Help Keep Children Warm - Recology Vacaville Solano

Teen Winners, Recycling Options
and used oil filters. The oil recycling facility at
Recology Hay Road is conveniently open every
day of the week from 8 AM until 4 PM. There is no
extra charge to drop off oil and filters to the facility.
Recology presented a donation of $10,377.29 to
the Dixon Teen Center during a recent Dixon City
Council meeting. The funds were raised through
the Recology Invitational Golf Tournament that
was held on June 29 in Vacaville. Recology employees and their family, friends, and associates
competed in the tournament. Photo courtesy of the
Dixon Tribune.
Used Oil Recycling
Recology Hay Road, located at 6426 Hay
Road, is an additional drop-off site for used oil
The summer bloom is now changing to falling leaves. Customers have
three options for the collection of additional yardwaste for customers
with 96-gallon green Toter® service only. The first option is to rent
additional yardwaste Toters® from Recology Vacaville Solano. The
second option is to use your own sturdy 32-gallon cans that have handles
and tight fitting lids. The third option is to use twine to tie tree or shrub
prunings into bundles that are no larger than 3 feet by 2 feet. There is no
extra charge for bundles or for the emptying of extra 32-gallon customer
provided cans. Place extra yardwaste cans beside your green Toter®.
Your green Toter® must be set out to use this service. Customers with
32-gallon green Toter® service do not get extra yardwaste collections.
Holiday Recycling
Christmas trees
are easy to recycle
in Vacaville. After
the holidays, just cut
your tree into threefoot-long sections
and stack them next to the green yardwaste Toter®
between December 26 and January 4.
Trees may always be cut to fit inside the yardwaste Toter®. Trees placed in the green Toter® must
be free of tinsel, flocking, ornaments, and tree
stands. The Toter® lid must be able to close. Trees
with these materials may be cut up and placed in
your gray trash Toter® or call for a special pickup.
Treecycling Donations
Please consider supporting local youth groups
that recycle trees. Tree recycling is one way Boy
Scout troops and other youth groups raise funds
after Christmas. These groups will collect whole
trees for a small donation.
Click www.vacavillerecycling.com or call the
City’s recycling information line at 454-5705
during the holiday season for a listing of Boy
Scout troops that will do pickups in your area.
Cardboard Box Recycling
Large corrugated cardboard boxes are accepted
at the Recology Recycling Facility at 8551/2
Davis Street in Vacaville. The Recycling Facility is
open Tuesday through Saturday from 9 AM until
3 PM. Boxes may also be flattened and placed in
the blue recyclables Toter® for collection. The lid
of the Toter® must be able to close.
Help Keep Children Warm
The Give Winter Garb a Second Chance
program is a great way to keep your neighbors warm while keeping unwanted clothing from going to the landfill. Just gather
your unwanted coats, jackets, and blankets
and set them out on your regular collection
day between November 4 and November 8.
Place items in a plastic bag that is clearly
marked “Winter Garb” and set the bag
next to your green or blue Toter®.
City of Vacaville staff work with Recology
Vacaville Solano, local schools, organizations, and businesses to annually provide coats,
jackets, and blankets to the community. Donated
items will be
collected by your
Recology route
driver and then
distributed by
local community
groups in time
for the holidays.
All donations go
directly to Vacaville residents.
Call 448-2945
for details of
the distribution
date, time, and
location. Advertisements will
also be placed
in local newspa- Gently used coats, jackets, and blankets donated
to the Winter Garb program will help keep less
pers announcfortunate families warm this winter. Items will be
ing the distribu- collected by Recology Vacaville Solano drivers
between November 4 and 8.
tion date.
Only clean coats, jackets, and
blankets can be accepted. Children’s coats and jackets are espeThere will be no change in the collection schedule for
Thanksgiving. Refuse collections will be made as usual on
cially needed.
Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 28. The Recology Hay Road
Put Leaves in Their Place
landfill will be open on Thanksgiving Day.
Christmas and New Year’s Day fall on Wednesdays this year.
