2013 September : Papillion Sanitation

Week of January 25: TRASH COLLECTION is running approximately 1.5 days behind schedule. If your collection day has passed and we have not serviced your street, leave your carts out. We are running extra trucks and will be there as soon as it is safe to do so.

RECYCLING is suspended this week except for the following areas: City of Bellevue, Offutt/Rising View, City of Ralston, Village of Murray, and City of Louisville. Overflow recycling may be set out on your next scheduled collection day or taken to a drop off location. We apologize for any inconvenience and will resume normal collection schedules as soon as its safe for our drivers to do so.

Solving the Plastic Code

09/18/13

Have you ever looked at the bottom of your old plastic containers and wondered what the number surrounded by the circle of arrows could possibly mean? The Resin Identification Coding System was developed in 1988 to classify plastics into different recycling categories. Read on to learn not only what these numbers signify, but also what product the container you are…

Recycling Tires: Eco-friendly Recycling Projects

09/18/13

When you drive your automobile, it doesn’t matter if you take exceptional care of your car’s tires by rotating them, keeping them properly inflated and the front end properly aligned – tires will eventually succumb to the pavement and need to be replaced. In order to keep yourself safe on the roads you need to change your tires when the…