Solid Waste -
What's New
Mesa residents can bring their no
longer needed electronic equipment (computers,
monitors, printers, televisions, DVD players, VCRs,
stereo equipment, PDA phones, etc.) and up to five
boxes of personal documents to this free special
event.
Event flyer (PDF, 1 page)
Mesa residents may recycle their Christmas trees
at any of the five convenient locations throughout
Mesa as part of the
Christmas
Tree Recycling Program now through Jan. 11,
2009.
Mesa residents may now recycle all plastic cups
and containers #1-7 in the
blue recycle
barrel.
Paint is now available through the
Paint Reuse
Program but inventory levels change daily.
Due to a high level of demand for paint, hold
requests will not be accepted and available supplies
will be distributed on a first come, first serve
basis.
If your television set has a digital tuner or you
are subscribing to cable/satellite service, you
should be ready to receive digital transmissions.
Learn more about the
digital tv transition coming February 17, 2009
and how it will impact your current household
television sets.
For every additional pound of material Mesa
residents recycle over last year’s total between
July 1, 2008, and June 30, 2009, a direct
contribution will be made to the library for the
purchase of new library material up to a grand total
$25,000. For more information visit
Recycle for
Reading or watch the
Recycle
for Reading video.
New
Federal prescription drug disposal guidelines
urge residents to dispose of any unused, unneeded or
expired medication in the trash or take them to a
pharmaceutical take-back location for safe disposal.
Residents are being asked to avoid throwing them
down the drain as the drugs may pass through sewage
treatment plants and septic tanks into surface
waters, soils, and the groundwater.
Residents can learn about barrel
basics to ensure collection of their black, blue and
green barrels.
Barrel Basics
video (Windows Media)
Plastic cups & containers #1-7 and metal food
cans are now being accepted at the East Mesa Service
Center recycling drop-off location. These
items, along with glass bottles, may be dropped off
in any blue barrel located at the site. Visit
drop-off recycling for more information.
Are you filling up your 90-gallon black barrel on a weekly basis? If not,
then consider switching to a 60-gallon black barrel instead. Designed for
customers who do not produce a significant amount of trash, utilizing this
barrel size can reduce your monthly trash bill from $23.34 to $20.83, generating
a $2.51 monthly savings.
Blue Barrel Flyer (.pdf 1
page) - List of acceptable blue barrel items which is suitable for posting on
refrigerator or near recycling container.
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