*POLK COUNTY TRANSFER STATION MOBILE RECYCLING UNIT GUIDELINES* Our Mobile Recycling Service will operate all days as scheduled with the following exceptions: New Years Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day. The mobile unit will not operate on any day that school is cancelled because of inclement weather. We urge all persons not to leave anything at any of our mobile unit sights unless the recycling unit is present. Any dumpsters located at any of our sights than the Polk County Transfer Station other are private and are not for use by the public. Polk County Solid Waste Transfer Station’s Mobile Recycling schedule & operating hours * 7:00 am until 12:00 pm OR until the unit is full* *ALL LOCATIONS* PLEASE NOTE: IF MOBILE UNIT BECOMES FULL BEFORE 12:00 PM THE ATTENDANT MUST LEAVE AT THAT TIME Monday Tryon @ Harmon Field – Tuesday Saluda @ corner of Ozone Drive & Hwy 176 – Wednesday Every Other Green Creek @ Green Creek Fire Department – – Thursday Columbus @ Ward St. Extension between First Citizen Bank and – Feagan Law Building ALL RECYCLING MUST MEET THE FOLLOWING GUIDELINES: All Recycling Must Be Removed From Bags and Be Relatively All products should be removed from containers prior to recycling. Plastic Bags Food, Beverage, or Household Containers Cans NO - YES - Planting Pots & Aluminum Separate please) NO - – Styrofoam Food, Beverage, or Household Containers NO - YES - PVC (**Plastic) NO - 5 Gallon Buckets Food, Beverage, or Household Containers NO - YES - Paint Buckets (Paper) NO - Wax Magazines NO - YES - Plastic Toys Cardboard (If able, please, brake all boxes down) NO - YES - Glass Junk Mail NO - YES - (Exception- Food or Drink Containers) Newspapers YES - Books YES - Metal YES - Type(s) - - - - - - - - plastics **PLASTIC: ‘1’ ‘2’ ‘3’ ‘4’ ‘5’ ‘6’ ‘7’ PLEASE NOTE: Plastics such as, antifreeze and automotive oil containers, pesticide and herbicide containers are recyclable. ‘NOT’ Please ask a for help if you have any questions. attendant’ ‘recycling The provides a more comprehensive list of all recyclable materials accepted. $35.00 AVAILABILITY FEE PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR THIS LIST AND OTHER PCSW INFORMATION www.polknc.org DEPARTMENT SOLID WASTE $35.00 AVAILABILITY FEE – – –
*POLK COUNTY TRANSFER STATION MOBILE RECYCLING UNIT GUIDELINES* Our Mobile Recycling Service will operate all days as scheduled with the following exceptions: New Years Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day. The mobile unit will not operate on any day that school is cancelled because of inclement weather. We urge all persons not to leave anything at any of our mobile unit sights unless the recycling unit is present. Any dumpsters located at any of our sights other than the Polk County Transfer Station are private and are not for use by the public. Polk County Solid Waste Transfer Station’s Mobile Recycling schedule & operating hours * 7:00 am until 12:00 pm OR until the unit is full* *ALL LOCATIONS* PLEASE NOTE: IF MOBILE UNIT BECOMES FULL BEFORE 12:00 PM THE ATTENDANT MUST LEAVE AT THAT TIME Monday – Tryon @ Harmon Field Tuesday – Saluda @ corner of Ozone Drive & Hwy 176 Wednesday – Every Other – Green Creek @ Green Creek Fire Department Thursday – Columbus @ Ward St. Extension between First Citizen Bank and Feagan Law Building ALL RECYCLING MUST MEET THE FOLLOWING GUIDELINES: All Recycling Must Be Removed From Bags and Be Relatively All products should be removed from containers prior to recycling. NO - Plastic Bags NO - Planting Pots NO - Styrofoam NO - PVC NO - 5 Gallon Buckets NO - Paint Buckets NO - Wax NO - Plastic Toys NO - Glass (Exception- Food or Drink Containers) YES - Food, Beverage, or Household Containers Cans & Aluminum – Separate please) YES - Food, Beverage, or Household Containers (**Plastic) YES - Food, Beverage, or Household Containers (Paper) YES - Magazines YES - Cardboard (If able, please, brake all boxes down) YES - Junk Mail YES - Newspapers YES - Books YES - Metal **PLASTIC: Type(s) - ‘1’ - ‘2’ - ‘3’ - ‘4’ - ‘5’ - ‘6’ - ‘7’ - plastics PLEASE NOTE: Plastics such as, antifreeze and automotive oil containers, pesticide and herbicide containers are ‘NOT’ recyclable. Please ask a ‘recycling attendant’ for help if you have any questions. The $35.00 AVAILABILITY FEE provides a more comprehensive list of all recyclable materials accepted. PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR THIS LIST AND OTHER PCSW INFORMATION www.polknc.org – DEPARTMENT – SOLID WASTE – $35.00 AVAILABILITY FEE
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