Tri-CED Community Recycling

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• 2: About Tri-CED
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• 3: Recycling Services
  • 3.1: Buy Back
  • 3.2: E-Waste Recycling
  • 3.3: Union City Residents
    • 3.3.1: Recycling
    • 3.3.2: Food waste
    • 3.3.3: Yard waste
    • 3.3.4: Composting
  • 3.4: City of Hayward Residents
    • 3.4.1: Recycling
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  • 3.6: Battery Disposal
  • 3.7: Household HazMat Disposal
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• 6: FAQ
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Yard waste

The Curbside Yard Waste Recycling Program currently serves City of Union City households. Recycling greens is essential to lengthening the life of the landfill. In fact, over three cubic yards of landfill are saved for every ton of greens recycled!

Reap What You Recycle
By recycling your greens you help the City produce useful compost, mulch and wood chips.

How to Recycle Greenery
Residents with the curbside yard waste recycling service are asked to put yard waste into the green 64-gallon cart.

Never use plastic bags.
The plastic contaminates the mulch and compost that is made from the greenery and greatly decreases its marketability.

Accepted Clean Green Waste Food Scraps Fruit and vegetables and peelings Meat and bones (beef, pork, chicken, fish, etc.) Bread Coffee grounds Dairy products (butter, cheese and yogurt) Egg shells Fruit Leftover cooked or raw foods Pasta Rice Coffee filters (paper type only) Egg cartons (food contaminated paper cartons only - no foam cartons) Milk cartons Newspaper (for food lining or wrapping only) Paper bags (for food lining or wrapping only) Paper cups (uncoated) Paper napkins and towels Paper plates (uncoated) Paper ice cream cartons Pizza boxes Tea bags Paper restaurant take-out containers Grass Leaves Shrub clippings (Less than 4 feet long and no one piece more than six inches in diameter) Bundles (Foor feet long, tied with string on both ends and weighing no more than 40 pounds)

Not Accepted in Greenery Recycling Palm fronds Cactus Plywood, particle board, shingles, chemically treated or painted wood Sawdust, painted wood, ashes or Formica products Dirt and rocks BAGS (plastic or paper) Tree stumps longer than four feet, or any one piece greater than six inches in diameter Demolition debris Trash of any kind Glass or metal

• Single Stream Recycling and Yard/Food Waste carts are serviced weekly.
• Set out containers before 6:00 a.m.
• Place containers in the street gutter, wheels against the curb
• Carts should be 2 feet apart to allow for pickup by automated trucks
• Carts should be at least 3 feet from parked vehicles
• Remove carts from curb within 24 hours after collection.

Holidays:
No service on New Year's, Thanksgiving, Christmas. If your trash service falls on or after a holiday, service will be delayed one day that week.

Side Yard Service:
Backyard or side yard collection is available for residents with disabilities. Call Allied Waste Customer Service at (510) 657-3500 for eligibility information.

For More Information:
For more information about yard waste program, please call Tri-CED Community Recycling at (510) 429-8030.