Trash & Recycling

Holden has adopted a pay-per bag household trash collection program. Residents may use plastic trash bags or metal or plastic containers. The maximum size of the bag or container is 33 gallons and must not weigh more than 40 pounds when full. Each bag and container should be placed at roadside by 7:00 A.M. on trash collection day and must have an approved sticker placed around the neck of each back or it will not be picked up.

Household Trash Pickup: (Effective 7/1/2007)

Curbside household trash pickup is every Thursday. Check with Pine Tree Waste Inc. 1-800-639-6205 or call the Town Office (843-5151) for holiday changes.

Trash Stickers:
The price of trash stickers is $1.75 each. They can be purchased at the following locations:

Holden:

Dysart's

Leadbetter's (Holden)

Town Office
G & M Variety Market
The Squire

Brewer:

G.W. Flagg (Greenpoint Rd., Brewer)
Leadbetter's (Brewer)

Curbside Recycling Pickup: (Effective 7/1/2007)
Curbside recycling pickup is the fourth (4th) Thursday of each month. Sometimes the trucks run late, so leave items out, and if they are not picked up by the next morning call Pine Tree Waste Inc. 1-800-639-6205 or the Town Office at 843-5151. Please separate items into plastic or paper bags or boxes.

Recycling Center: (Effective 7/1/2007)

The recycling center is locate at the Highway Garage (located next to the Town Office) in Holden.

What Can be Recycled...YES and NO!
When in doubt...call 1-800-639-6205

Recycling Guide

Revised 04.24.07

To recycle these items, please observe the following do's and do nots.

Newspaper Place loosely in your recycling bin.

Magazines Mix in with the newspapers- Please- no manila Catalogs folders, envelopes or file folders, no plastic and Phone Books no junk mail.

Tin & Rinse and place in the recycling bin.

Aluminum

Cans

Plastic Bottles Please, #2 plastic only. Milk jugs, laundry

detergent, bleach and softener bottles are

acceptable. Look for the #2 on the bottom of

the bottle. Please - No butter, margarine,

yogurt or empty oil containers.

Glass Bottles Rinse and discard the plastic or metal lids. We

& Jars cannot recycle window or automotive glass.

Cardboard Corrugated cardboard must be cut into pieces

no larger than 3Ft. X 3Ft. It can be placed beside

or under the recycling bin.

Please remember to remove all Styrofoam or

packaging material.

Please Note: Please sort your material. Do not

mix paper with cardboard or tin with glass.

Thanks from your recycling driver!!

Universal Waste

Used items which contain mercury are considered universal waste. This includes items such as televisions, computers, monitors, printers, copiers, fluorescent bulbs and thermostats. These items many be taken to the Brewer Universal Waste Disposal Facility located at 37 Oak Street in Brewer during their regular business hours . A permit is required which may be obtained at the Holden Town Office. There is a fee for disposal of these items.

Items containing mercury may also be taken to the Pine Tree Land Fill in Hampden. There is a fee for disposal but no permit is required.

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Household Hazardous Waste

Holden participates in an annual regional Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day, usually held at the Bangor Public Works Facility on Saturday of the first weekend in October. Holden residents may take the following items to the Bangor facility on that day:

Old gasoline, motor oil, antifreeze, brake fluid, transmission fluid; oil based paint, paint thinner, paint remover, linseed oil, varnish, turpentine; pesticides, fungicides, herbicides, chemical fertilizer, rat poison.

Currently there is no charge for residents but a permit is required.

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