Public Service
Announcement

Watertown SanitationDepartment

Recycle Update &
Aluminum

The week of Monday, April 23, 2018 Recycle Route A iscollected.  Recycle Route A is north of 3rd Ave N and all of Lake Kampeska and Derby Downs.  For Single Stream recycling co-mingle all recycle materials in the tan container for collection every other week.  If you
need a second recycling container, please go to our website to request one.  The City of Watertown will deliver anadditional Tan 95 gallon Single Stream recycling container at no charge.  

Please place your
collection containers out the night before your collection day to avoid missingthe truck.  Collection routes begin
at 5:00 AM, and there is no set time when they will cover a certain area oftown.  Trucks are not rerouted to pick up
containers that are put out late.  Please do not set out your recyclecontainer until it is full.  All
containers placed on the parkway or boulevard on the day of collection shall beremoved on the same day following collection.

Remember-Never
include glass in the recycle container.  Glass is not recycled and causes injuries on the sort line.

REMOVE & DISCARD ALLLIDS.  All the lids must be manually removed at the
recycle facility which is not cost effective.

Here are some interesting facts about ALUMINUM andMETAL recycling:

·        105,784
aluminum cans are recycled every minute in the United States.  That makes 55 billion cans per year recycled!

·        Aluminumcans are collected, shredded, melted, and flattened into sheets.  The sheets are coiled, cut, and shaped into
cans.  The whole process may take aslittle as 60 days from your recycling collection.

·        Aluminum
is the most abundant metal in earth’s crust, however many other metals are mucheasier to process.  Aluminum from
recycled containers takes 95% less energy to produce than mining and processingaluminum ore.

·        To
reduce contaminants, odors, and to keep pests away, rinse your metal andaluminum cans before putting in your recycling container.

·        Aluminum
can be recycled over and over.  In fact,67% of all aluminum ever produced is still in use today.

·        The
car you currently own is most likely made from metals used in earlier modelcars due to recycling.

·        Recycling
aluminum and metal saves landfill space!

Thanks for yourinterest in and awesome support of the single stream curbside recycle program!  Please visit the Watertown website www.watertownsd.us  for
further information or to request a recycle container.