Do you have your Blue Recycling Bin?
Do you have your blue bin?
Recycling is an important part of our community!
GRRWA encourages you to properly load your recyclables in your blue bins for curb side pick up. Pick up your blue bins today at our office!
Fort Madison’s Curb Side Pick Up Routes
Below is a list of acceptable items and instructions for curb side pick up:
*Cardboard – Cardboard includes cardboard boxes, brown paper sacks, cereal boxes (remove all liners), chipboard, beverage containers, and pizza boxes. Brown corrugated cardboard must be broken down and put underneath the recycling bin. All other cardboard is to be broken down and placed in the bottom of the recycling bin. Any boxes not broken down will not be picked up on the residential recycling route.
*Newspapers and Magazines – Newspapers, advertising supplements, unwanted residential mail, magazines, catalogs, phone books and paperback books are all acceptable. Please remove all plastic wrap around magazines and catalogs. Do not bind newsprint or magazines. All recyclable paper must be placed in the bottom of recycle bin.
*Office Paper – Computer, typing, writing and photocopy paper, envelopes, and file folders are all recyclable. Do not bind or tie. All paper products must be placed in the bottom of recycle bin.
*Plastic Bottles and Jugs – Plastics accepted for recycling are #1 through #7. Check the bottom of the container for the recycling logo. The number identifying the type of plastic is inside the logo (i.e. food containers, milk jugs, detergent bottles, yogurt containers, soda, juice and water bottles, shampoo bottles, butter containers, bleach jugs, pet containers). All plastic must be placed in recycling bin on top of paper product.
*Tin Cans – All tin and aluminum cans are acceptable. They must be empty. Place in recycle bin on top of paper product.
All residential recycling must be loose in bin and broken down cardboard under the bin. NO PLASTIC BAGS!
As a reminder…all recyclables are accepted 24/7 at our convenient drop off locations in Fort Madison, Keokuk, Montrose, Franklin, West Point, Argyle, Wever, Denmark, Mt. Hamill and Charleston.