RECYCLING GUIDELINES
ACCEPTED AND NOT ACCEPTABLE MATERIALS
Automated single stream recycling containers are provided by the Town of Cheshire Recycling will be picked up every other week (biweekly) by an automated truck with a mechanical arm. Please place your containers 3 to 4 feet back from the road with the side indicated as “street side” facing the road. The container should be kept away from all objects that might obstruct the collection truck’s mechanical arm (which grabs the container around the sides), such as mailboxes, trees and parked cars.
BENEFITS
- Recycling is good for the environment, and this program is designed to increase recycling and reduce solid waste.
- Larger capacity containers hold much more material, and all recyclables can simply be placed in the container – no sorting, crushing or bundling.
- Containers are covered, so materials won’t blow away, become saturated with rain or snow, or attract animals.
- Containers have electronic IDs to identify the address to which the container belongs.
- Containers have the convenience of wheels and roll easily.
- Special “non-curbside” arrangements for eligible senior and disabled residents will continue with the new biweekly collection schedule and the new containers.
SCHEDULE
Collection will take place every other week (biweekly) on either an “A” week or a “B” week.
Click here for a calendar indicating the dates of “A” week collection and “B” week collection.
Click here for the list of addresses that will be collected on the “A” week and the “B” week.