RECYCLING

GENERAL INFORMATION

• Onslow Container Service (OCS) is the service provider which handles the recycling for the Town.
• Normally, you are issued a recycling bin and recycling services are started when you establish water services with the Town.
• If you do not have a recycling bin and need to obtain one, please contact the Inspections Department at (910) 436-0241 x303.

REPORTING ISSUES

• If you need to report that your recyclables have not been picked up or if you need a new recycle bin because your current one has been damaged, please call OCS Customer Service at (910) 485-7755.
• If you have called OCS and it has been more than one (1) month or two (2) recycling cycles since your recyclables have been picked up or if you have called OCS more than twice (2x) requesting a new recycling bin because yours was damaged, please call the Inspections Department at (910) 436-0241 x303 or send them an e-mail by clicking the following link. Please be sure to include your name, physical address,phone number where you can be reached (should they have questions) and approximate times/dates you tried contacting OCS.

• If you have contacted OCS and the Inspections Department regarding service or acquiring a new bin due to damage and have not been assisted, please call Town Hall at (910) 436-0241.  The Office Assistant or Public Works Director can assist you.

PICK-UP INFORMATION

• Recyclables are picked up every other week.
• Spring Lake is divided into two (2) areas - east and west - based on geographic location divided by Bragg Blvd. and determined by your physical address.
• The recycling bin (cart) should be rolled to the curb for pick-up every other Wednesday.

• Carts should be placed at the curb for pick up prior to 7:00 am on the service day

     Wednesday.)

• Backyard pick-up is available for disabled residents needing assistance. A doctor’s note is

     required for this service.

• Products, food, drinks, etc. MUST be removed from containers before being placed in the cart    for recycling. The best way to accomplish this is to rinse them once.

• Items placed in the cart do not have to be in bags.

• Cardboard boxes need to be broken down and placed in the cart or placed in bags on top of the cart for pick-up.

• A resident is allowed to place up to three (3) additional bags of recyclable products per pick-up schedule on top of the cart for pick-up. Any more than 3 should be held for the next pick-up.   Any bags not on top of the cart will not be picked up. Items not in bags or in the cart will not be picked up.

• You do not need to sort your recyclables.

• Keep in mind that service times may vary from week to week. Routes may run late into the day so if you arrive home and your cart has not yet been serviced, please do not roll it in.
  

  When placing your cart at the curb, please remember:
       1. Place the cart so that the handle is facing your home (not your street)
       2. Place your cart so that it is away from obstructions (such as mailboxes,            power poles, cars, trees, etc. )
       3. Placing your cart correctly at the curb will make it easier to dump and          make it less likely to have waste spill out.

THINGS TO RECYCLE
• Newsprint with inserts & magazines
• Brown, clear and green glass
• Aluminum beverage containers, steel cans and plastic bottles
• Office paper and residential mixed paper (junk mail, catalogs and paper boards such as cereal/food boxes)
• Juice boxes and other drink packages
• Paper egg cartons and paper grocery bags
• Clean pizza boxes
• Holiday gift wrapping paper
• All plastic bottles (no motor oils)
• Plastic containers #1-7
• Must remove products, food drink, etc. from containers by rinsing once

THINGS THAT CANNOT BE RECYCLED
• Deli containers & Frozen food
• Containers (not falling in the above)
• Microwave dinner plates
• Plastic bags
• Plastic film or wrap
• Styrofoam

• Hazardous items

• Petroleum Products

PICK-UP SCHEDULE

Recyclables are picked up every other week. Spring Lake is divided into two (2) areas - east and west - based on geographic location divided by Bragg Blvd. and determined by your physical address (the proximity to Bragg Blvd.)  The following schedules show the schedule for recycling pick up.  The dates for pick up are highlighted in color on the applicable schedule.

HOLIDAY SCHEDULE

OCS may work certain holidays and no changes in the collection schedule will be made during those instances.  OCS shall inform the Town of its holiday collection schedule at least fifteen (15) days before each holiday.

OCS recognizes the following as holidays for its company.  However, it should be noted that recycling services for the Town are performed on Wednesdays.  If a holiday does NOT fall on a Wednesday, these do not apply.

• New Year's Day     
• Independence Day
• Thanksgiving       
• Christmas              

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