reporting a missed collection), use the online service request or call (414) 286-CITY (2489). promotes recycling and waste reduction information and tips for City of Milwaukee residents. Visit MilwaukeeRecycles.com for information on our program, including a list of recyclables accepted in the bin or cart, Drop Off Center locations, and collection schedule information. If you require immediate assistance for issues such as reporting a missed collection, please use our online service request or call (414) 286-CITY (2489) so your request is handled promptly. Visit http://city.milwaukee.gov/connect#.WFv9FFUrKUk for a list of other City of Milwaukee Social Media Pages.
Plastic bags and films do not belong in your curbside recycling.
However, you can still recycle them by returning them to a retail drop off near you. Find locations and accepted types of bags and films here: https://www.plasticfilmrecycling.org/
Did you know? Less than 6 cubic yards of brush and branches (less than 6” diameter) can be taken to a Drop Off Center free of charge. Think just less than six arm chairs. That's a lot of brush! Brush and branches will be composted. Hours and locations: www.milwaukee.gov/dropoff
You can request a brush pick up through November. As we enter leaf collection, remember not to put brush in leaf piles. Keep it separate (between the curb and sidewalk) and call 286-CITY or request a brush collection online. More information here: https://city.milwaukee.gov/sanitation/Yard-Food-Waste/BrushCollection
Give them something spooky 👻
Get spooky with your #upcycle crafts this October.
Take plastic trick-or-treating pumpkins and repurpose them as Halloween décor for inside or outside your home! Learn how here: https://www.sadieseasongoods.com/rusty-junky-plastic-pumpkins/
While scrap metal is recyclable, it's not recyclable in your curbside cart. When items like car bumpers and rotors are placed in carts, these sharp, heavy objects can damage sorting equipment that's built to handle smaller, lighter items like aluminum and tin cans.
Scrap metal CAN be recycled at the City's Drop Off Centers. Visit www.milwaukee.gov/dropoff for hours and locations.
Download or print your copy of the curbside recycling guide here: Milwaukee.gov/RecycleGuide
Want to make your holidays green? Join Keep Greater Milwaukee Beautiful (KGMB) tomorrow (Wed. Oct. 14th) at 2 PM for a webinar on just that! Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/register/WN__fwOHbqmReK3aBHmSs_6Zg
The next Webinar Wednesday presentation is next week! Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__fwOHbqmReK3aBHmSs_6Zg
Returning your bag back to the store? 🙌 Don't forget to empty it of receipts, shopping lists, and other objects first.
Friends don't let friends bag their recyclables.
Did you know? You can recycle your old appliances at a City Drop Off Center. Appliances include air conditioners, clothes washers and dryers, dishwashers, freezers, microwaves, ovens, refrigerators, furnaces, boilers, dehumidifiers, water heaters, and stoves. Visit www.milwaukee.gov/dropoff for locations and hours.
Have a working fridge or freezer that you'd like removed from your home? Focus on Energy will pick it up and recycle it free of charge. Learn more here: https://focusonenergy.com/appliance?gclid=CjwKCAjwlID8BRAFEiwAnUoK1S5KdpQhxyN4VoLW0NXlrJZfDuNmBEcd33Kt52BoTsgo3x9MIdWOuxoC6RgQAvD_BwE
This Sunday, October 11th, is your last day to check out 2020 Virtual Doors Open Milwaukee!
Ever wondered where your curbside recyclables go? Wonder no more! Take a virtual tour of our recycling facility: https://historicmilwaukee.org/doors-open/buildings/city-of-milwaukee-and-waukesha-county-recycling-education-center-and-materials-recycling-facility-mrf/
Welcome to week two of the 2020 Virtual Doors Open! We invite you to continue exploring the 85+ virtual building tours, learning about Milwaukee's neighborhoods, joining live virtual events, and more.
If you have participated in Doors Open events, we would welcome your feedback. By completing this year's survey you will be entered in a raffle to win a limited edition Polaroid Camera. Let us know what you have enjoyed and how we can continue to make the event even better.
Happy exploring!
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What material has over a 95% recycling rate in the U.S.?
If you guessed car batteries, you're right!
Thanks to product stewardship, you can recycle your old car battery at any retailer that sells automotive batteries. Product stewardship is circular system that thinks about how to recycle or properly dispose of an item before it's even sold.
Retailers charge a deposit of $10 on the sale of lead-acid batteries and refund the deposit if the customer returns it to the same retailer. If you're not buying a new battery, the retailer may charge $3 to recycle the used battery. Or you can take them to a Drop Off Center and recycle them for free. Visit www.milwaukee.gov/dropoff for hours and locations.
Save campaign signs for reuse or put them in the garbage. These signs cannot be recycled. ❌
Did you know? You can recycle antifreeze at the City's Drop Off Centers. Visit www.milwaukee.gov/dropoff for locations and hours of operation.
Don't forget to take advantage of the virtual Doors Open Milwaukee event going on now and once you have, consider taking the survey below about your experience.
Ever wonder where your recyclables go? You can find out here: https://historicmilwaukee.org/doors-open/buildings/city-of-milwaukee-and-waukesha-county-recycling-education-center-and-materials-recycling-facility-mrf/
Welcome to week two of the 2020 Virtual Doors Open! We invite you to continue exploring the 85+ virtual building tours, learning about Milwaukee's neighborhoods, joining live virtual events, and more.
If you have participated in Doors Open events, we would welcome your feedback. By completing this year's survey you will be entered in a raffle to win a limited edition Polaroid Camera. Let us know what you have enjoyed and how we can continue to make the event even better.
Happy exploring!
