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Recycling
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Public Works Adm.
Traffic Signal Maintenance Street Maintenance Street Cleaning Sanitation-Operation Sanitation-Landfill Sanitation-Code Enforce. Internal Services Adm. Fleet Maintenance Engineering |
CITY OF HARLINGEN RECYCLING CENTER 1006 South Commerce |
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Harlingen Proud is a volunteer organization, whose purpose is to educate the community on the facts contributing to littering behavior, establish programs to deter littering, encourage beautification, save taxpayers money by extending the life of the area landfill through conservation and recycling measures, promote volunteerism and to provide a clean and safe environment in which to live. PROGRAM GOAL Expand and implement programs that help divert the solid waste stream away from the Landfill/Transfer Station to improve the quality of life. OBJECTIVES FOR 05-06
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Expand workplace recycling at school campuses and
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MATERIALS WE ACCEPT FOR RECYCLING CARDBOARD: Brown corrugated boxes, Shoe and Food boxes that are either brown or gray on the inside. No boxes that are white on the inside or coated with a wax or plastic. NEWSPAPER: Entire paper.. Please remove any plastic bags from the papers. PAPER: Letters, Junk Mail, School Papers, Forms, Computer Paper. No tissues, paper towels or napkins. ALUMINUM: Cans only. No aluminum foil or single use pans. STEEL: Tin Cans, Wire Hangers, Misc. small pieces of steel, appliances except refrigerators and AC units. PLASTIC # 1: This type of plastic has on the bottom of the bottle a triangle made of 3 arrows with a number 1 in the middle. These bottles includes: Soda Bottles, Sport Drink Bottles, and Juice Bottles. PLASTIC # 2: This type of plastic on the bottom of the bottle a triangle made of 3 arrows with a number 2 in the middle. These bottles include: Milk Bottles and Soap Bottles.
PLEASE NOTE!!
Remove all bottle caps
and throw into the trash. Also RINSE OUT the milk PLASTIC BAGS: Only grocery type Bags and Newspaper Bags are recyclable. The Bags need to be clean, be sure you remove everything from the Bag including the cash register receipt. Please throw all other Plastic Bags into your trash. PLASTIC FOAM PACKING PEANUTS: Remove any contamination from the peanuts. AUTOMOTIVE BATTERIES: Lead-acid batteries only. USED AUTOMOTIVE OIL: Household do it yourself oil changers only, no Commercial Oil. No Oil Filters! Oil filters may be taken to most Auto Parts Stores for recycling at no cost. |
