Specifications include, but are not limited to: Curbside Recycling Program Started Curbside Recycling in July of 1996 1 st full year in 1997 - picked up 548 tons Started Single Stream Recycling in 2008 Average tons of Recycling Material Collected: o monthly - 70 tons o yearly - 840 tons City of Brookings Pickup System Pick up Recycling on Thursdays & Fridays 4,000 homes participate in recycle program Recycling is currently delivered to Cooks Wastepaper & Recycling Cooks processes and markets the recycling material Material Collected Plastic Products (1-7) Glass Products (Clear, Amber, and Green) Paper Products (Newspaper, office paper, junk mail, magazines, phone books, light colored paper, cardboard boxes, and corrugated cardboard) Aluminum/Steel/Tin Products (drink cans, food cans, clean tin, foil baking
