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<br />Simple Sort Recycling <br />is Coming to Ramsey <br /> <br />In just a few months, Simple Sort Recycling will <br />begin in Ramsey. Simple Sort Recycling simply means <br />that residents will no longer need to separate acceptable <br />materials for recycling! So, that means one less step for <br />residents while recycling. <br />Under the Simple Sort Recycling program, each <br />single family home will receive a mid-size 64-gaIlon <br />cart and each townhouse will receive a 35-gallon cart. <br />!he carts will have wheels and a gray lid to distinguish <br />It from your garbage can. The carts will make it easier <br />to move the recyclables out to the street and they are <br />larger than the current bins, meaning there is more <br />room for recyclable materials. Even cardboard boxes <br />can be put in the carts without being flattened and <br />bundled together! <br />Acceptable recyclable materials include the <br />following: <br />· Newspaper, magazines, catalogs, phone books <br />· Direct mail advertising, envelopes of all types <br />· Paperback books, file folders, notebooks, clean <br />paper bags <br />· Colored paper, fax and telex sheets <br />· Boxboard: cereal, cake, and chip boxes and <br />corrugated cardboard <br />· Metal food cans and aluminum beverage cans <br />· Glass bottles and jars <br />· Plastic bottles such as soda, milk, shampoo, water <br />and laundry containers <br />The collection schedule will remain the same, with <br />recydables being collected every other Monday. ACE <br />Solid Waste will be sending out additional information <br />regarding the Simple Sort Recycling program. <br />Information will also be posted on the city's website. <br />If you have general questions about Ramsey's <br />recycling program, please contact Chris Anderson at <br />763-433-9905. If you have questions about whether <br />a specific product is accepted for curbside collection, <br />please contact ACE Solid Waste at 763-427-3110 or by <br />email atservice@acesolidwaste.com. <br /> <br /> <br />Outdoor <br />Warning <br />Sirens <br /> <br />Warning sirens <br />are the most effective <br />method to warn the <br />population at large of <br />dangerous conditions. <br />People may be outdoors <br />at ball games or in <br />their yard where they <br />are not in contact <br />with media outlets such as radio, TV or local public <br />address systems. However, one of the most common <br />misconceptions about warning sirens is that they will <br />alert you to dangerous conditions even when you are <br />indoors. While some people may live close enough <br />to hear the sirens indoors, this is not their intended <br />purpose. They are designed to advise people who <br />are outside that a hazardous condition exists or is , <br />approaching. Newer structures are insulated better and <br />are more likely to keep' sound out and sirens cannot be <br />made louder to penetrate buildings because doing so <br />would pose a danger to the hearing of people who are <br />outdoors. A battery operated radio or TV is the best <br />way to stay advised of possible dangerous conditions <br />when indoors. <br />Sirens in Anoka County are tested on the first <br />Wednesday of each month at 1 :00 p.m. The first test <br />is comprised of a steady signal.for approximately one <br />minute. A second test follows, which consists of a <br />series of short blasts or a wavering (warbling) tone. The <br />second test also lasts approximately one minute. In an <br />acrual emergency, sirens wiU sound for longer than one <br />minute, between three to five minutes, and then will be <br />repeated when the emergency or situation has passed. <br /> <br />