Recycling & Garbage

Things You Can do to Protect the Environment

The Village contracts with Larry's Hauling for the collection of garbage and recyclables. Pickup day is Wednesday.

GARBAGE MUST BE PLACED IN CLEAR PLASTIC BAGS AND BE CURBSIDE BY 6:30 AM ON WEDNESDAY.

Large items such as appliances, water heaters, and car batteries are recyclable and will be picked up curbside. There will be a charge for tires and appliances with compressors, such as refrigerators, freezers and dehumidifiers (arrangements should be made with the hauler for pickup of these items). Furniture, mattresses, TVs and toys are considered garbage and will be collected curbside.

Grass and garden waste can be properly composted on the property owner's yard, disposed of at Larry's Hauling (click here for map), or Larry's Hauling will contract with the property owner for pickup. They will not accept brush or leaves (click here for brush chipping & leaves).

Construction debris, concrete and rubble must be disposed of at the owner's expense through private contracting.

There are three categories of paper products collected for recycling. The correct way to prepare them for collection is:

1. Cereal boxes, cardboard, and brown grocery bags are placed together (you can use a paper bag to put them into or use string to tie a bundle).

2. Newspapers are to be bundled or placed in a separate paper bag.

3. Magazines are to be bundled or placed in a separate paper bag.

BELOW ARE ITEMS FREQUENTLY INQUIRED ABOUT AND WHAT TO DO WITH THEM

Paints, varnishes, thinners, cleaners, solvents, used gasoline, aerosols, pesticides, acids, poisons, household batteries and radiator fluids are hazardous waste and should be disposed of at one of the household hazardous waste drop off sites located at Superior Services and the Plymouth Municipal Garage. Identification and registration will be required for this free service when dropping off waste. This service is paid for by Sheboygan County taxes and available until funding is depleted for the year. The hazardous waste drop off sites alternate monthly (on the first Saturday) between Sheboygan and Plymouth. The hours are from 8 a.m. to 12 noon.

Empty oil, lacquer and latex paint cans can be placed with recyclables only if cleaned and rinsed. Otherwise, put in garbage.

Oil filters, prescription pill bottles, and blacktop seal cans are garbage.

Aluminum foil, pie pans and TV trays are recyclable but must be cleaned.

You only need to recycle type 1 and 2 plastics at this time. Types 3 through 7 are still considered garbage until markets are developed. Remove the caps (deposit in garbage) from all plastics before placing in the recycling bin. Plastic bags (used to pack groceries in) and melamac plastic are garbage.

Cooking oil can be placed in a can or jar and placed in the garbage. This can or jar will be accepted as garbage.

Paper bags should be placed with cardboard cereal boxes but the waxed paper inside those boxes is garbage. Paper towel and toilet paper rolls are recyclable cardboard. Juice boxes and ready to drink orange juice containers are waxed and disposed of as garbage.

Paper bags should be placed with cardboard. Paper bags are also excellent for use in preparing newspapers, cardboard, magazines and white paper for recycling pickup.

Light bulbs, mirror, window glass, ceramic and china are garbage. Broken green, brown or white recyclable glass cannot be placed with the recyclables.

Remove the lids from glass jars and dispose of lid in the garbage.

Any recyclables not properly separated or garbage not in clear plastic bags may be refused for collection. Clear bags are available from local stores.

The ordinance allows for a forfeiture of $25 to $500 for any person who shall violate any provision of the ordinance.

Holiday Tree Recycling

The holidays are over yet the tree remains! The Village Department of Public Works will collect holiday trees every Monday in January.

Following are some tree recycling instructions. Trees must be in their natural state since the Village will chip all trees for composting and mulch; please remove all decorations, including tinsel and angel hair; be sure there is no metal attached to the tree. Don't wrap trees in plastic. Place trees curbside. Artificial trees or trees will roots balls will not be recycled..

For more information on tree recycling call 920-565-3051.

Things You Can do to Protect the Environment

Leave grass clipping on your lawn after mowing. You'll add nutrients to your lawn and you won't need to fertilize. If every household composted their lawn waste for a year, the volume of landfill material would be reduced by 18% in one mowing season.

Eliminate the use of toxic chemicals and pesticides on your lawn and garden. If 10% of homeowners stopped using pesticides, it would remove 2.5 to 5 million pounds of toxic chemicals from the environment every year.

Use a snow shovel and put sand, not salt on your walks.

Plant a tree. It will help reduce CO₂ emissions (a primary greenhouse gas) and produce oxygen. One mature tree removes 25 to 45 pounds of carbon dioxide from the air annually.