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Page 3 - Fall, 2011
<br />ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY INFORMATION (Cont’d)
<br />5 BAGS OF LEAVES LEFT UN-
<br />ANOKA COUNTY COMPOST SITES PREPARING FOR WINTER
<br />SEASON—THINK AHEAD & DON’T STORE THOSE BAGS OF
<br />RAKED = 1,000 POUNDS OF AL-
<br />LEAVES/GRASS CLIPPINGS THROUGH WINTER
<br />GAE IN THE LAKE!
<br />The hours of operation and fee schedule will remain the same as
<br />Have you ever seen curbs loaded with
<br />last year. Residents will be charged a $4 fee, per vehicle, for up to four cubic
<br />fertilizer, leaves and/or grass clippings left in the street? Do
<br />yards of yard waste (leaves, grass clippings, garden wastes, weeds, pumpkins
<br />you know this is detrimental to our lakes?
<br />and pine cones). An additional 50 cents per cubic yard will be charged for yard
<br />waste in excess of four yards. (Approximately eight lawn bags equal one yard).
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<br />Although leaves have valuable nutrients that can be turned into rich compost,
<br />There will continue to be a variable fee for tree waste disposal, depending on the
<br />these nutrients are not natural to lakes and create excess algae. Raking up
<br />amount and size of material.
<br />
<br />leaves and grass clippings is critical to keeping our lakes swimmable for our
<br />The hours of operation are:
<br />children.
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />Rice Creek Chain of Lakes Compost Site, 7701 Main St., Lino Lakes;
<br />
<br />In natural landscapes, rain tends to soak into the ground gradually. However,
<br />Monday: closed, Tuesday: 10 a.m.-7 p.m. (or sunset if earlier), Wednesday:
<br />closed, Thursday: 10 a.m.-7 p.m. (or sunset if earlier), Friday: closed,
<br />nowadays, much of the land is covered by impervious surfaces - such as streets,
<br />Saturday: 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday: Noon-5 p.m.
<br />parking lots and roofs - where the water runs off. Storm drains provide an expe-
<br />
<br />dient and direct route for pollutants on streets to flow into our waters.
<br />The compost sites are closed
<br />
<br />Memorial Day, Independence Day,
<br />This fall, please do your part and rake up and compost your leaves. If you notice
<br />Labor Day and Thanksgiving Day.
<br />that your neighbors are leaving leaves and grass clippings on the street, please
<br />
<br />For information about prices, talk to them and explain why it is important to collect and compost them. Since
<br />compost, and mulch availability,
<br />most of land (about 78%) is privately owned in Minnesota, how individuals man-
<br />call RRT at 763-767-7964 (Bunker
<br />age their own resources makes all the difference on our collective public re-
<br />Hills site) or 651-429-3723 (Rice
<br />sources.
<br />Creek Chain of Lakes site). For
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<br />general information about the
<br />compost sites, call the Anoka
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<br />County Integrated Waste
<br />Management Department at 763-
<br />Keep Up-To-Date with Local Watershed Issues: Sign-Up for the
<br />or
<br />323-5730 visit
<br />RCWD eNews
<br />www.anokacounty.us/yardwaste.
<br />
<br />The Rice Creek Watershed District is implementing an “eNews” communica-
<br />tion tool to better communicate with residents, cities, permitees and schools
<br />about projects, plans, objectives, repairs, etc .
<br />HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE
<br />
<br />A great advantage of the eNews we are implementing is that we can target
<br />Unusable or unwanted chemicals are considered household hazardous waste when
<br />the information we send to very specific groups. We understand that you don’t
<br />their disposal poses an environmental or health threat. People who improperly
<br />want to be bothered with information you are not interested in so, when you
<br />dispose of hazardous waste in the garbage, down the drain, or on the ground, can
<br />sign-up, please complete the subscribe fields. This will help us target the
<br />contaminate water and soils, or harm garbage haulers.
<br />updates so you only get information about issues in your area that you are
<br />
<br />To find out if a product is hazardous, read the product label. Certain signal words
<br />interested in. And, if we don’t have news to share, we won’t send anything
<br />indicate the type of hazard posed by a product: flammable, combustible, corrosive,
<br />out. Sometimes no news, is good news!
<br />toxic. Other signal words indicate the degree of hazard: caution, warning, danger,
<br />
<br />and poison. To sign-up, please go to www.ricecreek.org and click on the eNews logo on
<br />
<br />the right side of the screen.
<br />Products with these signal words on the label should be brought to the Anoka
<br />County Household Hazardous Waste Facility. Please note: Businesses, schools,
<br />and organizations may not bring hazardous waste to the household facility.
<br />
<br />Examples of products to bring to the Anoka County Household Hazardous Waste
<br />Facility include:
<br />Driveway sealer, paint, paint stripper, paint thinner, wood preservatives, carburetor
<br />cleaner, petroleum-based waxes and finishes, drain and oven cleaner, mothballs,
<br />nail polish and remover, spot remover, ant, bug, roach, and rodent killer, bug spray,
<br />charcoal lighter fluid, pool chemicals, weed killer, aerosols (with product remaining).
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<br />For information about acceptable wastes, call Anoka County Integrated Waste Man-
<br />agement at 763-323-5730.
<br />Anoka County Household Hazardous Waste Facility
<br />Address: 3230—101st Ave NE, Blaine, MN 55449
<br />Phone: 763-323-5730 or Website: www.AnokaCounty.us/recycle
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<br />Hours of operation:
<br />April – October
<br />November – March
<br />Wednesday: 2 p.m. – 8 p.m. Wednesday: 2 p.m. – 8 p.m.
<br />Friday & Saturday: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
<br /> Saturday: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
<br />Closed Independence Day
<br /> Closed New Year’s Day & Christmas
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