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Transfer Station Location Sand Road, 1/4 mile south of M-25, 1/8 of a mile east of Champagne Road.
LAKE TOWNSHIP TRANSFER STATION
SCHEDULE
May - October Saturday & Sunday 9 AM to 4 PM November - April Sunday 9AM to 4 PM (Except Christmas and New Years' Day) Open Labor Day & Memorial Day
Attendant, Dave Ferris.
Current fees are:
Up to 21 Gallon...........$1.50
Up to 33 Gallon...........$2.00
Commercial.................$3.00
In an effort to better serve the community we are making some changes at the station. We have a roll-off dumpster for scrap metal items. The fee for stoves, washers, dryers, etc. will be $5.00. Refrigerators
with Freon will be $20.00, if tagged certifying Freon removal $5.00 charge.
Fees for miscellaneous metal items will be at the discretion of the attendant. Disposal of composting materials, Leaves, Grass clippings, tree limbs, logs, bushes etc. is free. No Bags Please. The attendant will determine if items not described are acceptable for disposal. We will no longer be taking couches, chairs, mattresses, box springs, lumber, concrete, etc. Residents can dispose of these items at the Richfield Landfill in Bad Axe. For prices and times, contact the landfill at 1-989-658-2594. Residents doing remodeling projects may want to contact a local company to rent a dumpster.
Latex paint can be disposed of in regular trash as long as it is open and dried out. Miscellaneous items, such as small amounts of shingles, building materials, etc. need to be in a container or bundled and the fee for disposal will be at the discretion of the attendant. Pick-up truck loads of items will be charged $20.00 for half a load and $40.00 for a full load.
Hazardous waste items will need to be disposed of on one of the countywide disposal days. The next scheduled date is May 15th. Please contact the Huron County Conservation District at 1-989-269-9540 ext. 3 for more information and the necessary application. You must preregister by Monday, May 3, 2010.
Our recycle program will continue and we encourage everyone to participate. It’s a win-win program. It will decrease the amount of garbage you have (saves you money) and will help the environment!
Recycling is the third Sunday of the month from 10AM-2PM.
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Batteries will no longer be accepted at the Township recycling center. Schedule for March through December 2012
10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Sunday, March 18, 2012 Sunday, April 15, 2012 Sunday, May 20, 2012 Sunday, June 17, 2012 Sunday, July 15, 2012 Sunday, August 19, 2012 Sunday, September 16, 2012 Sunday, October 21, 2012 Sunday, November 18, 2012 Sunday December 16, 2012
Leaves, grass and tree trimmings are accepted at the Transfer Station during regular hours at no charge.
We will accept all of the following items:
** EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2010 ** The list of acceptable recycling items has changed.
*Newspaper - Inserts and Ads too *Junk Mail - Envelopes too *Plastic Containers #1 and #2 (remove lids and rinse) *Cardboard (please flatten) *Boxboard - Cereal Boxes, Shoe Boxes & Kleenex Boxes ( please flatten) *Magazines & Catalogs (staples are ok) *Phone Books *Mixed Office Paper - Color, White, Computer Paper (Shredded or not) *All types of Metal (please rinse cans) *Batteries - Car Batteries only *Rubber Covered Cords - Extension cords *Plastic Grocery Bags * *NO electronic accessories such as CDs, DVDs, cassettes, cell phones, inkjet cartridges, diskettes
PROPER RECYCLING PREPARATION
Following the directions listed below will make it much easier for our center to process your recyclables. We appreciate your help making the job easier. RINSE AND REMOVE ALL CAPS AND LIDS ON CONTAINERS! FOOD RESIDUE, ESPECIALLY FOODS WITH OIL, I.E. SALAD DRESSINGS, CAT FOOD, TUNA, WILL CONTAMINATE THE PRODUCT. LABELS DO NOT NEED TO BE REMOVED
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION AND PARTICIPATION IN OUR RECYCLING PROGRAM
SOME INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT RECYCLING
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