New Year’s Recycling ResolutionsIf you’re like most Americans, you are probably still recovering from an indulgent holiday season. Did you know that we throw away 25% more trash during the Thanksgiving to New Year’s holiday period than any other time of year? In the New Year, we can help you reduce waste

and improve your recycling habits!

IRVINE • WINTER 2017

RECYCLING NEWS Brought to you by Waste Management, Irvine’s residential waste service provider

HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM WASTE MANAGEMENT

HOLIDAY SERVICE SCHEDULE In 2017, the following holidays will impact your service schedule: Memorial Day Monday, May 29, 2017Independence Day Tuesday, July 4, 2017Labor Day Monday, September 4, 2017Thanksgiving Day Thursday, November 23, 2017Christmas Day Monday, December 25, 2017New Year’s Day, 2018 Monday, January 1, 2018

Service will be delayed one day following the holiday.

If you have additional holiday trash, Waste Management can help. Irvine residents with curbside collection services are entitled to four free bulky item collections per calendar year. If you are discarding items that are still in good condition, please let us know when you call in and we will arrange for them to be donated to Goodwill instead of sending them to the landfill.

BULKY ITEM COLLECTION & RECYCLING

To arrange for bulky item collection on your upcoming service day, or for additional service information, please call WM at(949)642-1191 or visit wmorangecounty.com.

SaturdayJanuary 28, 2017

9:00 am – Noon

2017 SHREDEVENT

FREE RESIDENTIAL PAPER SHREDDING & RECYCLING

Waste Management now manages Irvine’s free Paper Shred Events. Mark your calendars for our 2017 events. Both Shred Events will take place at the Lakeview Senior Center, 20 Lake Road in Irvine.

Residents may bring up to five banker-size file boxes (dimensions 24” wide x 12” high) for free disposal, shredding, and recycling. Shredding will take place on site. A donation receptacle to drop-off gently used clothing will also be provided onsite. Proof of Irvine residency is required.

Waste Management of Orange County • (866) WMRECYCLE (949) 642-1191www.wmorangecounty.com

NON-PROFIT HIGHLIGHT SECOND HARVEST FOODBANK

Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County, located in Irvine, is a local social services provider who is also leading the way in food waste reduction. Second Harvest works with local grocery chains to rescue high quality food for distribution to the hungry.

Waste Management has long supported their efforts to provide “nourishment and hope” to 335,000 hungry people throughout Orange County. Their Grocery Rescue program prevented 2,879 tons of perfectly good food from being sent to the landfill this year alone. We appreciate Second Harvest’s efforts to feed our community and protect the environment! To learn more about the Second Harvest Program and how you can help, please visit https://www.feedoc.org.

Community partners protect the environment, nourish the community

At Your Door is a new door-to-door household hazardous waste (HHW) collection program offered at no cost to qualifying senior or disabled Irvine residents.

Once per year, qualifying residents can request postage-paid mail back containers to safely dispose of waste such as automotive products, home cleaners, garden chemicals, electronics, paint products, and non-controlled medicine. A complete list of accept-able materials and instructions will be included in the mail back packet.

To qualify, residents can contact Waste Management to request an application at (949) 642-1191. All residents may continue to drop off HHW at the

“At Your Door” helps senior, disabled residents safely dispose of

household hazardous waste

“AT YOUR DOOR” HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION

County’s Household Hazardous Waste Collection Center located at 6411 Oak Canyon, Irvine. Business hours are Tuesday–Saturday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (closed holidays and rainy days).