* EFFECTIVE MARCH 29, 2010 COLLECTION FOR GARBAGE AND RECYCLABLES IS THURSDAY

The Village of Dolgeville administers the Garbage and Trash Collection Program for the residents and businesses in the Village of Dolgeville.

Residents have the option to use either Village of Dolgeville garbage bags or toters/carts. The bag/toter system applies to all Village residents and businesses that do not have private dumpster service or a private collection dumpster contract. Please note: residents who do not participate in the waste system will not receive service for recycling.

1. If you choose to use Village of Dolgeville blue garbage bags in the Village, they are available at the following locations:

   Easy Mart, 6371 Route #167
   Kinney Drugs, 55 North Main Street
   Zipp Hardware Store, 73 North Main Street

2. Cost for the bags will be: Large $3.25 - Small $2.75
3. If you choose to participate in the toter/cart system, please contact the Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Authority Office by E-Mail at ohswa@ohswa.org or by telephone at 733-1224 to be set up with a container.
4. Cost for the toters/carts will be: 32 gallon - $52.50 per quarter, 64 gallon - $70.00 per quarter, 95 gallon - $87.50 per quarter. Payments will be made quarterly in advance.

Large quantities of trash:

1. Call a private hauler to rent a dumpster. This would include all construction and demolition material.
2. Small pieces of wood, lumber or construction debris can be placed in toters or Village trash bags.
3. Construction & demolition debris must be removed by the resident or by arrangement with a private hauler.

Collection Day for Garbage and Recyclables is Thursday

Rules For Setting Out Garbage

1. Garbage and recyclables will be collected on Thursday
2. Garbage should NOT be out before 3:00 PM and SHOULD be out before Midnight on Wednesday. Bags SHOULD NOT EXCEED 50 pounds. Empty toters/carts or cans must be removed from the curbside by 8:00 PM Thursday.
3. If your garbage or recyclables are not collected, contact Spohn's Disposal Service at 866-8820.

Rules For Setting Out Recyclables: (Paper Group & Container Group)

1. Recyclables must be separated into 2 groups - Paper Group and Container Group
2. Recyclables are to be put out the same day and time as your garbage and placed in a large clear plastic bag or in a reusable container.
3. Paper group consists of cardboard, boxes, newspapers, brown paper bags, glossy ads, magazines, phone books, junk mail, envelopes, letters, computer paper, school paper, cardboard tubes, cereal, tissue and pizza boxes.
   • Paper group items should be placed in reusable containers, brown paper bags, or clear large plastic bags.
   • Boxes such as cereal, tissue, and other non-corrugated should be flattened.
   • Corrugated cardboard must be flattened and bundled NOT to exceed 2 feet by 2 feet by 8 inches.
   • DO NOT use cardboard boxes as a container.
4. Container group consists of clear and colored glass jars and bottles, tin cans, aluminum cans, aluminum foil items, plastic bottles and containers with a 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 in the recycling triangle.
   • All containers must be cleaned, lids must be removed and discarded.
   • Container group items should be placed in reusable containers or clear large plastic bags separate from the paper group.

DO NOT PLACE BAGS OF PLASTIC BAGS WITH THE RECYCLABLE ITEMS, PLASTIC GROCERY STORE BAGS ARE NOT RECYCLABLE UNDER OUR SYSTEM.

STYROFOAM PACKAGING IS NOT RECYCLABLE, place all Styrofoam in a clear plastic bag by itself.

Other items, NOT RECYCLABLE are plastic toys, light bulbs, window glass, dishes, flower pots, cooking wares, wood, plaster/wallboard, oil containers, hard cover books, ceiling tile, pails, and clothes hangers. Please dispose as garbage in Village bags or toters/carts.

Tires: Residents can take them directly to the Solid Waste Authority's Residential Convenience Station on Leland Ave in Utica or contact a private hauler to have them removed.

Used Oil: Take to a service station, oil redemption center or the Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Authority's Residential Convenience Station in Utica.

Household Hazardous Waste and Paint Cans Residents may deliver their material to the Authority's Household Hazardous Waste Management Facility on Leland Ave in Utica from April 1st to October 1st. Contact the Authority office for more information.