Via press release:
BISMARCK, N.D. – The City of Bismarck is pleased to announce the kick-off of the residential single sort curbside recycling program. “Warmer, spring-like weather has arrived just in time for the launch of the curbside recycling program and delivery of the single sort recycling containers to households,” said Jeff Heintz, Director, Service Operations. “We’ve heard from our residents that they’re excited to have the convenience of single sort recycling and curbside pick-up. They’re eager and ready for the program to start,” said Heintz. The City of Bismarck has partnered with Waste Management to provide the residential single sort curbside recycling service. Bismarck residents can now put all of their recyclable items together in one container for curbside pick-up – no sorting. Delivery of the green recycling containers with the yellow lid began March 10, to participating residents. Starting March 31, Waste Management will provide residential single-sort curbside recycling collection services to participating Bismarck single family homes and duplexes.
Materials to be recycled include: aluminum and tin cans, glass bottles and jars, empty aerosol cans, mixed plastics (#1-7); plastic bottles, containers, lids and tubs; newspapers and inserts; mail, office and school papers; magazines and catalogs, brown grocery bags, phone books, paperback books, shredded papers in closed paper bags, corrugated cardboard boxes, cereal, cracker, pasta and cake mix boxes (just the box- remove the bag inside); shoe boxes, gift boxes and electronic boxes (just the box); milk, juice, soup and broth cartons No sorting – no bagging, all recyclable items go into the green recycling container with the yellow lid.
Curbside recycling pick up by Waste Management begins March 31st for participating Bismarck residents on the same day as their regular garbage pick-up, every other week. A recycling service collection zone calendar and map will be mailed directly to participating households. Watch for it in your mail!
- Participating Bismarck residents should place the green recycling container with yellow lid at the curb the same day as the regular garbage collection, every other week, no earlier than sundown on the day before collection and no later than 6:00 a.m. the day of collection.
- All recyclables must be inside the recycling container. Items outside the container will not be picked up.
- Quantities or items too large for the Waste Management recycling containers may be brought to one of nine recycling drop-off sites.
- After collection, all carts should be removed from the front yard no later than the evening of your collection day.
- Residents with alley pick-up must place the single-sort, green and yellow recycling container in the alley on their regular garbage collection day.
- Nine drop-off sites will be available the week of March 24, for quantities or items too large for the Waste Management recycling containers. The weight limit for each recycling container is 200 pounds.
- Visit www.bismarck.org/recycling, your source for residential single-sort curbside recycling information and drop-off site locations.
- Sites are Closed
Sites will be open the week of March 24, 2014
- Sites are Closed
- Single-Sort Drop Off Recycling Locations
- Ash Coulee Road Water Tower, west of Washington Street North
- Kmart Parking Lot
- Bismarck Landfill
- Missouri Valley Fairground site
- Bismarck Public Works parking lot, NW corner of employee lot
- Sweet Ave and Hannifin Street South
- Edwards Ave, south of Bismarck State College Bowl
- Hillside Park, 17th Street North and Ave F
- Billings Drive, just south of Reno Ave.
- Things that are not recyclable should be disposed of in the regular city issued garbage container except, household hazardous waste and electronics.
- City of Bismarck will continue to offer Spring and Fall Clean-Up Weeks
- Spring Clean-Up Week is April 28 – May 2, 2014.
