The Milwaukee Post

MILWAUKEE — The Department of Public Works provides residents these tips on how to reduce waste: ■ Choose reusable plates, cups, and utensils for holiday gatherings. ■ Make recycling easy for guests by placing and labeling a recycling receptacle next to your garbage can. ■ Use a reusable bag while shopping. Refuse plastic bags when not needed. ■ Get creative with wrapping. Reuse newspapers or paper grocery bags as gift wrap. Incorporate the wrapping into the gift, such as giving kitchen tools wrapped in a hand towel. Reuse gift bags and rib- bons from previous years. ■ Purchase gift wrap and holiday cards made from post-consumer recycled paper. ■ Donate old toys and clothes to help another person and avoid sending them to the landfill If every household in Milwaukee reused one yard of ribbon, the saved rib- bon could stretch from Milwaukee to Green Bay. Recycle holiday items ■ Greeting cards and wrapping paper can be placed in the recycling bin or cart as long as they are free of ribbons, foil and other non-paper items ■ Cardboard gift boxes and packaging can be flattened and recycled or saved to be re-used Not recyclable ■ Gift bags, tissue paper, ribbons and bows. Re-use them next year and save money and room in the landfill. ■ Christmas lights do not go in the recycling bin/cart. To recycle, visit holi- dayleds.com/ or take them to a Habitat for Humanity ReStore. Strands of lights also can be placed in the garbage cart. Christmas trees ■ Artificial trees, if not donated for reuse, must be thrown away as garbage. ■ Real trees can be taken to one of the city's Self Help Drop Off Centers to be composted or mulched. All decorations and lights must be removed first – the tree must be "naked." ■ Real trees can be placed at your reg- ular garbage collection site (alley or curb) for pick-up by DPW crews. Trees picked up by crews will be go in landfills. Overflowing recycling carts ■ Extra recyclables can be placed in a clear, plastic bag and set next to the recy- cling cart. Recyclables that fit in the cart should be loose in the cart and not in plastic bags. ■ Flatten all boxes. Extra, flat boxes can be leaned up against the cart or placed under the cart. ■ Alternative: Bring extra recyclables to a city Self Help Drop Off Center. ■ For recycling routes that do not have guaranteed collection during the winter, visit the DPW website for a projected date for the next collection: milwaukee.gov/services/garbage_day Drop-off centers For information on the city's drop-off centers (hours, locations, what is accept- able, etc.), go to MilwaukeeRecycles.com. The centers will be closed today through Monday, Dec. 30, Dec. 31 and Jan. 2. Recycling collection schedules To determine their next scheduled garbage and recycling dates residents can visit MilwaukeeRecycles.com. There will be no garbage or recycling pick-up today Monday, Dec. 30 and Jan. 2. Go to MilwaukeeRecycles.com for more information on acceptable materials. Daily tips, tricks, and recycling facts can be found at F a c e b o o k . c o m / M i l w a u k e e R e c y c l e s . Residents can also call 414-286-CITY (2489) for more information. 2 • Milwaukee County Post • December 23, 2016 Managing your holiday recyclables Volume 22, issue number 51 The Milwaukee Post (ISSN 1544-1776) is published weekly by Conley Media, Milwaukee County 3397 South Howell Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53207 For all departments call: 414-744-6370 News display and advertising FAX: 414-375-7070 Classifieds: 800-762-6219 ext. 5005 Classified Fax: 262-334-6252 For display advertising inquires: 414-744-6370 Barry Richards: Advertising Representative — ext. 13 brichards@conleynet.com Julia LeGath: Advertising Representative — ext. 17 jlegath@conleynet.com Jim Baumgart Advertising Sales Director — 262-513-2621 jbaumgart@conleynet.com For editorial questions: Dan Muckelbauer Editor 262-513-2626 dmuck@conleynet.com POSTMASTER: Send address changes to the Milwaukee Post 3397 S. Howell Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53207 Periodicals Postage Paid at Milwaukee, WI. 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