Pleasant Grove Opt Out Recycling
Pleasant Grove City approved a Recycling Program in August, 2009 in an effort to encourage residents to participate in curbside recycling. Under the recycling program and in an effort to make it more convenient to take advantage of curbside recycling services, all customers using a rollaway garbage can will automatically be signed up to receive this recycling service. Nothing is required of you if you would like to receive this service.
The City will automatically sign you up to receive the service and will bill you $5.90 per month for curbside recycling pick up every other week. The recycling program will not start until Spring 2010. This will give Allied Waste time to order the needed recycling bins and deliver them to the customers.
If you do not want to receive curbside recycling services, you must come into City Hall (70 South 100 East) and fill out an “Opt Out” form. This must be done in writing by February 16, 2010. Emails or phone calls will not be accepted.
Once in the program, you cannot opt out. If you choose to opt out initially, and later change your mind, you can opt in at any time Pleasant Grove City would like to encourage residents to contribute to a cleaner, healthier environment by recycling.
Recycling Q&A
A. The city has approved Allied Waste as our curbside recycling service provider. Allied Waste will begin the process by ordering recycling carts for all participants and delivering them to homes. This will take several weeks. Allied Waste anticipates delivery of carts in the last 2 weeks of December. Actual curbside pick-up will begin January, 2010.
A. Curbside pick-up will begin January, 2010. The following month, resident participants will see an additional item on their utility bills: Recycling. The amount will be $5.90 per month. This covers the costs of picking up recyclables from your home and transporting them to a recycling transfer station.
A. Curbside pick-up of recyclables will take place every other week; a total of 26 times a year.
A. Allied Waste is now working on setting routes and schedules. When a final schedule is in place, Allied Waste and Pleasant Grove City will communicate with all participants. Once a pick-up day is set, it will be the same day of the week, every other week. Your cart, when delivered, will be tagged notifying you of your service day and other pertinent information regarding the recycling program.
A. Plastic bottles, aluminum cans, newspaper, and plain cardboard are among the items that can be recycled. Glass, Styrofoam, and food-contaminated items cannot. For a complete list of which materials are acceptable and how to prepare them for recycling, please click here.
A. You do not need to separate acceptable recyclables. Everything can go into the recycling cart together.
A. No, it is not. Residents may choose whether to participate in the program or not. Pleasant Grove, as Utah’s City of Trees, encourages all residents to be environmentally aware. The curbside recycling program we are adopting is an “opt-out” program.
A. Pleasant Grove’s recycling program begins by assuming that residents will take part. If you do not want to participate in the recycling program, you have until November 15, 2009 to opt out. Opting out is accomplished by coming to city hall and personally signing an opt-out form.
A. Failing to opt out by November 15, 2009 automatically enrolls you as a participant in the recycling program.
A. Nothing. All residents with current curbside garbage pick-up will be enrolled in the curbside recycling program automatically, unless they opt out by November 15, 2009.
A. Yes. If you opt out by November 15, 2009, you may change your mind later and participate in the recycling program.
A. No. The decision to participate in the curbside recycling program is permanent.
A. Pleasant Grove is now a recycling city. All residents who move in after November 15, 2009 will be permanently enrolled in the curbside recycling program.
A. Apartment residents and all others who do not have individual curbside garbage pick-up will need to work through your Home Owners Association to arrange special recycling pick-up directly with Allied Waste.
A. The recycling carts are about the same size as your current curbside waste cart. Both carts are approximately 95 gallons in volume.
A. Yes. Call city hall and arrange to have one garbage cart canceled once the recycling program begins in January. You will receive instructions on the retrieval of the empty cart, and your utility bill will be reduced to single cart garbage pick-up.
A. No. The Allied Waste trucks are designed to pick up recyclables only from the recycle carts. You will need to compact the recyclables or hold the overflow until the next pick-up time. Another option is to order an additional recycle cart from the city. The extra cart will cost an additional $5.90 per month.
A. Currently this is not an option, but the city and Allied Waste are continually exploring ways to make these services the most cost effective for Pleasant Grove’s citizens.
A. Currently this is not an option, but the city and Allied Waste are continually exploring ways to make these services the most cost effective for Pleasant Grove’s citizens.
A. No. While the new curbside recycling program accepts newspaper, our local schools have been benefiting from newspaper recycling bins for years. If you have been in the habit of donating your old newspapers to benefit your local school, Pleasant Grove City encourages you to continue.
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