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Recycling for Rural, Letts and Cotter Residents
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Drop off bins for
recyclables are available to rural households and residents of Letts and
Cotter. These bins are located at the
Louisa County Transfer station on the southern border of city of Wapello.
Transfer Station Hours:
Monday – Friday: 8:00 a.m.
– 4:00 p.m.
Saturday: 9:00 a.m. – noon
Closed most holidays
(319) 523-5013 |
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Notes:
- Condense recyclables by
crushing and stacking.
- Do not put storage bags or
boxes in bins.
- Please help keep this
service free by recycling correctly. See information below.
To download a brochure on the Rural Recycling
program in an
Acrobat® Reader®
software file, click
here.
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Rural Recycling brochure. This software is freely available, to get the
Acrobat® Reader® software, please click on the icon at the bottom of the page.
Recycle Right!
Newspapers
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All newspapers and their
glossy inserts can be recycled. Papers must be dry and without residues
(paint, food, etc.)
They can be tied with a
string, put in paper bags, placed in cardboard boxes, or placed loose in the
newspaper drop-off bin.
Do not include:
Magazines, catalogs, phone books, junk mail, books, cereal boxes |
Cardboard
Both
corrugated and thin cardboard can be recycled.
Please flatten before placing in middle bin.
With
Cardboard:
Corrugated
cardboard
Boxes with staples
Telephone books
Brown paper sacks
Chip board (cereal, tissue boxes, etc.)
Sacks with string |
Do not include:
Wax-coated
cardboard
Feed/seed sacks
Pop carriers
Anything with food residue |
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Clear Glass Bottles
& Jars
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Food
and beverage storage containers only. These bottles and jars must be
rinsed and the lids removed. (Metal lids can go with the tin cans.)
Not
Recyclable:
Drinking glasses, window glass, light bulbs,
mirrors, crystal ovenware, ceramic cups & plates, clay flower pots, heat
resistant baking glass or Pyrex. |
Office Paper
Many types
of paper can be recycled including envelopes, colored paper, file folders, and
junk mail.
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Do
not include:
Newspaper, cardboard, magazines, books, Christmas wrapping paper, carbon
paper or other sensitized paper, blueprint paper, film, photographs, tape or
glue, metal embossing, metal objects (fasteners, and staples are okay). |
Magazines
All glossy
magazines and catalogs may be recycled.
Plastic Bottles & Jugs
Check the
bottom of the containers for the recycling logo. Inside the logo is a number
identifying the type of plastic. Plastics accepted for recycling are types 1
thru 7.
Examples
of Acceptable Plastics:
Food containers
Detergent bottles
Shampoo bottles
Milk jugs
Butter container |
Bleach jugs
Juice jugs
PET containers
Yogurt containers |
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Do
not include:
Motor oil containers
Batteries
Styrofoam
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Please
rinse and crush all containers. Discard all caps and
lids.
Metal Cans
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All tin
and aluminum cans are acceptable. Rinse and remove labels if possible. Crush
the cans or stack smaller ones inside larger cans. |
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