Acceptance Criteria
Household waste
Includes normal residential waste such as condemned food or decomposing material, cardboard, clear plastics, cartons, food containers and wrappings. Household waste is to be placed into the landfill cell or transfer bins.
Burnable Debris
Includes straw and stubble, tree prunings, brush and fallen trees, dimensional lumber, wooden pallets, engineered wood products, wooden packing crates, wooden materials from the construction and demolition of buildings. Burnable debris goes to the designated area on the north side of the site, past the recycle compound to the area signed as "BURN PIT." Wood that is or was painted is okay for burning except for pressure treated wood, which can not be burned.
INFORMATION
BURNABLE DEBRIS DOES NOT INCLUDE
Wooden material which has been treated with any kind of wood preservative, animal manure, pathological waste, furniture, rubber tires, plastic, anything containing or coated with rubber or plastic, used oil, agricultural baling twine, cardboard or any similar substances. This material goes into the landfill cell or transfer bins.
White Goods/Crushable Light Metals
Includes lawn chairs, metal step ladders, television antennas, ironing boards, strollers, metal decks, stock tanks, metal kitchen chairs, car stereos, bikes, swing sets, 45 gallon drums (only with bungs removed or punctured), rusty mufflers, barbecues, filing cabinets, shocks, car hoods/fenders/doors/hub caps, lawn mowers, weed eaters, eavestroughing, metal canopies, washers, dryers, stoves, dishwashers, furnaces, hot water tanks, metal shelving/racks, light metal packing crates, light sheet metal or siding, metal bath tubs and pipe up to ¼ inch, which must be cut into 5 foot lengths. Not including freon-containing products. Metal items with wood attached can be a maximum of 25% wood and 75% metal. These items go to the recycle compound area in the section signed as "Crushable Scrap Metal".
Appliances
Includes freon-containing products, air conditioning units, refrigerators, freezers and beverage coolers. These items go to the recycle compound area in the section signed as "Fridges, Freezers, and Waster Coolers".
Wire, Cable, Metal Banding
Barbed wire, cable, wire or metal banding must be cut into 4 foot lengths or coiled and banded (to allow for recycling). Fencing such as page, chain link, stucco wire or chicken wire must be rolled and banded or secured in such form. Wire and cable must be free of all wooden fence posts. These items go to the recycle compound area in the section signed as "Wire".
Heavy Metals
Includes pipe over ¼ inch cut into 4 - 5 foot lengths, rebar, engines, brake drums, cast items, transmissions, vehicle springs, rims, steel plate, vehicle differentials, most culverts (free of dirt and wood).
Steel fuel tanks will be accepted only if they have been steamed and cut in half. Vehicle or equipment fuel tanks must be empty of product and punctured.
These items go to the recycle compound area in the section signed as "Heavy Steel: Cable and Pipe" (Yellow Roll-off Bin).
