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Community "Shredding Day"
October 7, 2023
   
Bring for Proper
Disposal: Confidential Papers, Clothing/Household Items 

At High Plains Community Center, 525 Orange Center Rd, Orange, CT. 

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Document shredding (on-site) - 9am-noon:

  • Front parking lot

  • Bring papers in boxes or bags. Volunteers will retrieve from your car

  • If the truck fills up before noon, the event may end early 

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Clothes, toys, household items - 9am-11am:

  • Orange Community Women will collect items to donate

  • Buy Nothing Orange will host a "swap meet" - bring items to give away, perhaps find something you need. All remaining items get donated

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Mattress recycling and hazardous waste drop-off will resume at the next event in April 2024. 

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Details about Shredding Day

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This popular twice-yearly event is hosted by the Orange Recycling Committee in partnership with local groups: 

  • Affordable Solutions of Orange - provides secure shredding of confidential papers. FREE to residents thanks to the Rotary Club of Orange's sponsorship. 

  • Orange Community Women - collects household items, clothing, toys & more, to sell to raise funds for their charitable work.

  • Buy Nothing Orange - Facebook group hosts a "swap meet".

 

Thank you to all who help make this event a success!

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Residents may show their appreciation by donating to the Rotary Club of Orange scholarship fund (volunteers will collect donations).

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Recycling Reminders 

If your bin does NOT get picked up, it could be because:
  • Items are on top of or around the bin. If bins are over-stuffed or overflowing, the "arms" of the truck may not be able to grab the bin to dump it into the truck.

  • There are plastic bags in the bin. Plastic bags gum up the sorting machinery and therefore must not be put in recycling bins. If you have recyclables gathered into a plastic bag - dump the items into the bin and put the bag aside to recycle separately (put in the Plastic Bags & Wraps shed at the Orange Transfer Station & Recycling Center or in designated bins at grocery and big box stores). 

  • A holiday falls on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday - which triggers the holiday pick-up schedule and bumps remaining pick-ups for the week to the next day.

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See details about what goes in your blue bin and what does not. ​

For questions or if your recycling wasn't picked up, call Public Works at 203-891-4712.

Plastic Bags, Films & Wraps Recycling
  • The plastic bags & wraps recycling shed is to the right of the mixed recyclables bin. If your mixed recyclables are in a plastic bag, empty items into the dumpster and put bag in the shed. 
  • Recycling bins containing PLASTIC BAGS or WRAPS will NOT be picked up. More info. 
  • Do NOT put plastic bags, packaging or wraps in your blue recycling bin. More info here: plasticfilmrecycling.org 
  • Kohl's, Target, Big Y and other stores accept plastic bags
  • See SHORT VIDEO explaining why plastic bags CANNOT go in recycling bins.
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Article: How to Properly Recycle Plastic - info, ideas, and tips 
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