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DVR's Annual Environmental Guide
North
River Hills and Cedarbridge Organics Program
Annual
Environmental Guide
Every year
Dakota Valley Recycling puts out its annual E-Guide (Environmental
Guide). This guide goes out with the city newsletter to all
households within the three cities of Apple Valley, Burnsville and
Eagan. It contains valuable information regarding recycling,
reuse, composting, sustainability and other environmental topics.
*Please note
that some information may be outdated (i.e. Dakota County's
recycling facility changed its name and hours since 2008, and the
updated info can be found in the 2009 issue.).
To view
archived E-Guides, click on the year below:
2009
2008
2007
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Organics Composting Program--North
River Hills and Cedarbridge, Burnsville
Please Note:
This program has temporarily ended for the winter months!
Look for more
information about the program come spring. . .
A typical household in the Twin Cities area throws away about 5 lbs.
of household organics every day. Burying the material in a landfill
is a waste of resources. As a resident of Burnsville's North River
Hills neighborhood participating in this program, you
reduce the amount of waste that goes to landfills, decrease the
production of landfill leacheate, reduce wastewater treatment costs
from garbage disposal, and recover a valuable resource compost.
Compost is a soil amendment that improves plant growth and restores
poor soils. Compost can be used on golf courses, roadside plantings,
land reclamation projects, and flower beds.
Organic Waste Goes In Your Yard Waste Container
Separating bagged organic material from the garbage proved to be too
expensive to sustain long term. In order to continue collecting
organics and have a positive impact on our environment, it is now
be collected together with yard waste in the same truck and compost
both.
If
Waste Management, Inc. currently collects your yard waste, there is
no additional fee for this program. If you do not subscribe to the
yard waste option, please note there is a small additional fee to
participate in this program. Call Waste Management, Inc. at
952-890-1100 and ask for the North River Hills yard waste rate.
Continue to place your household organic materials in the biodegradable bags offered by the City of Burnsville
at no charge. Bags can be picked up from 7am-3:30pm, Monday
through Friday, from the Burnsville Maintenance Center at 13713
Frontier Court, Burnsville, MN 55337. [map]
Make
sure to use the biodegradable bags and place them inside your yard waste container along with
any additional yard waste.
Waste Management, Inc. will pick up the yard waste container weekly
as usual from April through November.
Organic Waste and Yard Waste in the
Winter--**This
program has ended for the season, there will be NO pickup of
organic or yard waste during the winter months!!
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What Can Go In The Biodegradable Bag?
All
Items accepted:
ALL FOOD SCRAPS,
including fruit, meat, fish, bones, bread, pasta, dairy products,
egg shells, peelings, out-of-date food
coffee grounds, filters and tea bags
SOILED & NON-RECYCLABLE PAPERS
Egg cartons
Paper flour, sugar and coffee bean bags
Paper milk and juice cartons (remove plastic spout)
Paper plates, cups, napkins, and paper towels
Paper take-out containers (remove metal handles)
Pizza boxes
Refrigerator, freezer and pop & beer boxes
Tissues and cotton balls
Waxed paper (butter wraps, pastry bags, fast food wrappings, etc.)
Dryer lint
House plants
Vacuum bags
Pet Hair
Flowers
Sawdust
OTHER ORGANIC MATERIAL
Items NOT
Accepted:
NO STYROFOAM OR PLASTIC OF ANY KIND!
NO foil-lined containers (like juice or soymilk boxes)
NO foil condiment packets such as ketchup, mustard and mayonnaise
NO diapers
NO kitty litter or pet droppings
NO metal, glass, or other recyclable materials (please recycle
these materials)
NO cosmetics, medicine containers, or adhesive bandage
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