YARD WASTE & RECYCLING

YARD WASTE:

Brewster is one of ten communities in Stark County that hosts a yard waste drop off site. This unmanned site is located at the northern most section of the parking lot in Bimeler Park. This yard waste program is a cooperative effort between the Stark-Wayne-Tuscarawas Waste Management District and the Village of Brewster. The Waste Management District provides a Grant that funds most of this program with revenue generated by Tipping Fees charged to haulers that use landfill sites within the District. The program is fairly simple as the Village provides and maintains a drop off site and contracts with Bull Country of Dundee to provide and service the roll-off (a 8.5 ton container) in which the yard waste is deposited and removed.

WE NEED YOUR HELP. THIS SITE IS MAINTAINED BY VILLAGE PERSONNEL AND ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN DO TO CONSOLIDATE THE YARD WASTE MATERIALS THAT YOU ARE DROPPING OFF WOULD BE APPRECIATED. PUT THE MATERIALS AS CLOSE TO THE BACK WALL OF THE SITE AREA AS POSSIBLE. THIS WILL PROVIDE MORE AREA FOR THE NEXT GUY AND WILL KEEP THE OVERFLOW OUT OF THE PARKING LOT. ALSO, DROP OFF ACCEPTABLE MATERIALS ONLY.

RECENTLY INSTALLED SECURITY CAMERAS HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN IDENTIFYING THOSE THAT ABUSE THIS SERVICE

RECYCLING DROP OFF SITE

This site is also provided through a cooperative effort by the Village and the Stark-Wayne-Tuscarawas Waste Management District. On the local level, the Village is assisted by the Brewster Boy Scouts who staff the site on the second and fourth Saturday each month between 10 am and 1 pm. This drop off site accepts specific plastics, glass (cleaned and rinsed), cardboard (flattened), paper, and aluminum. This drop of site is available to residents from dawn to dusk. We again request your assistance in maintaining this site. Please place acceptable items only within the bins and refrain from placing any materials outside of the bins.

This site is also monitored by the Village Police Department and the PD will prosecute anyone dropping off unacceptable materials.

RECENTLY INSTALLED SECURITY CAMERAS MONITOR THIS SITE

Stark-Wayne-Tuscarawas Waste Management District

The Stark-Wayne-Tuscarawas Waste Management District governs most aspects of the Village's Yard Waste and Recycling Programs. Particulars of how each of these programs works for Village and Stark County residents can be accessed at their web site which provides a wealth of information about recycling within their District and includes such things as drop off sites, acceptable and unacceptable materials, what to do with unacceptable materials, and other topics. Please click on the link and take a look. https://www.timetorecycle.org/

UNACCEPTED AS YARD WASTE

Treated wood: Resistance to rot and decay, which is incompatible with composting.
Railroad ties: Treated with creosote, a preservative that stops wood from decaying.
Carcasses and food waste: Materials collected at the yard waste drop-offs are sent to registered composting facilities that are only authorized to accept yard waste. There are composting facilities in Ohio that do accept carcasses and food waste, but they are not affiliated with the District's yard waste program.

Wooden furniture: Often treated with preservatives or varnish/paint, which chemically contaminates composting and does not break down.
Non-organic materials such as plastic bags, mattresses, drywall and other demolition material: Materials do not naturally decompose. Materials that do decompose may change the pH of the compost pile and slow down the rate of natural decay.