Leaves and yardwaste must not
There will be no collections on these holidays. Wednesday
be blown or raked into the street.
through Friday customers will have their materials collected one
Residents who hire landscaping
day later during these weeks. Wednesday collections will be on
companies must make sure that all
Thursday, Thursday collections on Friday, and Friday collections
on Saturday.
yardwaste is either hauled away or
The Recycling Facility in Vacaville and Recology office in
placed in the owner’s green Toter®.
Vacaville will be closed on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and
Yardwaste and debris in the street
New Year’s Day.
Holiday schedule information is available at
can clog storm drains and could
recologyvacavillesolano.com
contribute to flooding.
Holiday Schedule
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Please recycle after reading.
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Click to Sort at whatbin.com
Recology Vacaville Solano’s answer to what goes in what bin
Placing materials into the proper
bin has never been easier! Just go to
whatbin.com and Recology Vacaville
Solano will help you sort it all out!
Now customers can
use their smartphones,
tablets, or computers to
help sort out materials
for disposal and
recycling.
Recology Vacaville Solano has launched a
new service that makes sorting materials into the
proper bins easier than ever. Customers now just click
whatbin.com on a smartphone, tablet, or computer for
guidance in placing materials into the proper bin.
“This service is really a great help for customers,”
explains General Manager, Scott Pardini. “The website
gives item-by-item directions on sorting materials and even
Proper Toter® placement
HOUSE
SIDEWALK
Lid Opening
DRIVEWAY
Handle
CURB
STREET
TOTERS
• Toters® should be placed out with the wheels
touching the curb. The lid should open to the
street with the handle in the back.
• Don't block the sidewalk.
• Don't park cars within 5 feet of Toters®.
• Place Toters® 5 feet apart.
• Put Toters® out by 6:00 AM on your pickup day.
• Remove Toters® from curb by 6:00 PM and place
them out of view from the street.
points customers to other resources and services. It is
also a great teaching tool for children.”
The website allows customers to easily identify their
community and then identify the item through a series
of clicks. Instructions are then given on the proper way
to recycle or dispose of the item.
The whatbin.com site is active now. Call
us at 448-2945 if you have questions.
Hazardous Waste Disposal Help
The Recology HHW Recycling
Center in Vacaville accepts auto
batteries, antifreeze, paint, solvents,
thinners, pesticides, herbicides,
aerosols, gas, auto fluids, fluorescent
lighting tubes, spa and pool chemicals,
and other household hazardous
waste. Materials are only accepted
from residential customers from
Vacaville, Dixon, and unincorporated
Solano County. No appointments are
necessary to use the Recology HHW
Recycling Center located at 8551/2
Davis Street. The Center is open on
Saturdays only from 9 AM until 3 PM.
Residents may also bring used
cooking oil and up to two electronic
devices per visit to the Center for
recycling. You must be able to lift
items from your vehicle and carry
them to the drop-off area.
Call us during business hours
at 448-2945, click our website at
recologyvacavillesolano.com or
click our new site whatbin.com for
complete information.
We’re Here to Help
With his father in the business,
Paul Bandettini started work at
Recology Vacaville Solano in
his early teens. He then began
work as a full-time driver a week
after his Senior Trip.
“I look forward to coming to
work everyday,” Paul said. “Our
drivers and managers really
care about the job we do to
help customers and to protect
the environment. I enjoy the
challenge of helping keep everything running smoothly.”
Paul now has 33 years on the job
Paul Bandettini
with Recology and has seen significant Operations Supervisor
changes in the industry.
“Recology is all about the environment and all about providing great
service,” Paul explains.
Paul lives in Vacaville with his wife
Anna, daughter Alex, and grandson
Carson. Their son Billy attends California
State University at Chico.
Free Compost
Up to three yards of free compost
is available for pickup to Vacaville
residents who reside in the city limits.
Show your residual waste bill or other
identification at the Recology Hay
Road scalehouse. Compost is available
until October 31, 2013, weather permitting. Supply is limited and subject
to supply on hand.
Customers are entitled to three yards
per visit, one visit per day. Just bring
your shovels to load up your vehicle.
Remember to bring a tarp to cover
your load of compost.
Recycle Phone Books
Place old phone books in your blue
recyclables Toter® or bring them to the
Recycling Facility on Davis Street.