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Effective Recycling Services

Protect Your Environment With Superior Recycling Services

Make sure our Earth stays beautiful and healthy for generations to come by taking advantage of the recycling services offered by Miramonte Sanitation. Once you have signed up for our service, all you have to do is make sure your garbage is at your curb by 6:00 am to ensure that it is picked up by our staff.

Colored Bins for Easy Garbage Sorting

It is necessary to know exactly what products can be recycled when you sort your waste materials. Our tan and black containers are exclusively for garbage while our blue containers are exclusively for recycling.

Our family-owned and operated business has been serving the community for over 4 generations. Our knowledgeable staff can speak Spanish as well.
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Items that can go in the blue bins:

Paper: All clean dry paper, including:
  •  Computer paper
  •  Ledger paper
  •  Arts and craft paper
  • Unwanted mail
  • Flyers
  • Telephone books
  • Note cards
  • Newspaper
  • Magazines
  • File folders
  • Paper bags
  • Post-it notes
  • Catalogs
  • All envelopes, including those with windows

Cardboard: All cardboard boxes and chipboard, including:
  • Cereal boxes
  • Tissue boxes
  • Dry food boxes
  • Frozen food boxes
  • Shoe boxes
  • Detergent boxes
  • Paper towel and toilet paper rolls
  • Cardboard boxes (broken down and flattened)

Metals: All aluminum, tin, metal, and bi-metal cans, wiped out if possible, including:
  • Soda cans
  • Juice cans
  • Soup cans
  • Vegetables cans
  • Pet food cans
  • Pie tins
  • Clean aluminum foil

Glass: All glass bottles and jars, wiped out if possible, including:
  • Soda bottles
  • Wine bottles
  • Beer bottles
  • Spaghetti sauce jars
  • Pickle jars
  • Broken bottles

Plastics: Empty plastic containers, wiped out if possible, including:
  • Soda bottles
  • Juice bottles
  • Detergent containers
  • Bleach containers
  • Shampoo bottles
  • Lotion bottles
  • Mouthwash bottles
  • Dish washing liquid bottles
  • Milk Cartons
  • Tubs for margarine and yogurt
  • Plastic planters
  • Plastic hangers
  • Non-electric plastic toys
  • Plastic laundry baskets

Items that should not be put in the blue bin:

If the following items are put in the recycling container, there’s a likelihood of contaminating the other clean materials. Placing a non-recyclable item in the recycling bin often results in the entire bin getting tossed in the trash. Here are some items that should be left out of the recycle bin.

Contaminated Paper: Heavily soiled papers or bags with oils or food waste.

That old pizza box may be made of cardboard and it might even have a recycling logo on it, but that doesn’t mean it belongs in the bin. This is because old pizza boxes, like so many other used products, get dirty during their lifetime and lose their recycling qualities. Contaminants like grease and glue will actually disrupt the processes needed to extract raw materials and will ruin an entire batch of materials intended to be recycled. When sanitation workers find a single contaminated product, in order not to contaminate the larger batch, they will toss the entire load of recycling into the trash.

  • Food covered plastic cups
  • Food covered cardboard
  • Used paper towels
  • Used paper cups/plates
  • Shredded paper
  • Colored Construction Paper

Glass:
  • Window glass
  • Mirror glass
  • Auto glass
  • Standard light bulbs
  • Crystal
  • Ceramics

Miscellaneous Materials:
  • Cloth/fabric
  • Mini blinds
  • Kitchen utensils
  • Lawn furniture
  • Garden hoses
  • Rubber tires
  • Construction materials, including asphalt or concrete, wood and wood products

Electronic Waste:
  • All electronic devices
  • Electrical cords and wiring
  • Electric or battery-operated toys
  • Appliances
  • Compact fluorescent and LED light bulbs
  • All batteries (including car batteries, household batteries, and rechargeable batteries)

Hazardous Materials:
  • Syringes and needles
  • Medical waste
  • Drugs (pills, liquids, gel caps, vials, and injectables)
  • All partially filled aerosol cans and containers for cleaning fluids, automotive fluids, pesticides, oil-based paint, garden chemicals, and pool cleaners

NOTE: Danger to Recycling Machines:
Discarded items undergo a lengthy process before they can be reused. There is a tremendous amount of sorting that needs to be done before products can return to a raw material stage. The machines that do this work break down just like any other machine that might be used. This means that workers need to take special precautions with what they place in them to prevent any potential damage.

So, when it comes to recycling, when it doubt, leave it out.
Work with a certified staff for your complete peace of mind.
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AB 341 MANDATORY COMMERCIAL RECYCLING

Assembly Bill 341 (AB341), also known as the Mandatory Commercial Recycling (MCR) law, became effective July 1, 2012. AB341 requires businesses and multi-family units such as apartments who generate four (4) cubic yards or more of solid waste per week to have a recycling program in place. Miramonte Sanitation can assist you with becoming compliant with AB341! Please contact us at (559) 595-1313.
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