Solid Waste & Recycling Information

CURRENT COMMITTEE:

John Hinds, chair: 443-4322, logland@gwi.net

Heather Baker: 443-1713, ohpcotton@netzero.com

Judy Kahrl: 386-1677, jgkahrl@aol.com

Roz McLean: 386-0179, rozmclean@clinic.net

Liz Ware: 443-1490, parker_ware@yahoo.com

SCHEDULE

January- May and September-December: Every other Friday pickup for everything

June-August: Weekly Friday trash pickup; every other Friday recycling pickup

For specific dates of collection, click here for the 2010 recycling calendar.

REPORTS and DOWNLOADS

Town Report - Annual Summary

MORE ON TRASH/GARBAGE COLLECTION

From September through the end of May, regular trash is picked up every other week on Friday by R.C. Rogers & Sons of West Bath. During June, July & August, trash is picked up every week. Trash should be put out for pick up by 7:00am at the end of your driveway or the nearest collection point on a town road. Bulky waste items such as bikes, filing cabinets, construction debris, etc, are not appropriate for this collection.

MORE ON RECYCLING

Arrowsic has a mandatory curbside recycling program, also handled by R.C. Rogers & Sons of West Bath. All items that are currently recyclable are picked up at curbside on a year-round biweekly schedule (i.e., every other week). The drivers can most easily identify your recyclable materials if you place a yellow "Arrowsic Recycles" sticker on one or more of your bins, and separate your recyclables by a few feet from your trash. If you need a sticker, they are available for free- just stop into the white shed outside the town hall and grab one. The shed is always unlocked. Sorting of recyclable materials is not necessary, but may be helpful to the pickup crew, depending on which truck they use on a given week.

Recyclable items include: 1) glass of any color, 2) plastics numbered 1-7 (except for #6 styrofoam), 3) aluminum, 4) all paper including newspaper, envelopes, paper of any color, 5) tin cans, 6) paperboard (cereal boxes, egg crates, paper cups, etc), and 7) cardboard, folded into flat pieces of 3'x3' or smaller.

WANT MORE INFO?

There are many handouts located inside the white shed at the town hall. The shed is always unlocked. Handouts provide detailed information about universal waste (e.g., How do I dispose of my old TV?), household hazardous waste collections, and more!