GENTRY — New poly-cart trash receptacles have been delivered to trash customers within the city and should be used for all future trash pickup days.

Allied Waste Services of Bella Vista, Gentry’s trash service provider, delivered the new 95-gallon receptacles last week, together with instructions for their use, and will soon begin using a truck equipped with a special arm to lift and dump the trash containers.

Included in use instructions are the following:

◊Trash containers should be put out for pickup by 7 a.m. on scheduled trash pickup days;

◊Trash receptacles should be placed curbside with the hinged side of the lid awayfrom the street, no more than 2 feet from the street and a minimum of 6 feet away from parked cars and other obstacles (and a minimum of 3 feet from other trash receptacles), and with 12 feetof overhead clearance;

◊All trash should be contained inside the cart - trash placed on the ground will not be picked up;

◊All trash should be bagged to prevent it from falling or blowing out onto the street when the receptacles are dumped;

◊Trash containers should not be overloaded to exceed their size or 200-pound weight limit;

◊Items which may not be placed in the receptacles include dirt, sod, concrete, rock, construction or demolition debris, household hazardous waste, animal waste, leaves, grass clippings, hot ashes or flammable materials such as oil, gasoline, paint, batteries, engine parts or tires.

The new trash receptacles are the property of Allied Waste Services and will be replaced by the company when needed due to normal wear. Customers will be charged for replacement when the containers are damaged due to negligence or abuse.

Trash pickup days remainunchanged for now. If changes are made in the future, customers will be notified of the changes in advance.

For more information on the use of the new trash receptacles, call Allied at 800-627-1717.

News, Pages 13 on 12/21/2011