at the Solid Waste Division office on Wetmore Street across from the water tower. *Electronic waste such as TVs, computers, printers, microwaves, phones and such can be dropped off Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. The city has other free recycling services available. The first one was conducted on a National Night Out in conjunction with the Manteca Chamber of Commerce’s farmers’ market at Library Park. However, it’s a law extremely hard to enforce which is why police came up with the free shred-it event. Once carts with recyclables are placed on the street for collection they are property of the city and stealing items is a crime. Police have noted criminals often pay $25 for a bag of such material making household and business documents that are tossed potential source pf money for drug users and unscrupulous homeless people who rifle through carts and dumpsters. Paperwork stolen from blue carts still plays a significant role in ID theft today as does the stealing of mail despite the shift to paperless documents. Documents such as cancelled checks, billing statements, old tax forms, and even magazine labels and other mail that simply has a name and an address were being used to steal identities. The endeavor was launched 18 years ago as a crime prevention measure by the Manteca Police Department working in concert with the Solid Waste Division.ĭetectives noted a growing number of ID theft cases involved suspects who had bought trash bags of pilloried information gleaned from blue recycling carts set out for collection. There are no other municipalities in Northern California that offer the free service although there are several that charge $5 a box. This will be the 34th time in 18 years for the free Manteca event. You can also pick up free compost courtesy Waste management if you bring your own bucket. Items not eligible for recycling are water beds, futons or fold out sofas, air mattresses, mattress tops, mattresses that are soiled/cut/wet/or damaged, and any infested with bed bugs. Mattresses will also be accepted this year.
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