We Need Your Help

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We Need Your Help!

We got off to a very good start with your curbside recycling program. Your continued participation will insure the ongoing success of this program. We encourage residents to RECYCLE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. Only solid wastes generated by Stratham residents within Stratham should be part of the collection program. It is not only environmentally sound but financially advantageous in the long run to RECYCLE. Please take a few minutes to review this brochure, and recycle as many items as possible. Extra Recycling Bins are available at the Town Office at the cost of $10.00 each.

You can help our community and the environment by participating in this program. It takes just a few minutes of your time, and can make a real difference!

How Does Trash Pick-up Work?______

Trash is picked up on a weekly basis. Contact the Town Office for information regarding your collection day.

TRASH MUST BE BAGGED AND TIED and at curbside at 7:00 a.m. on your collection day. Heavy duty plastic bags, not to exceed 30 pounds in weight, are recommended. Loose trash in barrels will NOT be picked up.

In areas of town where animals and birds have been a problem, a solution of 50% ammonia and 50% water sprayed on the outside of trash bags at curbside has been helpful. If the problem persists, you may loosely place your bagged and tied garbage in a container. If this continues to be a problem please call Waste Management.

It is important to remember that with this program, we need your cooperation in order to avoid the costly "Pay Per Bag" programs that are being used in surrounding communities.

How Does Recycling Work?________

Recyclables are collected weekly on the same day as your bagged and tied trash.

It’s easy! Place all COMMINGLED recyclables (glass, narrow-neck plastic bottles, tin (steel) and aluminum cans) together in the bin after you have rinsed them out. Please remove, tops, caps and covers before recycling.

Place all PAPER recyclables next to your trash or on top of your commingled recyclables, putting newspapers in brown paper grocery bags, bundling magazines with twine, & bundling corrugated cardboard for pick-up.

Excess recyclables can be taken directly to the Transfer Station on Union Road on Saturdays during regular hours. SEE ATTENDANT.

RECYCLE! RECYCLE! RECYCLE!

___ _HELPFUL HINTS_ __

In bad weather, please cover the recycling bin to keep paper recyclables dry.

Remember, please have both trash bags and recycling bin at your curb by 7:00 a.m. on your collection day.

Please use substantial twine for bundling magazines and corrugated cardboard. Tape or plastic is not acceptable.

What NOT to Throw Out as Trash____

Acids and alkalies

Animal carcasses and manure

Containers with liquid contents

Asbestos materials

Hazardous waste as defined by State and

Federal Agencies

Ammunition and Explosives

Medical/Dental wastes (including needles)

Septage

Nuclear related waste

Anything deemed inappropriate by the Town of

Stratham or by Waste Management

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The following items which are NOT acceptable at the curb, but may be disposed of at the Transfer Station on Union Road for a fee:

Wood

Bulky items such as furniture,

televisions, etc.

Lawn cuttings, tree and shrub limbs,

Garden waste

Large unburnable items such as

Bicycles, bedsprings, washers, etc.

Used non-synthetic motor oil is accepted at the Town garage during working hours or at the Transfer Station. Call 772-5550 for more information.

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The following items which are NOT acceptable at the curb, but can be brought to the Annual Fall Hazardous Waste Collection free of charge:

Chlorine cleansers, swimming pool

Disinfectants

Flammable liquids

Mercury vapor lamps

Pesticides

Roof cement

Oil based paints

Solvents, oils and thinners

Batteries (auto and household)

WE NEED YOUR HELP!