Important NoticeScheduled Recycle Pickups
CityOfStarkville.org website: March 12, 2010
There are five (5) Wednesdays in March, June, September and December for calendar year 2010. The Recycling Schedule is based on a 4 week month and does not account for the 5th week in the months listed above for this year. There will not be any pickups for recycling on the fifth week of any month containing 5 weeks. The Recycling Schedule will continue its normal (1st and 3rd/ 2nd and 4th) schedule beginning the first week in April.
Pick Up DaysMonday and Thursday residential routes will be picked up on 1st and 3rd Wednesday of every month Tuesday and Friday residential routes will be picked up on 2nd and 4th Wednesday of every month Get your bags today!The City of Starkville has started a FREE and voluntary curbside recycling program for its residents. If you ran out of Green recycling bags, you can go by the City Sanitation Dept to get more bags. Share the NewsPrint and post this poster [PDF] at your office, church or your favorite place in town, let everyone now about curbside recycling. Have questions? email us at info@greenstarkville.org How the program worksYou can sign up starting this Saturday (August 29th) at the Community Market, from 8:00AM till 11:00AM, and at the Sanitation Department during the week days from 7:00 AM till 4:00PM. Sign-up at the Community Market is available every Saturday ONLY Starkville residents who receive curbside trash pickup can take advantage of this program. Bring your ID and an electric bill with you when you come to sign up. When you sign up, you will get green translucent bags. You must use these bags to collect your recyclables and place them at the curb every other Wednesday, as detailed below. The first curbside recycling pickup will take place on Wednesday October 7th, 2009 What goes in the bag| Plastic | Plastic bags, shrink wrap, milk jugs, any beverage bottles, detergent containers, bleach and detergent containers, potting pots, and nursing pots. | | Cardboard | Corrugated cardboard, cereal boxes, cracker boxes, shoe boxes, juice boxes and cartons, milk and cream cartons, egg cartons. | | Office Paper | Any of your white or light color paper such as printing paper, envelops, sticky notes, bills, and postcards. | | Mixed Paper | Dark colored paper, phone books, magazines, catalogs, junk mail, glossy paper, grocery paper containers such as sugar bags and cat food bags (as long as it doesn't have plastic wraps on the inside), junk mail, juice and milk cartons. Also newspapers and inserts. | | Scrap Metal | Aluminum cans, and steal cans such as food cans. |
Recycling Do's and Don'ts- ALL recyclables go in the bag
- Wash out any food residue left in food containers.
- Recycling bags must be tied placed at curb by 6:30AM of the pick up day
- All recycling pickups will be on Wednesdays ONLY. There will be no recycling pickups on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
- Monday and Thursday residential routes will be picked up on 1st and 3rd Wednesday of every month
Tuesday and Friday residential routes will be picked up on 2nd and 4th Wednesday of every month
City Sanitation Department| Website | www.CityofStarkville.org | | Location | 506 Douglas L. Conner Drive
Starkville, MS 39759 | | Phone | 662.323.2652 | | Operation Hours | Monday through Friday, 7:00am-4:00pm. |
Starkville Recycling Services| Website | www.StarkvilleRecycling.com | | Location | 211 C C Clark Rd
Starkville, MS 39759 | | Phone | 662.324.0930 | | Operation Hours | Monday through Friday, 8:00am-12:00pm and 1:00pm-4:00pm
Drop-off site is open 24 hours. | | Recyclables | Takes plastics, office paper, cardboard, scrap metal, aluminum cans, computers and other electronics. |
City Recycling Drop-off LocationsAll city drop-off locations takes office paper, cardboard, and aluminum cans, and are open 24hours. - Fire Station #1 (corner of Lampkin and Russell)
- Fire Station #4 (corner of S. Montgomery and Academy)
- Avenue of Patriots at Whitfield Street (just off of Hwy. 12)
- Synergetics (501 Highway 12 West)
BluBox RecyclingIf you don't live within the city of Starkville, or if you do and would like different experience in recycling pick-up that includes glass, here is another option to consider. BluBox Recycling. They are based out of Columbus, Mississippi, and have been a strong ally in promoting community recycling. |
