Visit the Recycling Barn, 243 Post Road, on Thursdays and Saturdays 8:00 to 4:00 pm.
Revised TOWN OF BOWDOINHAM 01/17/2007
WASTE HANDLING GUIDELINES
MATERIALS ACCEPTED AT THE BOWDOINHAM RECYCLING BARN
· Bowdoinham’s Post Road Recycling Facility is open Thursdays and Saturdays from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
· There is no charge for materials accepted at the facility except as noted
RECYCLABLE MATERIALS – Picked Up at Curbside or Delivered to the Recycling Barn
(must be clean, dry and separated into the following categories:)
· Corrugated Cardboard – includes brown kraft (grocery) bags. Please break down boxes.
· Newsprint – including anything that comes with the paper.
· Magazines – including catalogues and other similar glossy material.
· Mixed Paper – any and all clean paper not included in the previous categories ( Corrugated, Newsprint, Magazines), including cereal and soap boxes, pasteboard containers, tissues, toweling, window envelopes, paper plates and cups, etc. NO PLASTIC PLEASE.
· Mixed Recyclables – any clean household containers, of glass or metal. Any plastic marked #1 through #7. #2 oil bottles must be completely drained. Styrofoam containers and packing are not picked up curbside, but may be brought to the recycling barn. (please bag peanuts separately). Please bring these materials mixed together. CAPS MUST BE REMOVED FROM ALL CONTAINERS.
OTHER MATERIALS ACCEPTED – Delivered to the Barn only (No Curbside Pickup)
· Food Waste – all kitchen and sink waste, including bones, and meat scraps. Please deliver food waste in your pail or bucket, which can be dumped and taken home. Please do not bring food waste in plastic bags. NO PLASTIC
· Oversize Bulky Waste (OBW) – mattresses, chairs, couches, TV sets, etc. A disposal fee, based on item’s size and weight, is required. Current rate is 5¢ per pound.
· Waste Oil and Antifreeze – deliver in 1 or 2 gallon capped containers. No oil filters or quart containers please.
· Waste Wood – used to heat Recycling Barn. Please deliver in lengths 48” or less, under 15” width. Boards and dimension lumber suitable for reuse may be delivered full length.
· Leaves and Grass Clippings
· Tires – car tires 15” or smaller $2 each, with rims - $3.50 each. Pro rata, fee for larger tires.
· Scrap Metal & White Goods – (appliances, etc.) $12.00 processing fee for appliances utilizing Freon coolant. 20# propane tanks - $1, other sizes - $20. No charge for tanks with valve removed.
· Household Hazardous Waste – no charge for paint, lawn & garden chemicals, mercury-containing devices, florescent light bulbs, and ballasts. NO LATEX PAINT
Small TVs and monitors - $2. Consoles and larger units up to $4.
CURBSIDE PICKUP OF TRASH & RECYCLABLE MATERIALS
· Trash and recyclable materials are picked up at curbside on Thursdays.
· Trash must be in securely tied bags no larger than 30-gallon capacity, weighing no more than 25 pounds and must have a trash tag attached.
· Recyclable materials, properly separated and bagged, are picked up at no extra charge.
· Corrugated cardboard must be securely tied in bundles no larger than 2’x3’.
· Recyclable materials must be in clear plastic bags for curbside pickup.
· Tags and clear plastic bags are available at the Town Office, The Bowdoinham Country Store and at the Town Landing.
For further information, call 666-3228.
COMPOSTING AT HOME
Why
· To recycle yard & food scraps instead of disposing of them
· To create healthy fertilizer for your garden
Where
· Anywhere in your yard, preferably in the sun
· In an open pile
· In a purchased composting bin
· In a homemade composting bin
· 4 Used pallets fastened at the corners
· Chicken wire
· Anything that will let air & rain in & through
What
· “browns” – sawdust, shredded brush & branches, leaves, straw, wood shavings, dry grass clippings
· “greens” – weeds, grass clippings, wood stove ashes, flowers, flowers, grain-eating livestock manure, vegetable & fruit scraps, grain product scraps (bread, pasta, etc.), crushed egg shells, coffee grounds, tea bags ( leave out meat, fish, bones, or cheese if you don’t want animal visitors)
How
· Place the materials that you have available in your pile
· Try for at least half “browns” to let the compost “heat up”
· Layer your materials or mix them up
· When you have more to add, just pile them on top, or dig a hole in the pile, put them in & cover them
· Either leave the pile alone for a year or so, or if you want faster results, turn the pile every few weeks to let the air get to the inside
· When you can’t tell what went into it anymore & the pile is all brown and crumbly – that
That’s compost!
Who Benefits
· We do when you keep materials out of the waste stream
· You do when you use your compost – “brown gold” – as fertilizer for your garden to make the soil healthy & rich!
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