GREAT WESTERN RECLAMATION, INC.1977

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collect any refuse from service units receiving standard service which does not comply with the following standards and limitations: All refuse shall be placed in containers adequate to eliminate overflow or contamination of surrounding areas. Individual containers must not weigh in excess of 15 pounds empty or have a capacity exceeding 35 gallons. The total combined weight of the container and its contents shall not exceed 50 pounds. Cardboard or wood cartons acceptable as temporary containers will be considered as refuse and will not be returned. Any cardboard or wooden carton not specifically used as a temporary container must be broken down, flattened down and tied in bundles with strong cord or wire heavy enough to act as a handle, or shall be placed in other- wise acceptable containers. Cardboard, paper, magazines, palm fronds, tree limbs, brush, weeds and similar dry materials must also be tied in bundles with a heavy cord or wire strong enough to act as a handle, or be placed in other acceptable containers. Any such bundle or items shall not exceed four feet in length, eighteen inches in thickness, or weigh in excess of 40 pounds. Oil drums, grease drums and similar metal containers, paper grocery bags, broken wooden boxes and crates, broken or wet cardboard boxes, any container with sharp, rough, or jagged edges which may hamper or injure the handler, are not acceptable as refuse con- tainers and will not be picked up or emptied. Discarded household items, broken down and packaged in a size and to a weight easily handled by one man will be considered as refuse; however, large, heavy items not so broken down, including, with limitation of the generality thereof, water heaters, couches, tables , refrigerators , stoves, and other large pieces of furniture or house- hold equipment and similarly bulky items, will not be -7-