Tips & Reminders
Tips:
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Safety for your property & Cougle's Recycling Drivers:
- Maintain clear and safe access to your container
- Make sure your container is in an open and well-lit area
- Overhead clearance must be a minimum of 14 feet
- No hot or flammable material in or around the container
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Avoiding delay of service:
- Ensure no vehicles are parked in front or on sides of the containers
- Please have gates or access to containers unlocked for service
- Keep container clear of snow and ice
- Please put dock locks down upon calling in pickup
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Keep a clean area:
- To avoid spillage, container lids and side doors should be closed
- If you have additional volumes of recyclables please keep it clear of the service area, and schedule an additional pick up.
- Secure load on trailer and close trailer doors (if trailer is equipped with a roll up door)
- All palletized material to be shrink wrapped or banded pallets
- When stacking material assure stability for safe transport and unloading ease For additional pickups due to high volumes, please contact our Dispatch at 610-562-8336 ext 212 to schedule an additional pickup.
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The following items are NOT allowed in Recycling containers:
- Appliances
- yard waste
- Flammables
- fluorescent tubes
- Any type of container containing hazardous materials
- pots and pans
- Plate glass, window glass, mirrors
- any type of oil including oil rags
- miscellaneous plastic
- light bulbs
- Anything containing food or restroom waste
- oil cans
How to handle special recyclables:
- Please contact Customer Service at 610-562-8336 ext 210.
Holiday Schedule
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Cougle's Recycling observes the following holidays:
- Thanksgiving Day
- New Years Day
- Christmas Day
- Independence Day
- Labor Day
- Memorial Day If your scheduled collection service falls on a listed observed holiday, collection will be delayed one service day during the week.
Normal service will resume the following week