in The Village of Petitcodiac As part of the launch of the new Blue/Green Sorting Program in Westmorland and Albert Counties on behalf of Recycle SENB, an intensive non-compliant residential waste stickering strategy will begin October 25 th to all residents of these counties including PETITCODIAC. With this strategy, all non-compliant waste bags will be stickered and left at the curb to be re-sorted by the resident. ALL Garbage for regular FRIDAY pick up MUST be sorted and placed in transparent BLUE and GREEN Garbage Bags We understand that this will be a big change for some residents and we ask for your total cooperation in this effort as each and every one of us has an important role to play in reducing the quantity of waste that goes into our landfills. Sorting waste in order to compost or recycle is an efficient means of producing revenue that in turn keeps down the costs of operations. Below you will find some of the more frequently asked questions with answers and a sorting guide for blue and green.
Are the doggie waste disposal bags placed in the green? Small doggie poo bags are OK in a Green transparent bag. We prefer that people use transparent bags for this purpose but regular ones are okay. What if people put kitty litter or dog poop in a grocery bag? Is the bag still acceptable to be placed in the green? Grocery bags are not acceptable in a Green transparent bag. People can use a transparent bag for cat litter and then place that in their green bags but not a grocery bag. Some people use the green transparent bags, some use clear compostable bags. What about wet newspaper (just a section or two) in the green to keep the smell down and absorb stuff? Wet newspaper is fine in a Green bag. Same for tissues and paper towel. It is compostable. What we re trying to focus on is getting the plastic out of the green bags. What about the vacuum cleaner bag? We know the contents are green but do we have empty the bag and then place it in the blue? to Contents will need to be emptied into the green bag and the vacuum bags (once empty) can go in the blue. What about the white kitchen catcher bags being placed in the green? And what about white kitchen catcher bags placed in the blue? White, non-transparent Kitchen-Catcher bags are not acceptable in a green bag. People are welcome to use them if they want but they have to empty the contents into a Green transparent bag and then place the white bag in their Blue transparent bag. Kitchen-Catchers full of food waste should certainly not be placed in a blue bag but if they re being used for Blue waste like recyclables and such, they can be in the Blue Bag, untied. The following guide was taken from the Regional Service Commission s web site and we hope it will help alleviate confusion when sorting. (scroll down to view guide)
The following items are considered Green Waste and must be placed in a Green transparent plastic bag. All containers and packaging must be separated, emptied, rinsed and wiped clean their contents only belong in a Green transparent bag. Food Waste Other Waste Apple cores Bones Bread Butter Cereals Cheese Cooking grease Expired food Fat Fish & shellfish Flour Fruit & vegetable peel Meats Oats Pumpkins Rice Seeds Yogurt Yard Waste Leaves Grass clippings Baby wipes Bandages & Gauze Cigarettes & butts Coffee filters & grounds Cotton balls Dental floss Diapers Dryer lint, dirt, dust Eggs, egg shells Feathers Feminine hygiene products Food scraps Gum Hair Kitty litter Leftovers Meat pack absorbent pads Pencil shavings Pet waste Plants & flowers Sawdust & wood shavings Tobacco Vacuum contents Waxed paper Wet paper towels., serviettes, tissues Parchment Paper Copyright 2013. Regional Service Commission 7. All Rights Reserved.
The following items are considered Blue Waste and must be emptied, separated, rinsed and wiped clean before being placed in a Blue transparent plastic bag. Empty containers (such as paint cans, motor oil, vegetable oil, salad dressing, and condiment containers, etc.) and place them caps/covers off in your Blue transparent bag. Cloth Glass Other Clothes Curtains Dryer sheets Fabric Footwear Gloves, scarves, hats Leather Linens, sheets Nylons Pillows Rags String Towels Yarn Dishware Mirrors Pyrex Vases Jars Metals Aluminum (cans, pie plates, foil, etc.) Cutlery Foil pouches/packets Jewelry Jugs Paper Bags Books, reports Boxboard Boxes Bristol board Cardboard Cards Catalogues Cereal boxes Artwork Balloons Binders Board games Brushes Calculators Candles Candy wrappers Carbon paper Ceramics Chalk China Computer disks Cork Cosmetics Crayons Deodorant Drink boxes Elastic bands Electronic parts, games Food packaging (empty/rinse) Frozen juice containers Kettles Lids, covers
Paper clips Pots & pans Scouring pads Steel wool Staples Tools Wire Plastics Bags Bubble packaging Combs Jugs & Jars Medicine bottles (empty) Milk bags/jugs (rinsed) Packaging Sheets/table cloths Straws Toys Transparencies Wrappers Saran Wrap/Plastic Wrap Coffee cups Drink trays Egg cartons Envelopes File folders Flyers Index cards Magazines Newspaper Newsprint Paper towel & toilet paper rolls Pizza boxes Posters Phone books Sticky notes Tissue Paper Wrapping paper Small Electronics *batteries removed Blenders, food processors Calculators Cell phones Circuit boards Clocks Coffee machines/grinders Electric shavers ereaders Hair dryers, curling irons, straighteners ipods, mp3 players ipads Keyboards Netbooks Pagers Remotes Telephones Toaster ovens Toasters VCRs & DVD Players Video games, consoles, controllers Video recorders Light bulbs (NOT CFL) Markers Meat trays (rinsed) Milk cartons Pencils/pens Picture frames Photos Potato chip bags Pottery Disposable razors Rubber Rubber gloves Sandpaper Small electronics Small appliances Sponge Sports equipment Stickers Styrofoam (cups, plates, trays, etc) Tape Toothpaste tubes Toothpicks Twist ties Utensils Vacuum Bags (Empty) Water softener salt Wrappers