS ACROA/Neoshred 895 E Tallmadge Ave., Akron Allied Infotech 2170 Romig Rd., Akron All Ohio Secure Shred S. Industrial, Maple Heights Weaver SecurShred 2337 Romig Rd., Suite 2, Akron TIRES Lightner Tire 780 E. Waterloo Rd., Akron TONER CARTRIDGES e-waste, LLC 5211 Hudson Drive, Hudson RET East 40th Street, Cleveland WASTE OIL Akron Canton Waste Oil Call your local oil changing stations or auto parts store to recycle your used automotive oil. HAZARDOUS WASTE (for business/commercial use) Clean Harbors Environmental Services Environmental Enterprises Incorporated EnviroServe Heritage Environmental Services, LLC Veolia ES Technical Solutions, LLC ReWorks strongly suggests that residents who call these recyclers ask for references and check them out before employing the use of such services. The Better Business Bureau may also be contacted.

6 BACKYARD COMPOSTING IT S NATURE S WAY Composting is nature s way of recycling organic materials back into the soil in order for the cycle of life to continue. The billions of living organisms in healthy soil transform dead plants into vital nutrients for new plant growth. Since healthy plants come from healthy soil, one of the best ways you can build healthy soil in your garden and lawn is by using compost. You can easily make compost with landscape trimmings and food scraps in your own backyard. With a small investment in time, you can improve the health and appearance of your yard, save money on fertilizers and mulch, all while preserving natural resources and protecting the health of your family and pets. WHY COMPOST?» It s earth-friendly: Food scraps and yard waste make up 20-30% of the waste stream. Making compost keeps these materials out of landfills, where they take up precious space and release methane, a greenhouse gas 21 times more potent than carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere.» It benefits your yard: Compost improves soil structure and texture, increases the soil s ability to hold both water and air, improves soil fertility, and stimulates healthy root development in plants.» It s easy: You can start with just leaves and grass, then work your way towards composting your food scraps.» It saves money: Adding compost to your garden can reduce or eliminate the need to buy chemical fertilizers or compost. If you pay for the amount of trash hauled, composting can also cut down on your trash costs. WHAT DO I NEED TO DO TO MAKE COMPOST? A BIN OR PILE? Some people start with an easy pile, and then move to a bin when they re ready. You can give your pile some structure with chicken wire, snow fencing, or by nailing scrap wood together to make a four-sided box. A pile works great for just leaves and grass clippings, but when you want to incorporate food waste, it s time to use a bin to prevent rodents. Closed-top bins include turning units, stacking bins, and bins with flip tops. Many communities provide their residents free or discounted bins to encourage backyard composting. Bins can also be purchased from retail or mail order businesses. Take the time to consider your options and then select a bin or pile to fit your needs. SPACE Select a dry, shady, or partly shady spot near a water source and preferably out of sight for your compost pile or bin. Ideally, the compost area should be at least three feet wide by three feet deep by three feet REDUCE UP TO 30% OF WASTE tall (one cubic yard). This size provides enough food and insulation to keep the organisms in the compost warm and happy and working hard. However, piles can be larger or smaller and work just fine if managed well. Browns for carbon, greens for nitrogen, air for organisms, and water for moisture. Brown material provides carbon and includes: > Paper, like shredded pieces of paper, cardboard, and paper rolls > Dry yard waste, like dry leaves, small branches, and twigs, straw, sawdust, and used potting soil. Green material provides nitrogen and includes: > Wet yard waste like fresh grass clippings, green leaves, and soft garden prunings > Food scraps like vegetable and fruit peels, coffee grounds, and tea bags.

7 HOW DO I MAKE COMPOST? 1. Add your brown and green materials (generally three parts browns to one part greens), making sure larger pieces are chopped or shredded. The ideal compost pile contains browns and greens (of varying sizes) placed in alternate layers of different-size particles. 2. Mix grass clippings and green waste into the pile and bury fruit and vegetable waste under 10 inches of compost material. 3. As materials breakdown, the pile will get warm and on cold days you may even see some steam. 4. Every time you add to the pile, turnover and fluff it with a pitchfork to provide aeration, unless your bin has a turner. 5. When material at the bottom is dark and rich in color, with no remnants of your food or yard waste, your compost is ready to use. There may be a few chunks of woody material left; these can be screened out and put back into a new pile. The resulting compost can be applied to lawns and gardens to help condition the soil and replenish nutrients. Compost should not be used as potting soil for houseplants because it may still contain vegetable and grass seeds. HOW DO I GET STARTED? WHAT TO ADD Greens: > Uncooked or cooked fruits and vegetables > Bread and grains > Coffee grounds and filters > Grass clippings > Paper tea bags with the staple removed, if there is one. > Hair and fur > Chicken, rabbit, cow, horse manure Browns: > Cotton or wool rags > Dryer and vacuum cleaner lint > Eggshells > Nut shells > Fireplace ashes (from wood burning) > Sawdust, wood chips > Hay and straw > Yard trimmings (e.g., leaves, branches, twigs) > Houseplants, used potting soil > Shredded newspaper, cardboard rolls and clean paper WHAT NOT TO ADD > Glass, plactic, aluminum, tin or other metal > Dairy products (e.g., butter, milk, sour cream, yogurt) & eggs > Fats, grease, lard, or oils > Meat or seafood scraps > Pet wastes (e.g., dog or cat feces, soiled cat litter) > Soiled diapers > Stickers from fruits or vegetables (to prevent litter) > Black walnut tree leaves or twigs > Yard trimmings treated with chemical pesticides > Roots of perennial weeds > Coal or charcoal ash > Firestarter logs > Treated or painted wood YARD WASTE AND LEAF COMPOSTING Some communities offer a separate curbside or drop off service for the collection of leaves, brush and yard waste. These collections take the yard waste to be composted, not landfilled. Community services can include seasonal curbside leaf collection, scheduled brush curbside pickups, or drop off locations for yard waste. Contact your community for specific information and schedules for available yard waste composting services. In addition to community yard waste collection services, residents can also drop off yard waste at compost facilities listed at the following link: lists/reg_c3_c4_cmpst.pdf Vermicomposting Vermicomposting is a method of composting using a special kind of earthworm known as a red wiggler (Elsenia fetida), which eats its weight in organic matter each day. Vermicomposting is typically done in a covered container with a bedding of dirt, newspaper, or leaves. Fruit and vegetable scraps can then be added as food for the worms. Over time, the food will be replaced with worm droppings, a rich brown matter that is an excellent natural plant food. Vermicomposting requires less space than normal composting methods, and is therefore ideal for classrooms, apartments, and highdensity urban areas. Information provided by USEPA

8 RECYCLE THE RIGHT WAY Recycling is a very important step towards making Summit County a Zero Waste community. However,there is a right way to recycle and a wrong way. To help residents become Smart Recyclers, ReWorks has prepared a kit with information and activities that will help you to recycle the right way. The Recycling Kit Includes: > Community Recycling Guide > The Backyard Composting guide > Recycling Activity book > How to Recycle at a Public Event guide > A complete list of ReWorks recycling events > A I am a Smart Recycler sticker to post to your recycling bin To receive your Recycling Kit, visit summitreworks.com/recyclingkit fill out the form and we will mail you your kit or send an electronic copy. 08/2016 summitreworks.com