Community Tips
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle - About Batteries & Fluorescent
Bulbs |
Yard Waste | About your Health - Shape
Up Today
Recreate - For Leisure,
Learning...for Life
REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE...
Batteries, Fluorescent Bulbs
Banned from Trash Cans, Landfills
It’s the law in California now – the gamut of
household batteries along with fluorescent bulbs and items containing
mercury are now deemed hazardous waste and must be disposed of properly.
Keep them all out of the trash and the landfill, including fluorescent bulbs
and AAA, AA, C, D, button cell, 9 volt and other batteries, both
rechargeable and single use.
These household items contain low levels of hazardous metals such
as lead, mercury, cadmium and chromium, which can contaminate soil and
water. Collect your old batteries, bulbs and other household hazardous waste
products and take them to the Monterey Regional Waste Management District (MRWMD)
drop-off site, 14201 Del Monte Blvd., two miles north of Marina. Monterey
Peninsula residents can drop off up to 125 lbs. of household hazardous waste
free of charge.
Please note that rechargeable batteries can be recycled and are
collected for recycling at MRWMD or commercial businesses, such as Staples.
For more details on items that cannot be put in the trash, visit
www.mrwmd.org or
call 384.5313.
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Car Battery Roundup
April 12 to 22, Mon-Fri 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
drop off your old car batteries:
Natale’s Auto Service
2091 Del Monte Ave.
655.4353 |
Yard
Waste Goes in 65-Gallon, Green Container
Service and worker safety improvements have led to changes in yard waste
pickup in Monterey. All community members must now use the 65-gallon,
wheeled green container for yard waste removal. Monterey City Disposal
Service (MCDS), which provides our community with yard waste, trash and
recycling services, uses trucks with mechanical arms to pick up all waste.
As a result, bundled yard waste, bags and personal containers can no longer
be picked up or removed. If you need more than one 65-gallon tote, sign up
with MCDS for an extra container (an additional $4.50 monthly fee will
apply).
For more info, call MCDS at 372.7977 or City Solid Waste Manager
Angela Brantley at
646-5662 or visit us online at
www.monterey.org/recycle
ABOUT YOUR HEALTH...
Shape Up Today Monterey
Get up, get out and help your kids shape up.
Parents and caregivers can help prevent obesity by establishing healthy
lifestyles, creating beneficial environments in the home and encouraging
children along the way.
To prevent obesity in children, we need to provide kids with
wholesome foods at every meal, discourage TV viewing and other sedentary
pastimes and encourage physical activity, especially playing outdoors on a
daily basis.
The Shape Up
America! Web site offers several tips for getting your family on track:
- Park the car AS FAR AWAY
as possible from entrances
- Play catch with the kids (football,
baseball, softball or Frisbee)
- Play basketball with the kids
- Make chores such as vacuuming, sweeping or
raking part of the daily routine
- Go for family walks after meal times
- Limit recreation screen time (TV, video
games, movies) to less than 2 hours daily
- Give fitness-oriented gifts
- ALWAYS use the stairs
- Visit local farms and pick your own fruit
- Plan cycling trips on safe trails
- Go swimming or play water tag or water
volleyball
- Design a Frisbee golf course and play
Frisbee golf
- Play soccer or just kick a ball around
- Go hiking – locate a nearby trail
- Jump rope
- Adopt a road, park or beach and keep it
clean
- Enter a “bike-a-thon” or “fun run” and
train for it Use a hula hoop
- SCHEDULE REGULAR TIMES for activity weekly
Obesity is estimated to claim
the lives of more than 100,000 Americans each year. Obese children are
socially isolated, often ridiculed by their classmates and suffer from bouts
of depression and illness, especially diabetes. So go ahead, pick an
activity to do with your family today and shape up Monterey!
For more info, call the Monterey Sports Center fitness
department at 646.3495 or visit
www.monterey.org/sportscenter
Recreate
- for Leisure, Learning...for Life
 Get hooked! Join a class, take a workshop or
find just the activity your child is looking for at your local recreation
center. We offer arts and crafts classes, friendly afterschool programs,
exercise and fitness opportunities, educational workshops and more.
Check out what’s going on at your community center or the Monterey
Sports Center by visiting
www.monterey.org/rec or call 646.3866 for details.
Start planning to fill your plate this summer and fall on May 2,
when the Summer/Fall 2006 Activities Guide (good thru November) hits the
streets. Registration for Monterey Sports Center programs begins May 4 at
5:30 a.m. For all other community centers, early registration begins May 6.
On May 6, Monterey City residents can sign up from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and
other city residents can register from 1 to 3 p.m. Priority registration for
City residents begins May 8 and general registration beings May 15 in person
or online at www.monterey.org/rec
Online registration requires prior activation.
Mark your calendars to sign up for summer camps, field sports and
ongoing arts and crafts program. Guides are available online or at the
Recreation & Community Services Main Office (546 Dutra St.).
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