Changes prompt a reminder about recycling guidelines

AVONAs trash pickup changed recently, recycling coordinator Ellen Young hopes to remind citizens of the city's recycling guidelines.

Acceptable recyclable material for the city of Avon includes plastics numbered 1 and 2, aluminum cans, bi-metal cans such as soup and tuna containers, newspapers, other paper excluding phonebooks -- staples and spiral rings do not have to be removed, corrugated cardboard, paperboard including cereal, books and shoe boxes, any glass food bottles and jars --no light bulbs, mirrors or windows.

Although Young is looking into recycling Styrofoam and plastics higher than "2," she said these items will be thrown out rather than recycled if residents put them in their Allied Waste recycling bin.

Allied Waste's weekly curbside pickup includes yard waste for composting. To save yard waste from the landfill, residents can put clippings in brown compostable paper bags or traditional trash cans. Additionally, branches can be tied in 4-foot, manageable bundles.

Plant material can also be taken to Kurtz Bros., located at 1180 Miller Road in Avon. The yard waste service is free to Avon residents and extended to their other customers for a fee of $10 per yard.

Kurtz Bros. recycle organic material in their compost pile including leaves, shrubs and tree branches, though logs must be less than ten inches in diameter. Contact the Kurtz Bros. at (216) 986-7033 for more information.

Old phonebooks can be deposited in the yellow Paper Retriever bins located at every school in the city along with any other kind of paper.

Residents can drop off their old motor oil at the WalMart located at 35901 Chester Road by calling their Tire & Lube Department.

According to an Avon WalMart employee, there is no fee for the used oil service, but residents are limited to bringing in five gallons of used oil per day. The oil will then be recycled and reused. For more information, contact the Tire and Lube Department at (440) 937-4750....