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Hours
of Operation (All Users)
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| Tuesday |
9-4 |
| Wednesday |
11-6 |
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Saturday |
8:30-4:30 |
Communities
served
How To Recycle
With NKV
As
trash is generated in your home or office, separate the following
recyclable items from general refuse: 1) recyclables, 2) yard wastes,
3) inert wastes.
Recyclables
& Recycling Guidelines
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Remember
to:
- Keep
all recycling, clean and dry.
- Rinse
out cans, jars, milk jugs
Separate
your recyclables into the following categories:
- Newspaper,
Magazines, Advertisements & Inserts
- Corrugated
Cardboard
Flatten - don't use boxes for trash containers
- Office
Paper
No carbon, NCR paper
- Tin
Cans
Just rinse clean, the labels can stay.
- Plastic
#2 HDPE
Milk jugs, liquid laundry product containers
Discard all caps.
- Glass
Jars and Bottles
Lables OK
No drinking glasses, light bulbs or ceramics.
- Textiles
(old clothing)
Should be clean and put in plastic trash bags.
Good reusable items can be placed in NKV's "Take It
or Leave it Shop".
- Used
Motor Oil (Hydraulic & Diesel too)
Bring it to the Recycling Center. We use it to heat the
building.
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Yard
Wastes
Leaves, Grass Clippings, and Brush
Try
backyard composting, it is a great way to recycle yard waste and
kitchen food wastes. Household waste can be reduced by up to 25%
by composting. NKV has a ban prohibiting the disposal of yardwaste
with household waste. NKV has backyard composting units for sale
at the recycling center. Composting information is also available
at the recycling center.
Project
Compost:
NKV's
master composter holds informational workshops throughout the region
on how to get started in backyard composting. Inquire at the recycling
center about any upcoming workshops scheduled.
If
you don't have a commercial hauler picking up your trash don't bag
yard waste items. If you don't compost at home, NKV has a compost
site at the recycling center. If you can not bring the yard waste
to the transfer station yourself, inquire about a separate pick-up.
Click
here for more information on composting.
Inert
Wastes
Bricks,
Concrete, Gravel, Sand and Wood Ashes
Inert
wastes are exempt from solid waste disposal regulations and can
be used anywhere that clean fill is allowed to be placed. Do not
place the inert wastes with regular garbage.
Wood
ashes make great soil conditioners for home vegetables and flower
gardens. Ashes can also be added to backyard compost piles. Due
to the extreme fire hazard wood ashes should never be combined with
household garbage.
| Helpful
Hints |
| 1.
To reduce the weight (you're paying $0.05 per pound) of
your waste headed for disposal, keep your household trash undercover
and dry. Wet soggy garbage weighs a lot more than dry does.
It will also be easier to drag those bags to the curb or car. |
| 2.
Try to reuse things that normally would be thrown away.
Visit our "Take It or Leave it Shop" a place
to leave reusable items for something else to take home. |
| 3.
Buy Smart. Try to use products packaged with less. Buy products
made from recycled materials, it helps save energy and natural
resources and also helps create demand for the materials that
you're recycling. |
Bulky
Waste Management at NKV
The
majority of this districts waste is converted to electricity at
the P.E.R.C. incincerator in Orrington, Maine. Because of the physical
characteristics of certain wastes, they cannot be handled by P.E.R.C..
We call these "Bulky Waste" and they include the following
items.
Metal:
Separate as much metal as possible. There is a metal pile at the
transfer station.
Wood
& Brush:
Separate clean wood from painted wood and plywood.
Mattresses,
Large Furniture, Sheetrock, Plaster Roof Shingles:
These items are stockpiled and transferred to a demolition landfill.
Truck
and Farm Tires:
Tires larger than 16" are not accepted at this facility. Contact
the NKV Transfer Station for advice on disposal of these tires.
Bulky
Waste Fee:
Due to the high costs associated with disposing of bulky wastes
NKV charges a fee of $16.00 per cubic yard for wood, brush, construction
and demolition debris (roofing, siding, etc.) This fee is subject
to change.
If
you're demolishing a house or building, contact the NKV transfer
station manager or the regional DEP office for possible on-site
disposal options that may save you and the district dollars.
Recycling
is saving your tax dollars. The more recyclables that everyone removes
from their trash the more you save.
Recycling
also conserves precious natural resources (such as fossil fuels,
trees, and minerals) that go into the making of the products we
purchase.
If
you would like to recycle at curbside, call your local refuse hauler
or the NKV Transfer Station/Recycling Center at (207) 757-8700.
We'll
be happy to help you with your recycling efforts.
