The City of Holland continues to expand its curbside recycling program. See below for details on what can be placed in the Yellow Recycling Bag and put at curbside.
All of the items mentioned below may be placed in the Yellow Recycling Bag and put out along with your weekly garbage. Yellow Bags may be re-ordered by placing the Yellow Re-Order card on the handle of your refuse bin on pick up day and the driver will leave additional yellow bags - OR - you may call Customer Serive at 355-1500 to place your request.
Corrugated Cardboard
Place in yellow bag if it can fit - or just place it beneath the yellow bag next to the refuse bin.
Recyclable Items Include: All corrugated carboard (boxes and inserts).
Mixed Paper and Junk Mail
Place all material in the Yellow Recylcling Bag. When the bag is full, be sure to secure the top so nothing flys away during pick up.
Recyclable Items Include: Magazines, catalogs, any paper received through the mail, most residential mixed paper including boxboard (cereal boxes, shoe boxes), computer and school paper, and colored paper.
Do Not Include: Food product paper or cardboard that is contaminated with food residue. Books.
Newspaper
Place all newspaper in the Yellow Recycling Bag. Secure the top of the bag when it is full, so nothing flys away during pick up.
Recyclable Items Include: All newspaper, including inserts.
Do Not Include: Books.
Plastics and Polystyrene (better known as Styrofoam)
Instructions for Recycling: Completely rinse items to remove any food residue.
Recyclable Items Include: Clamshell food containers, egg cartons, meat trays, shiny rigid deli containers with a PS6 symbol on the bottom, all household bottles with either a PET1 or a HDPE2 symbol on the bottom (soda bottles, milk jugs, cleaning and laundry product containers, cooking oil bottles, water and juice bottles, personal care product containers, etc.). No tub-type containers; only plastics with a neck.
Do Not Include: Hot Beverage Cups. Household plastic bottles that do not have either a PET1 or a HDPE2 symbol on the bottom. Plastic containers used for automotive products (including motor oil), paint, solvents, lawn care products or other hazardous chemicals. Also, do not include building insulation, packing "peanuts", packaging materials for appliances, radios, TVs, etc. (These materials are Expanded Polystryrene - we can only accept Extruded Polystyrene).
Glass
Instructions for Recycling: Completely rinse items to remove any residue. Remove lids and discard.
Recyclable Items Include: Juice and food jars, pop and soda bottles, water bottles, beer and wine bottles of any color.
Do Not Include: Broken glass, light bulbs, window glass, drinking glasses, mirrors, ceramics and Pyrex containers.
Metals
Instructions for Recycling: Completely rinse items to remove any food residue. Remove labels from tin cans. Remove plastic lids from aerosol cans.
Recyclable Items Include: Tin food cans, aluminum beverage cans, aluminum foil and aerosol cans.
Do Not Include: Cans used for chemicals or paints, appliances, power tools, or batteries, large metal housing materials and car parts.
Batteries
Small household batterires are no longer considered to be hazardous waste. They may be placed in the normal garbage. BUT, rechargeable batteries and automotive batteries must be disposed of properly at a certified HHW (Household Hazardwous Waste) collection point. Ottawa County runs a drop off for HHW at the Autumn Hills Landfill.
Recyclable batteries include Rechargeable batteries or lithium/cadium batteries and larger batteries are still to be considered hazardous waste and must be disposed of properly at a certified Hazardous Waste collection site.