Recycling containers may be picked up at city hall in each
community. Rural residents may pick up their container at the Landfill Office at
2251 O'Brien Avenue in Clarion.
Effective September 1, 2005 -- Recycling Routes
Day of Month
Towns
Township
1st & 3rd Monday
Dows
Galt
Blaine
Vernon
1st & 3rd Tuesday
Wall Lake
Lincoln
Iowa
Grant
1st & 3rd Wednesday
Clarion
(N of Hwy 3)
1st & 3rd Thursday
Clarion
(Hwy 3 & S)
1st & 3rd Friday
Alexander
Rowan
2nd & 4th Monday
Pleasant
Belmond
Lake & Norway
2nd & 4th Tuesday
Goodell
Belmond
(6th Ave & W)
2nd & 4th Wednesday
Belmond
(E of 6th Ave)
2nd & 4th Thursday
Goldfield
Liberty
Boone
2nd & 4th Friday
Woolstock
Dayton
Eagle Grove
Woolstock & Troy
Recyclables will not be picked up on the following holidays: New Years,
Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas. If you are a
rural resident, you will need to save your material until the next scheduled
pick up. If you are a city resident, you will be picked up the following day.
Questions? Contact the Trash Man at (515) 532-3529 or toll free
1-800-944-1118
PLEASE SEPARATE RECYCLABLES INTO TWO
CATEGORIES
1
2
RIGIDS
Glass, Plastic, Metal
*Loose in bottom of container
FIBERS
Cardboard, Paper, Magazines
*Together in a brown paper sack
or bundled together with twine
PLASTIC
(#1, 2, 3, 4, 5, OR 7)
Milk jugs-flatten-thoroughly drained
Anti-freeze containers-thoroughly drained
Motor oil-thoroughly drained
BOXBOARD (Cereal, cake, chip, and cracker boxes)
GLASS
Clear, green, brown, blue
(Do Not Break!)
CORRUGATED CARDBOARD (Flatten-maximum size is 30" by 60" by 6" high)
METAL Aluminum (pop cans/pie tins, trays)
NEWSPAPER
TIN CANS must be crimped or flattened
COPY & COMPUTER PAPER
JUNK MAIL & PHONE BOOKS
MAGAZINES & CATALOGS
* NO PLASTIC BAGS ARE TO BE USED OR SET OUT
* ALL ITEMS MUST BE CLEANED
* DISCARD ALL CAPS, LIDS, COVERS, O-RINGS, PUMPS, METAL HANDLES INTO
YOUR REGULAR
TRASH
NOT RECYCLABLE:
Cotton Balls
Carbon paper, wallpaper
Disposable razors, needles
Paper towels, napkins, tissues
Bathroom waste paper
Toys, dishes, glasses
Cups, coffee filters, tea bags
Photos, slides, transparencies
Medicine containers
Pottery, ceramics
Aerosol cans, paint cans
Plastic cups, silverware, trays
Candy & gum wrappers
Gasoline containers
Plastic wrap
Cellophane, foil, plastic wrap
Light bulbs, pens
Foam cups, foam packaging
Waxed paper or waxed anything like milk cartons,
drinking boxes, frozen food boxes
Window panes, mirrors
Plastic bags of any type
Questions? Contact the Trash Man at (515) 532-3529 or toll free
1-800-944-1118
