Saturday hours are limited to the 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month.
Exceptions are winter months of January - February - March when the transfer station is open the 2nd Saturday only.
Materials:
Recycling
Bulky Waste
Cans - Commingled
Cans - Steel
Cans - Tin
Copper
Grill
Hangers - Metal
Iron
Metal - Other
Metal - Scrap
Pipe
Books
Books - Textbooks
Boxboard
Brown Paper Bags
Cardboard
Cartons - Pop and Beer Carriers
Catalogs
Junk Mail
Magazines
Newspaper
Paper
Paper - Computer
Paper - Office
Paper - Other
Paper - White Office
Paper Bags
Paperboard
Telephone Directories / Phone Books
Other Rigid Non-Packaging Plastic
Plastic (1) PET Bottles & Jars
Plastic (1) PET Containers & Lids
Plastic (2) HDPE Bottles & Jars
Plastic (2) HDPE Containers & Lids
Plastic (5) PP Bottles
Plastic (5) PP Containers & Lids
Plastic Cups
Plastic Food & Household Bottles / Jars
Plastic Jugs
Plastic Non-food Containers & Packaging
Plastic Produce, Deli & Bakery Containers, Cups, Trays
Plastic Soda, Water & Other Drink Bottles
Plastic Tubs
Plastic Tubs & Lids
Tires - Off-Road (Medium)
Tires - Off-Road (Small)
Tires - Passenger
Tires - Truck
Notes
Rinse or wipe clean all food or other residue from bottles & containers
Exceptions
No Bags, Wrap or Film Plastic
No Flower Pots
No Foam
No Frozen Food Bags
No Hazardous Product Containers
No Motor Oil Bottles/Containers
Description:
Sands Township is a municipal entity in central Marquette County, MI. We are located south of the city of Marquette and north of Gwinn. Sands Township provides residents with garbage pickup and drop-off recycling services. Drop-off recycling is available at the Sands Township Transfer Station located at 55 Flodin Road, approximately 4 miles south of the Sands Township Office Complex on M553.
Expanded listing for:
City of Houghton Recycling / Waste Management Houghton
Hours of Operation
Mon
9:00am
3:00pm
Tue
9:00am
3:00pm
Wed
9:00am
3:00pm
Thu
9:00am
3:00pm
Sat
Closed
Sun
Closed
Description:
Anyone can bring their recycling to this facility but must pay in the office, $5.00 per truckload. If you are a City of Houghton resident and you have missed your recycling day, please still enter the office and let them know your address and what you are doing. Please see below for the full listing of acceptable items.
HOUGHTON CITY AND HANCOCK CITY RESIDENTS ONLY
CURBSIDE RECYCLING MUST BE AT THE CURBSIDE BY 7AM ON YOUR SERVICE DAY.
RECYCLING MUST BE IN BINS or TOTES SO CONTENTS CAN BE IDENTIFIED.
Please follow the guidelines below. All items must be cleaned of food/organic matter and liquids. Please crush
or flatten cardboard and plastic materials where possible.
ACCEPTABLE ITEMS UNACCEPTABLE ITEMS
Plastics #1 thru #8
Glass – all colors
Aluminum cans, tin cans, jar lids and foil
products only
Corrugated Cardboard ‐ empty/flattened
Cereal box type cardboard (remove inner
packaging) ‐ empty/flattened
Pizza Boxes – clean and empty
Soft drink or beer cartons‐empty/flattened
White boxboard or card stock
Newspapers and inserts
Magazines and Catalogs
Paper bags or other brown paper‐empty
Gray paperboard, boxboard, egg cartons
Junk mail
Envelopes (labels and windows OK)
Telephone books
Packing PAPER (NO Tissue)
Soft cover computer manuals
Dark‐colored accordion files
Manila file folders
Paperback books
Hard cover books
NO STYROFOAM OF ANY KIND
NO Plastic bags (grocery store bags)
NO used paper food products‐plates, cups, etc.
NO paper towels, napkins, or tissue paper
NO metal spiral or plastic ring bindings
NO candy wrappers or chip bags
NO wax paper
NO plastic transparencies or photographs
NO brightly colored (fluorescent) paper
NO paper ream wrappers (most have a plastic
coating)
NO Tyvek (reinforced‐fiber) or padded
brown envelopes w/string closure
NO dark‐colored hanging files
NO carbon paper (carbonless is OK)
NO plastic food wrappers or packaging
NO gift wrap
NO packing peanuts
CITY OF HOUGHTON AND CITY OF HANCOCK RESIDENTS WHO MISS THEIR RECYCLING DAY MAY BRING THEIR
RECYCLING TO WASTE MANAGEMENT’S DROP‐OFF SITE ON ENTERPRISE DRIVE IN HOUGHTON FOR NO
ADDITIONAL CHARGE WITH PROOF OF RESIDENCY.
WASTE MANAGEMENT RECYCLING HOURS
MON, TUE, WED & FRI
9 am – 3 pm
THURSDAY (RECYCLING ONLY UNTIL 7PM)
9 am – 7 pm
PLEASE CLEAN OUT ALL RECYCLING MATERIALS TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION
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