HOW WILL THE PROGRAM WORK?

During four consecutive recycling cycles starting in October and ending in December, staff from the city’s Solid Waste Division and Office of Sustainability will be checking the contents of blue recycling carts with the targeted area on their scheduled recycling day. Cart-tagging staff will be wearing bright orange safety vests for easy identification. Recycling carts containing any of the top five contaminants will be tagged with an ‘Oops Tag’ to identify the non-recyclable materials and will not be serviced. The non-recyclable materials must be removed from the cart in order to be serviced on the next scheduled recycling day.

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1. WHAT IS THE RECYCLE RIGHT PILOT PROGRAM?
2. WHY IS THE PROGRAM NEEDED?
3. WHEN AND WHERE WILL IT TAKE PLACE?
4. HOW WILL NEIGHBORS BE NOTIFIED?
5. HOW WILL THE PROGRAM WORK?
6. WHAT IS CONTAMINATION?
7. WHY DID MY CART GET TAGGED AND WHAT DO I DO NOW?
8. WHAT ARE ACCEPTABLE ITEMS TO BE PUT IN MY RECYCLING CART?
9. WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF RECYCLING?
10. WHAT INFORMATION ARE YOU GATHERING DURING THE TAGGING PROCESS?
11. SHOULD I BAG MY RECYCLABLES? ARE PLASTIC BAGS ABLE TO BE RECYCLED?
12. IF ONLY PLASTICS #1 AND #2 CAN BE RECYCLED, WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH PLASTICS #3-#7?
13. WHERE CAN I TAKE THINGS LIKE BATTERIES, METAL, AND ELECTRONICS?