* * Not all programs are the same, check with your private hauler.

This fee schedule has been developed so that bulky waste disposal and recycling services can continue to be offered to Simsbury residents. Recycling services remain free with the purchase of annual permit .

The reasons for these changes reflect environmental permit conditions and the costs associated with shipping and disposal of bulky waste. In order to control your costs, recycle all appropriate material; and dispose of non-recycables, if they fit in your curbside container.

* No permit required for leaves and grass clippings

****** Senior Citizen - 65 years or older - documentation required

^^^^ Shingles/Roofing materials delivered ONLY in automobiles, pick-up trucks and self unloading trailers.

Limbs/logs/clean lumber: MAXIMUM length 6 ft; MAXIMUM diameter 3 ft.

1. May I put my recyclables out in the rain? Won't they get ruined?
Don't worry about the rain. The recycling bin has holes in the bottom to allow water to drain out. Put the glass and plastic in first, put mixed paper (if your hauler excepts it) in next and your newspaper flat on top. The top layer will absorb the rain and will eventually dry out.

2. My garage flooded during the winter and some corrugated cardboard boxes waiting to be recycled got wet. Can they still be recycled?
It depends on how dirty they got. If there was dirt on the floor and the boxes got dirty as well as wet, you should throw them out. In order for corrugated cardboard to be reused, it has to be clean. If you are in doubt, throw the boxes out. There is no sense in contaminating the whole load.

3. Do I have to remove the labels from my bottles and cans?
No. Glass labels may be left on. If you wash your glass jars in the dishwasher, however, you should remove the labels first in order to avoid causing damage to the dishwasher. Metal can labels can be left on as well, but they usually come off quite easily y when the cans are rinsed. The labels can then be tossed in with your mixed paper.

4. I know that I can't recycle cardboard boxes that have been contaminated with food. But how about dishwashing detergent boxes? Can they be recycled with my mixed paper?
No. They are made with special wet strength cardboard to keep the contents dry. That makes them unsuitable for recycling.

5. I have noticed that some cardboard boxes for aluminum foil or plastic wrap have a metal tearing strip. Can I recycle them?
Yes, but only if you rip the metal foil strip off first. Be careful not to get hurt. Recycling isn't worth an injury. Toss the metal strip into your recycling bin with your bottles and cans.

6.I like to send Christmas cards with gold lined envelopes, can they be recycled?
No. Any paper mixed with foil should not be recycled. If recycling is important to you, buy another type of card.

7. I recently heard that the paper cartons that beer cans are packaged in can't be recycled. How about soda?
It isn't whether the packaging contains beer or soda that defines recyclability, but with the weight the cardboard is designed to carry. Generally 6-pack carriers can be recycled, but 12-packs can't. To increase its strength, the paper for the 12-packs has been treated with paraffin which contaminates it.

8. I have noticed that some plastic bags now have numbers printed on them. If they are No. 1 and No. 2, may I include them with the plastic bottles in my recycling bin?
No. Even though they are technically recyclable, do not put them in your bin! To separate the plastics from other recyclables, the CRRA blows the material into cages which can get clogged. Plastic bags may be recycled at stores which accept them.

Metal Coat Hangars: Battiston and other cleaners take back and reuse metal hangars. They also take back plastic cleaner bags which are melted down for green garbage bags.

Styrofoam Food Trays and Cups: Return to Fitzgerald's of Simsbury. They will also recycle plastic and paper bags.

Film Cartridges:Express Photo will recycle everything from single use cameras to the plastic film containers. He will pay to ship them back to Kodak to be melted down and reused. Other photo stores will take back the "polycon" film containers as well.

Egg Cartons: Not every town can boast of an egg farm. If you want to recycle your egg cartons take them back to Flamig Farm to be reused.

Gardening Materials: Most garden centers will accept the hard plastic containers and flats perennials come in. Others will accept the thin plastic flats annuals are grown in.

Telephone Books: The phone company does major recycling during the month of April when the new phone books are distributed. Special recycling bins are made available at various outlets to make recycling of old phone books easier for the consumer.

Nickel-Cadmium Batteries (Ni-Cad batteries):According the the State Department of Environmental Protection batteries may be taken to a Radio Shack store or other retail locations. Anyone who wants to know where to take batteries can use a touch-tone phone to call (800)822-8837. You will be asked to put in your ZIP code and you will hear the nearest drop-off point.

Athletic Shoes: The Reuse-A-Shoe program encourages consumers to send their roughed-up, tattered, and defective athletic shoes to a Nike processing center for recycling. To learn more about the program, call (800) 352-NIKE.