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Trash and Recycling

Trash Pick-up

For students living in wood frames, some program houses, or in graduate housing, curbside trash is picked up once a week by the City of Middletown according to the schedule below.

Trash Pick-up*
Students living here...	…have trash picked up at this time:
Pearl Street (west side)	Monday mornings
Cross Street Fairview Avenue Fountain Avenue Knowles Avenue Pine Street Vine Street Warren Street Washington Street	Tuesday mornings
Brainard Avenue (west side) Church Street College Street Court Street High Street Home Avenue (east side) Lawn Avenue (south side) Miles Avenue (east side) Pearl Place Pearl Street	Wednesday mornings
Brainard Avenue (east side) Home Avenue (west side) Huber Avenue Lawn Avenue (north side) Miles Avenue (west side)	Friday mornings
Park Washington Apartments	Daily; dumpster located in the rear of the parking lot
*Trash containers must be brought to the curb the night before the scheduled pick-up and the containers must be returned to the rear of the house the same day as the pick-up.

Recycling Pick-up

Curbside recycling is picked up once a week by the City of Middletown according to the schedule below. For more information about recycling or sustainability, visit www.wesleyan.edu/recycling or contact the Middletown Recycling Center at 344-3526.

Recycling Pick-up*
Students living here…	…have recycling picked up at this time:
Cross Street Fairview Avenue Fountain Avenue Knowles Ave & Ext Pine Street Vine Street Warren Street	Tuesday mornings
Church Street College Street Court Street High Street (between Washington St. and Church St) 1Pearl Place 59 and 65 Pearl Street	Wednesday mornings
128 Pearl Street Washington Street	Thursday mornings
Brainard Avenue High St (south of Church St) Home Avenue Huber Avenue and Manor Lawn Avenue Miles Avenue	Friday mornings
Park Washington Apartments	Daily; recycling dumpster located in the rear of the parking lot.
*Items available for recycling: glass bottles, metal cans, all types of plastic containers, drink boxes, shampoo/conditioner/soap bottles, milk cartons, yogurt containers, aluminum foils & pie plates, mixed paper, magazines & catalogs, newspaper, junk mail, paperboard (i.e., cereal boxes). Please make sure all items are clean before setting them out for recycling. Recycling containers must be brought to the curb the night before scheduled pick-up and returned to the rear of the house the same day as the pick-up.

Residence halls and apartments are responsible for taking recyclables to the nearest recycling collection area. Check with your RA if you need more information.

The following program houses have recycling pick-up by Wesleyan. These houses are provided with a set of 3 outdoor 95-gallon recycling bins: 1) mixed paper, 2) newspaper, and 3) glass*metal*plastic. Residents are expected to bring all basic recycling to these outdoor locations where it will be picked up by Wesleyan's private hauler.

Alpha Delta Phi
Asian/Asian American House
Buddhist House
Eclectic
La Casa de Albizu Campos
Malcolm X House