#doorsopenmke
❌ 💉 Needles are dangerous and are not recyclable. Please do not put them in the recycling or garbage cart. 🙅Find a collection site near you: https://wisconsindnr.shinyapps.io/sharpscollectorsite/
Habit change can be tough, but friends don't let friends bag their recyclables.
RECYCLING TIP: Keep that plastic bag out of the cart - take back to the store. No ponga en bolsas el reciclaje. Many locations collecting again, but call first if unsure: https://www.plasticfilmrecycling.org/recycling-bags-and-wraps/find-drop-off-location/
U.S. glass containers are a $5.5 billion industry supporting 18,000 jobs. You're supporting that every time you place a glass bottle or jar into the curbside bin. https://www.glassrecycles.org/why-recycle-glass
Starting tomorrow, Oct. 1 and ending Nov. 15, City of Milwaukee residents may rake their leaves into the curb lanes. DPW Milwaukee will begin collecting leaves on October 18. To ensure collection, please make sure your leaves are raked out to the curb by the deadline.
Tips for residents for a successful fall leaf collection:
• Rake leaves loose into the curb lane. Leave a 1 foot gap between the leaves and the curb.
o This gap helps ensure the equipment can collect all of the leaves and protects the equipment from being damaged and helps prevent flooding by allowing storm water to move to the storm drains.
• Keep piles away from sewer grates, storm drains, and low hanging trees.
• On-street parking can impact the ability to access raked out leaves and can slow leaf collection operations. Currently night time alternate side parking regulations remain suspended and as a result we anticipate increased challenges for leaf collection this fall. To minimize this impact, avoid parking on or adjacent to leaf piles so that crews can access and remove leaves.
• Include yard debris such as flowers, garden trimmings, and weeds on top of leaf piles.
• Do not include grass clippings, pumpkins, litter, or bagged material.
• Do not put brush in the leaf piles. Keep brush separate and located between the curb and sidewalk. Call 286-CITY or request a brush collection online.
• After the collection deadline, take your leaves and yard debris to the Drop Off Centers up to 6 cubic yards without fees.
Recycling creates industry. One ton of recycled glass can support eight jobs. https://www.glassrecycles.org/why-recycle-glass
Raw materials for glass packaging can be completely source from within North America, and most glass customers and suppliers are within 300 miles of production plants. https://www.glassrecycles.org/why-recycle-glass
Always remember to Know Before You Throw. Find your curbside recycling guide here 👉 Milwaukee.gov/RecycleGuide
The weight of glass bottles has been reduced by approximately 40% over the past 30 years. https://www.glassrecycles.org/why-recycle-glass
BE COUNTED and complete the #2020Census today at 2020census.gov. It’s quick & easy, important, confidential and helps fund community services. #togetherwecount
Deadline September 30. Call 844-330-2020. ¡Haga el censo hoy! Fecha límite 30 de septiembre de 2020. Llame al 844-468-2020. 2020census.gov
Friends don't let friends bag their recyclables.
A relative 10% increase in recycled glass reduces 8% of particulates, 4% nitrogen oxide, and 10% sulfur oxides from the air. https://www.glassrecycles.org/why-recycle-glass
Don't let a plastic bag stop your recyclables from making it through the sorting process.
Friends don't let friends bag their recyclables.
Did you know? 1 ton of carbon dioxide is reduced for every 6 tons of recycled container glass used in manufacturing. City of Milwaukee residents recycled over 6,640 tons of glass containers in 2019. That's a big impact! https://city.milwaukee.gov/recycle/Reports-Media
In the U.S. in 2014, 32.5% of all glass containers were recycled, 40% of beer and soft drink bottles, 32% of wine and spirits bottles, and just 15% of food and other glass jars. Let's keep getting those numbers up! https://www.glassrecycles.org/why-recycle-glass
81% of the U.S. population have recycling programs available for glass beverage bottles. Did you know that in Wisconsin, glass containers are banned from landfill? Learn more:https://dnr.wi.gov/files/PDF/pubs/wa/wa1574.pdf
Glass container and fiberglass industries purchase ~3.2 million tons of recycled glass annually to supply over 70 U.S. manufacturing plants.
Recycled glass is critical to the manufacture of new glass bottles and jars. https://www.glassrecycles.org/why-recycle-glass
Glass bottles and jars can go from your recycling bin to the store shelf in as little as 30 days. https://www.glassrecycles.org/why-recycle-glass
Friends don't let friends bag their recyclables.
Did you know? Glass bottles are 100% and endlessly recyclable in a closed loop system. https://www.glassrecycles.org/why-recycle-glass
On average, new glass bottles for food and beverages contain 33% recycled glass. Manufacturers can use as much as 100% recycled glass. https://www.glassrecycles.org/why-recycle-glass
Join Keep Greater Milwaukee Beautiful (KGMB) for tomorrow's webinar Wednesday on how to create a green team and start and sustain a school recycling program (Sept. 9th at 2 PM). Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_w2K508ojSEi1LPXogMaE_w
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Here's some video from this morning's tree take down! You can. Take your live tree to either Drop Off Center and don't forget to grab some mulch while you are there!
Thanks CBS 58 for coming out this morning and talking about how your Christmas tree can be the gift that keeps on giving!
Driving on a route in the North side of the City to learn what we can all do to help our drivers out and be better recyclers!
Our new education room is being installed today!
Let the carton live on!!
Recycle For Good! promotes recycling and waste reduction information and tips for City of Milwaukee residents. Visit MilwaukeeRecycles.com for information on our program, including a list of recyclables accepted in the bin or cart, Drop Off Center locations, and collection schedule information. If you require immediate assistance for issues such as reporting a missed collection, please use our online service request or call (414) 286-CITY (2489).
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