Help us close the loop and return your holiday tree to the earth as mulch or compost. Holiday tree collection will begin on December 26 and on through the end of January. Please cut your tree into 3-foot sections and place them in your green yard waste cart. Trees with lights, tinsel, ornaments, tree stands, or flocking will not be ac-cepted for collection.

Winter | 2012Volume 2 | Issue 1

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Waste Management of Monterey County 11240 Commercial Parkway, Castroville, CA 95012 Customer Service: 1-800-321-8226

2012 Holiday Tree reCyCling

SAFELY DISPOSE OF YOUR HAZARDOUS WASTEPlease take all your hazardous waste to a free drop off facility, listed below, to safely dispose of paint, solvents, pesti-cides, and light bulbs.

� Monterey Regional Waste Management District 14201 Del Monte Blvd., Marina, CA 831-384-5313 www.mrwmd.org

� Salinas Valley Solid Waste Authority 139 Sun St., Salinas, CA 831-424-5520 www.svswa.org

Free on-Call ColleCTion

Monterey County reCyCler

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“Waste Management wishes you a happy holiday season and wonderful new year.”

a note from Felipe Melchor, district Manager of Hauling

Please call 800-321-8226 to schedule your Free on-Call pick up!

Each residential customer in the unincor-porated County is entitled to one on-call pick up each year, of 5 cubic yards or the equivalent of 3x5x9 ft area of material at no cost. Material that exceeds this limit will be charged $50 per cubic yard. Curbside cus-tomers must place items 3 feet from the curb. Customers without curbs must place items 5 feet from roadways and 10 feet from structures. If your bulky items are functional, please consider donating your goods before setting them out. Service renewed in Janu-ary of each year.

Multi-family complexes also qualify for this service. Different limits apply. Service must be scheduled by complex owner/manager.

Separate for recyclingAll items must be placed at the curbside by 6 am and no earlier than 1 day before your scheduled pickup date. Unprepared, loose material will be subject to an additional fee.

inClUde �1 large appliance �2 mattresses �2 tires �½ Cubic yard of Universal Waste* (ex-cept fluorescent lamps), must be boxed �Yard Waste, must be bundled or placed in paper bag �Clean Wood, tied and bundled �Scrap metal �Flattened cardboard �1 piece of furniture

�Carpet, must be bundled and less than 4 feet long �Loose items, must be bagged or boxed

do noT inClUde �Please note! Hazardous waste will not be collected, including light bulbs, paint, or pesticides. �No item over 75 pounds, except bulky furniture �No rocks, dirt or concrete �Material placed in small plastic bags will not be accepted

on-Call ColleCTion gUide (See back for more)

*Universal Waste: Discarded materials that the California Department of ToxicSubstances Control considers Universal Waste, including materials such as batteries, thermostats, cath-ode ray tubes, computers, telephones, answering machines, radios, stereo equipment, tape players/recorders, phonographs, video cassette players/recorders, compact disc players/recorders, calculators, small appliances such as toasters and vacuums, aerosol cans, and certain mercury-containing devices.

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�1 large appliance

�2 mattresses

�2 tires

�½ cubic yard of Universal Waste (except fluorescent lamps), must be boxed

�Yard waste, must be bundled or placed in paper bag

�Clean Wood, tied and bundled

�Scrap metal

�Flattened cardboard

�1 piece of furniture

�Carpet, must be bundled and less than 4 ft long

�Loose items, must be bagged or boxed

WHaT Can go in yoUr on-Call ColleCTion

Please call 800-321-8226 to schedule your Free on-Call pick up!

esta información es disponible en español, por favor llámenos a 800-321-8226 o visite montereycounty.wm.com

all other materials will not be accepted. Please see other side for more details.

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