1. What is the recyclable this week?
You can check the recycling calendar which can be viewed as part of this web page.

2. How can I get a recycling Calendar?
Call the Garbage Hotline at 661-1651 or Communications at 661-1666 to request that a calendar be mailed to your home. Copies are available at the BPU Public Service Office, 92 Steele Street. Calendars also are available in the Spanish language.

3. What are the hours and phone number of the South County Transfer Station?
The phone number is 665-6894.
www.co.chautauqua.ny.us/departments/dpf/landfill/Pages/default.aspx

4. Why didn't they pick up my colored glass?
Colored glass cannot be mixed with clear glass because we do not have a recycling vendor will take colored glass. Therefore, you may either discard the colored glass in the trash or you may take it to the transfer station to recycle.

5. What is corrugated cardboard?
Corrugated cardboard is defined as “two pieces of heavy paper (usually brown) with a wavy layer in between them.” Corrugated cardboard is a mandatory recyclable item and must be placed at the curb. Cardboard should be flattened and placed within the yellow recycling container or the flattened pieces may be contained in one larger box. PIZZA BOXES ARE CONSIDERED DIRTY AND SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN AND PUT IN REGULAR GARBAGE BAGS. Boxboard (such as cereal boxes, soda cartons, food boxes and most shoe boxes) is not corrugated and may discarded in the weekly trash or taken to the South County Transfer Station or the County Landfill. Corrugated cardboard is also accepted at the South County Transfer Station or the County Landfill in Ellery.

6. What are the hours of the Yard Waste Site?
The Fluvanna Avenue Yard Waste Site is open seasonally from 4-7 p.m. Wednesdays and from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Saturdays. Typically, the site is open from May through October on Wednesday evenings and May through November on Saturdays, weather-permitting. However, during October and November, you should contact the Garbage Hotline at 661-1651 to make sure the site is still open.

7. What can I do with paint cans?
Paint cans may be discarded in the trash if the can is empty or the paint is dried. Kitty litter may be placed in liquid paint cans to dry the paint. Once dry, the cans may be left at the curb with lids removed, without being put in garbage bags.

8. What can I do with my magazines & paperback books?
These items can be recycled with newspapers along with junk mail and office paper.

9. What can I do with hard cover books?
Hard cover books may be discarded in the trash.

10. Do newspapers have to be covered?
Newspapers NO LONGER have to be kept dry when they are placed at the curb, therefore the recycling container is not required to have a lid.