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Mt. Vernon Thanksgiving Schedule No collection Thurs, Nov 26. Thursday customers serviced Wednesday, Nov 25 Friday customers serviced Monday, Nov 30 Collection Calendar

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Questions or comments: Garbage collection information: City of Mt. Vernon 360 336-6218 Mt. Vernon City Web Site Recycling and yard waste information: Waste Management Customer Service 1 800 592-9995

Missed Collection If your container(s) were at the curb by 6:00 am and were not emptied: Missed GARBAGE: City of Mt. Vernon Or, 360 336-6218 Missed RECYCLING or YARD WASTE: Waste Management Customer Service Or, 1 800 592-9995. Holiday Collection Schedule Collection Calendar Waste Management collectors are watching out for your neighborhood. More Recycling Saves Trees View TV Commercial EcoConsumer Where can we put all those plastics? By Tom Watson Special to The Seattle Times Plastics and recycling have a complicated relationship…. Plastics recycling seems to confuse and frustrate consumers more than any other type of recycling. More Special Event Garbage and Recycling Collection Waste Management can help your organization have a clean, environmentally friendly special event. - Details

Weather Delays (Wind, Flood, Snow, etc.) If weather prevents safe collection, we announce delays on radio and TV and on our Collection Delay Bulletin Board If residential garbage, recycling or yard waste is not collected due to weather, please remove containers from the street. Up to twice as much material will be accepted with no extra charge on the next regularly scheduled collection day for each container not emptied unless otherwise posted here. Credit is not given for collection delayed due to weather. Curbside Collection All-in-One Recycling is collected every other week on the same day as garbage. Yard waste is collected from subscribing residences: Weekly March - November Every other week December - February E-Cycle Washington lists free responsible recycling locations for computers, monitors and TVs. Where to go with old TVs & computers Customers appreciate WM services during weather delays . . . More WM driver Ed Serna Goes the Extra Mile More Do not put these items in your garbage: Computers, TVs Fluorescent bulbs ___& tubes Motor Oil Hazardous Waste Liquid Paint Needles, syringes Yard trimmings Concrete, rocks, dirt Cooking oil Loose or hot ashes Loose cat litter Unbagged animal waste Loose packing pellets Unbagged sawdust Hazardous Waste Disposal Options (including free drop sites)

Where Do Recyclables Go? Watch the Sorting in Action! Where Do Recyclables Go? Single Stream Processing City Inside/Out: Zero Waste Battle of the Bags: Paper versus Plastic Investigators: Some plastic getting greenwashed Some recycling dos & don'ts Combined bottles, cans, paper and cardboard collected from residences and businesses, as well as debris from construction and demolition projects are sorted at Waste Management's Cascade Recycling Center in Woodinville. The center employs advanced technologies from the US and Europe, and ships the sorted commodities to domestic and Pacific Rim markets for use in new products. No shredded paper in recycling, please! (OK layered with food and yard waste) More No plastic bags in recycling, please! (Reuse or recycle at grocery stores) More No needles or syringes in recycling, please! More (Medwaste Tracker)