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CURBSIDE RECYCLING PROGRAM
Curbside recycling is collected on a bi-weekly schedule 
REQUIREMENTS:
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This recycling program is required for all residential and all commercial customers.
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Regular curbside recycling collection is on Tuesdays and Wednesdays bi-weekly. Bi-weekly curbside recycling will be provided by the Town and the recycling is on a different day than your weekly scheduled curbside trash collection.
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Each customer will have one recycling container: one 96-gallon town provided blue recycle cart.
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If the commercial customers have bulk containers/dumpsters for trash, then the business should comply with recycling dumpsters.
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Please consult with Public Works Director and then contact a solid waste provider to see what bulk recycling is available. Dumpsters shall be labeled for each product and what to deposit in each bulk container/dumpsters.
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Recycling is commingled in the rollout cart. It’s easy - No bagging! No sorting is required! -
Recycling schedules are available online at wilkesboronc.org, at the town hall and are also mailed annually with the utility bills.
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Recycling items should follow G.S.130-309.10 and the town’s solid waste policy.
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All recyclables need to be clean, free of food and debris and broken down flat.
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The recycling containers shall be set out for collection only on the designated day for each premise. If you forget to set it out for collection, it shall wait for the next week’s collection schedule or the customer may take recyclables to a town’s recycling center. See the section in this publication for recycling center locations inside and outside of town limits.
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The cart can be set out after 6:00 pm the evening prior of collection and must be at the curb by 6:00 am on collection day. The rollout cart and bin shall be removed from curb or alley by 7:00 pm the day of collection. Carts are NOT permitted to remain at the collection point continuously. No exceptions.
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The recycling containers shall be placed by the street within line 10 feet from the curb or where the rollout cart was delivered to the customer.
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All carts shall be easily accessible without having to unlock or lock the door, gate or similar obstacle, climb steps and steep inclines or encounter a vicious animal.
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Recycling containers shall not block or impede the traveled portion of a street.
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Customers who are physically disabled or have typographic site restrictions for collection may get an exemption. A physician’s note is required and may be re-verified any point during the agreement and all persons living in the home should be physically disabled. All exemptions are on a case-by-case basis and is at the discretion of the Public Works Director. The town reserves the right to continue or discontinue this service at any time. All exempt customers must comply with this agreement.
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Failure to comply will result in penalties, fines, trash collection not be collected in a timely manner, and/or further actions being taken to resolve issues. All penalties, fines and remedies are listed in the Solid Waste Policy and the schedule of fees.
ALL OTHER RECYCLABLES:
