What To Do List - G
This alphabetical list helps you determine the best way to dispose of everyday things. Click an item for instructions on how to dispose, recycle, or drop off your items. Click on the icon for more information.
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| Item | What to do | Handle As | Donate |
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Garage Door Openers | This item collected on recycling week only. Limit of 2 large items per recycling week. Place next to the garbage cart on the recycling day. Please post a sign or write on the item "For Solid Waste". Item will be picked up on next business day after recycling day. The metal track poles must be less than 6 feet in length and bundled. Bundles not to exceed 40 lbs. Limit of 2 bundles per recycling week. Remote controls: Remove the battery, bag and place the remote control inside the garbage cart. Please remember to recycle the battery. | ||
Garbage | Bag and place inside the garbage cart. Place the garbage cart at the collection point by 6:00 AM on the collection day. | | |
Garbage Disposal | This item collected on recycling week only. Limit of 2 large items per recycling week. Place next to the garbage cart on the recycling day. Please post a sign or write on the item "For Solid Waste". Item will be picked up on next business day after recycling day. | ||
Garden Plants | Garden plants can be included with grass clippings and leaves. Place in bags. Each bag must weigh less than 40 lbs. Do not use bags larger than 33 gallons. State law prohibits disposing of yard waste with the garbage. South Transfer Station does not accept yard waste. Yard waste collected mid-April through mid-November, weather permitting. | | |
Garden Pots, Plastic Trays | Bag and place inside the garbage cart. We do not accept garden pots or plastic trays in the recycling program. This plastic becomes weak and brittle when exposed to ultraviolet light and is not valued as recycling. | | |
Gas Cylinders & Tanks | Do NOT place in the garbage cart. This item NOT collected by Solid Waste & Recycling or accepted at the South Transfer Station. Disposal with garbage is prohibited. Disposal with garbage is prohibited, due to the potential danger from explosions. For a fee, Lakes Gas Company at (612) 529-9276 accepts compressed gas cylinders/tanks. | | |
Gasoline | Do NOT place in the garbage cart. This item NOT collected by Solid Waste & Recycling or accepted at the South Transfer Station. Disposal with garbage is prohibited. | | |
Gift Boxes | Bag and place inside the garbage cart. Not accepted with recycling. | | |
Gift Wrap | Bag and place inside the garbage cart. We do not accept gift wrap in the recycling program. | | |
Glass: food, beverage, bottles | Glass food or beverage bottles and jars. Clear, green, blue or brown glass. Rmevoe the caps, lids, and rings . Rinse and place in recyclin cart. WE DO NOT ACCEPT BROKEN GLASS. |
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Glass: Household Items | Example: auto glass, ceramic cups, clay garden pots, crystal, dishware, drinking glasses, mirrors, glass ovenware, plate glass, window or door glass. If you can't donate, then bag and place inside the garbage cart. We do not accept the items or broken glass in the recycling program. | | |
Glossy coated paper | Glossy coated paper: junk mail, magazines & catalogs. Place in recycling cart. |
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Grass Clippings | Grass clippings can be included with leaves. Place in bags. Each bag must weigh less than 40 lbs. Do not use bags larger than 33 gallons. Solid Waste & Recycling recommends that you leave grass clippings on your lawn . State law prohibits disposing of yard waste with the garbage. South Transfer Station does not accept yard waste. Yard waste collected mid-April through mid-November, weather permitting. |
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Grease: Cooking Oil | Bag securely and place small amounts (up to one (1) gallon per week) inside the garbage cart. Cooking grease or cooking oil should not be poured down a drain! | | |
Greeting Cards | Bag and place inside the garbage cart. We do not accept greeting cards in the recycling program. St. Judes Ranch for Children no longer accepts greeting cards for reuse/recycling. | | |
Grill | This item collected on recycling week only. Limit of 2 large items per recycling week. Place next to the garbage cart on the recycling day. Please post a sign or write on the item "For Solid Waste". Item will be picked up on next business day after recycling day. | ||
Grocery Bags | We do not accept with the recycling program. Save and use to separate recycling, or see donate. | | |
Gun Cleaning Products | Do NOT place in the garbage cart. This item NOT collected by Solid Waste & Recycling or accepted at the South Transfer Station. Disposal with garbage is prohibited. | | |
Guns | Do NOT place in the garbage cart. This item NOT collected by Solid Waste & Recycling or accepted at the South Transfer Station. Disposal with garbage is prohibited. | | |
Gutters | Metal Gutters: This item collected on recycling week only. Gutters must be less than 6 feet in length and bundled. Place next to the garbage cart on the recycling day. Please post a sign or write on the item "For Solid Waste". Item will be picked up on next business day after recycling day. Limit of 2 large items per week. Metal items to place next to the garbage cart on recycling day only. |
Last updated May. 16, 2013