Hello MLMEPOA members, friends and neighbors,
Thanks to everyone who made the annual meeting and picnic a success! I wanted to remind everyone about a topic which we discussed at the meeting, regarding our trash/recycling service with Chaffee County Waste. Please DO NOT leave trash bags or anything outside the dumpsters – wind/animals etc. are sure to cause a mess. Likewise, if the dumpsters are too full to close effectively, please wait until the next pickup day to add to the dumpster. And please don’t add large construction material as it takes up most of the room we need to reserve for normal trash usage. Right now we have service on Monday and Thursday (with recycling pickup only on Thursdays).
Also we seem to have lost the “keep lid closed” metal bar on the recycling bin – according to Chaffee County Waste they have already replaced this missing rod and will charge us for replacing it again. Please return it if you have seen it somewhere away from the bin. We have requested these rods to make sure that the wind (or bears and other critters) doesn’t result in open dumpsters and flying trash – usually spread out in the ditches and road (which you might’ve seen before in past years when we didn’t have better precautions!)
Thanks again for your help and patience with this during the busier times this summer.
-Toby Dunn
MLMEPOA President
More info about recycling: http://chaffeecountywaste.com/recycle.html – note the restrictions on plastic bags as mentioned at the annual meeting:
THESE ARE THE ONLY ITEMS THAT ARE TAKEN:
- Aluminum Cans
- Brown Paper Bags
- Empty Aerosol cans
- Glass bottles & jars
- Junk Mail & Magazine
- Newspapers
- Office Paper
- Paperboard (cereal & tissue boxes)
- Plastics ( #1-7) ONLY
- Tin Cans
We ARE NOT taking any CARDBOARD, PHONE BOOKS, STYRAFOAM, PLASTIC BAGS ( EXAMPLE: CITY MARKET GROCERY PLASTIC BAGS)