Residents can now put all their recyclables in one container if they choose. Stickers are available at the Town Hall or the Public Works Department which can be placed on a barrel up to 30 gals. in size.
Do not buy oversized barrels--they will NOT be picked up.
There is no limit on the number of recycling barrels you can put out. No barrel can exceed 50 lbs. in weight.
CD
10:04 am on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Do you have to have a sticker to use a regular size bin?
Jwelch
11:28 am on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
In an earlier article Tom Bousse stated that a 50 gallon barrel was not only acceptable but the trucks were equiped for those types of barrels. 30 Gallons is such an odd size since every other town that has implemented single stream program provides 50 gallon barrels to residents and if more than one is need then purchasing more is an option. Clarification would be appreciated!
Mark
3:38 pm on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
This info is from the towns website: http://www.ci.stoneham.ma.us/Pages/StonehamMA_RSWP/RE
All papers may now be comingled with plastics, glass bottles, etc.
The contractor is required to collect from all standard recycling containers
•Newspapers and newspaper inserts, magazines, catalogs, phonebooks, paperboard (cereal, cracker boxes), Corrugated cardboard, flatten 2 x 2, brown paper bags, junk mail, office paper
NO WAX PAPER, PIZZA BOXES, PLASTIC COATED PAPER OR PLASTIC BAGS
•Tin cans and aluminum cans, steel cans and lids
•Glass bottles and jars, all colors and sizes
•Plastics containers labeled 1-7 Milk cartons and juice boxes, flattened, no straws
(maximum contanier size 30 gallons, clearly marked RECYCLING). All newspapers, magazines, plastic, glass etc., can be placed in the same recycling container.