[Durham INC] Telephone books & other recyclable; hazardous waste; Swap Shop

[Laura Drey]

Spread the word.

Telephones books can be included with recyclables.


Durham recycles:

Mixed paper: office paper, envelopes, paper egg cartons, shredded paper
(must be placed in a paper bag first). NO napkins or paper plates (for more
detailed list see below*).

Newspapers including inserts: They must be dry and clean. DO NOT tie or
bundle. NO items with food, paint, animal waste, or dirt.

Junk mail, catalogs, & magazines: Remove any plastic cards or stickers. DO
NOT tie or bundle.

Paperboard & chipboard: cereal boxes, shoes boxes, toothpaste boxes. NO
boxes with a wax coating or that directly touched food, like a donut box.

Corrugated cardboard: NO pizza boxes, or anything with grease or food
particles. NO waxed boxes.

NEW Aseptic Containers: juice boxes & soy milk containers.

NEW Gable-Top Containers: milk & juice cartons.

Glass bottles and jars: Food and beverage containers only. No mason jars,
drinking glasses, ceramics, vases, mirrors, or windows.

Plastic bottles & jugs: All numbers. NO bottles that once contained
hazardous materials like motor oil or pesticides. No bags, take out
containers, or frozen food trays.

Six-pack rings: soft flexible rings only, NO hard plastic rings.

NEW Plastic jars: yogurt cups, margarine containers, peanut butter jars.

Aluminum: beverage cans, clean foil (no food residue), clean pie plates. NO
scrap metal.

Tin & Steel Cans: Food and beverage cans only. NO scrap metal, pots, pans,
or coat hangers.

Telephone books & small paperbacks: NO hardcover books.

NEW: clean buckets, plastic toys, & lawn furniture. Each item must be under
two feet in length and weigh less than 40 pounds. No polystyrene or
Styrofoam.

March 2010

*Mixed Paper is also white paperboard (white dry food/material boxes), brown
paperboard (cereal boxes, paper towel rolls), white and colored non-standard
office paper (construction paper, card stock, tablet paper), envelopes (no
plastic windows), soft cover books, and folders. Mixed paper cannot include
paper material with gummy adhesives, wax-coated paper, plastic-coated paper,
or plastics or metals (spiral binders, plastic folder covers, paper with
plastic windows.)

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City of Durham Recycling Drop-off Centers:
 
Waste Disposal & Recycling Center
2115 E. Club Blvd., take left at
entrance
(Not a 24-hour site - Open Mon - Fri 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. & Sat
7:30 a.m. to noon)**

The Durham County Convenience Centers continue to be operational and city
residents can bring recycling only to the county centers at no charge. A
county sticker must be purchased if City residents want to bring garbage to
these centers. These centers are located at:
- Highway 55 and T.W. Alexander Drive (Parkwood), (919) 560-0460
- Quail Roost Road and Ball Road (Bahama), (919) 477-8552
- Redwood Road and Electra Drive (Redwood), (919) 682-8200
- Highway 501 North and Bill Poole Road (Rougemont), (919) 477-4325

The City Council that requires recycling of "target recyclables" and makes
it unlawful to place them in garbage receptacles. The ordinance applies to
all waste generators - residential, commercial, and industrial. "Target
recyclables" are determined by the Solid Waste Management Department.
 
³Starting July 13, 2009, the City of Durham recycling program is getting
even better. Small recycling bins will be replaced with larger wheeled
recycling carts. This change will allow you to recycle even more. Because of
the increased capacity of the cart, recycling will be collected every other
week.² 

For more information about curbside recycling and solid waste disposal go to
www.durhamnc.gov/departments/solid/wr_default.cfm
<http://www.durhamnc.gov/departments/solid/wr_default.cfm> or call:
560-1200.

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Swap Shop (at the transfer station)
2115 East Club Boulevard
 
The purpose of the Swap Shop is to encourage waste reduction through the
practice of reuse. The goal is to divert good, useable items away from the
waste stream and conserve valuable landfill space. Residents having items in
working, useable condition donate them to the Swap Shop. Residents in need
of items visit the Swap Shop looking for the items. If the items are
available, they take them. "Swapping" extends both the life of the items and
the life of the landfill.

For guidelines, acceptable and unacceptable items visit:
http://www.durhamnc.gov/departments/solid/swap_shop2.cfm
 
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Hazardous Waste

This service is open to all Durham city and county residents. Commercial
users are forbidden from using the HHW center.

Acceptable Items from Households Only:

- Dry cell batteries
- Televisions, computers, and other electronic waste
- Fire extinguisher (dry chemical only)
- Florescent light bulbs
- Household cleaners
- Oil based paints (alternative disposal for latex paint)
- Garden chemicals and fertilizers
- Mercury thermometers

The collection center is located at:

Household Hazardous Waste Center
1900 East Club Boulevard
Durham, NC 27704
(Located across from the North Durham Water Reclamation Facility)

Operating Hours:
Tuesday and Wednesday from 12 p.m. ­ 6 p.m.
Thursday, Fridays, and Saturdays from 7:30 a.m. ­ 3 p.m.

For more info on Durham¹s HHW Collection Program call (919) 560-4186 or go
to http://www.durhamnc.gov/departments/solid
/hazardous_waste.cfm

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Cell Phones

There are organizations that will accept cell phones.  

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