GREAT WESTERN RECLAMATION, INC.1978

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to the user. Any cardboard or wooden cartons, not specifically used as a temporary container, must be broken down, flattened and tied in budndles with strong cord or wire heavy enough to act as a handle or shall be placed in acceptable containers. Cardboard, papers, 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 may be placed in acceptable containers. Any such bundle or item may not exceed four (4) feet in length, eighteen (18) inches in thickness, or weigh in excess of forty (40) pounds. Oil drums, grease drums, arid 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 containers and will not be picked up or emptied. Discarded household items, broken down to the specified size and weight easily handled by one man, may be con- sidered as refuse. All kitchenwaste, ashes, hair clippings, floor sweepings , must be well and securely wrapped to protect the public health and safety. Hot ashes will not be collected. There will be a load limit of fifty (50) pounds per container with contents . 'L Also, there will be a load limit of 200 pounds (including container) . for each refuse service stop except at single family dwellings. Section 2. Time of Collection. Subsection (k) of Section 2 of said specifications is hereby amended to read as follows, effective May 1, 1976: (k) Maintenance of schedules. Presently existing routes, schedules and times for collection of garbage and trash shall be maintained, but may be changed by authorization of the Director of Public Works and after at least one week' s advance noti- fication by the Contractor to the occupantsof buildings in the area where the changes are to be made. All collections from residential areas shall be. made 2.