Beginning in January, set carts out according to the every-other-week map and schedule.

Plymouth is getting ready for the new every-other-week, no-sort recycling program that will begin in January. Households on Plymouth’s curbside recycling program are receiving new 65-gallon, wheeled recycling carts throughout December.

Residents should wait to use the new wheeled carts until January. Until then, they should continue to use the smaller blue bin that they have traditionally set out. The trucks that pick up recycling through December will not collect recyclables from wheeled carts, so materials in those carts will be left behind.

Starting in January, the new wheeled carts will make it easier for residents to get recyclables to the curb. New carts are not the only changes Plymouth residents will see to the recycling program starting in 2012. Residents will also be able to recycle more types of material. Plastic containers like margarine tubs, yogurt containers and clear plastic deli containers are some of the new materials that will be accepted.
In addition, frequency of collections will also change. Residents will set out recycling every other week instead of every week. In spite of the change in frequency, residents will continue to recycle on the same day of the week as previously.

Residents are asked to continue to use the blue recycling bin through December. After that time, residents may keep the blue bin for storage or other uses. A collection area will be available in January and February for those who do not want to keep their recycling bins. It will be located at the city’s Maintenance Facility, 14900 23rd Ave. N. Bins in good shape will be reused and those that aren’t reused will be recycled.