herons
Tue, 31 Dec 2002 04:03:41 -0800
The following is from an informational e-mail sent out by the City to its
employees, and is passed along for anyone's interest:
FAST FACTS
WHY
· Developed by the Sanitation Division to provide citizens with an
environmentally safe alternative for disposing of used trees.
· Program in its 15th year. Trees present a significant seasonal
addition to the City's waste
Stream. Recycling them helps to reduce the number of discarded trees that
end
up in landfills. Crews collected and recycled approximately 1.9 million
pounds (926
tons) of trees during the 2002 Program.
WHEN
· · Monday - January 6, 2003 through Friday - January 17, 2003
· · Two-week collection program
· · After January 17, trees will be collected along with
rubbish.
HOW
· · Set trees out on rubbish collection day at your scheduled
collection
site
· · Trees with decorations cannot be recycled and will be
collected along
with rubbish.
· · Trees should not be set out in plastic bags. The bags
cannot be
placed in the compactor along with the tree and vehicles are not
equipped with storage
space.
· · Citizens who wish to drop off their tree may take it to
one of the
following Streets Department Sanitation Convenience Centers. Vendors are
responsible for making arrangements for the private
disposal of their discarded trees.
· · Open 8am to 6pm (closing hour extended this year from 4pm
to 6pm to
make this service more convenient for citizens.)
· · Open Monday through Saturday
· Southwest Philadelphia 1600 S. 51st St., off Grays Ave.
· Southwest Philadelphia 3033 S. 63rd St. (entrance on 61st
St.
side)
· Northwest 300 block Domino Lane
· Port Richmond Delaware Ave. & Wheatsheaf Ln.
· Northeast State Rd. & Ashburner Sts.
From: City of Philadelphia
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