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compactor is a machine used to squeeze trash to make it smaller.

2 ick s anitation, nc. () is a waste collection and recycling company located in akeville,. has been in business since ur vehicles are blue and white and have a or logo on the side of the truck. ur trucks pick up trash and recycling from businesses and the trucks pick up from homes. hen / picks up your trash, it is dumped into a compactor on the truck. compactor is a machine used to squeeze trash to make it smaller. he trash is hauled to a disposal site where it is either burned for energy or placed in a landfill where methane gas is made and used for energy. also collects stuff that can be recycled like paper and cardboard. ecycle means to convert waste into reusable material. ard waste and organics are also collected and turned into compost. ompost is a mixture of vegetation and yard waste that makes dirt. y recycling we are reducing our carbon footprint and pollutants in our world! hree common types of garbage trucks are the frontload, sideload, and rearload. he frontload has forks on the front that can lift large dumpsters. umpster is a large trash bin. he sideload trucks collect trash and recycling from people s homes with a robotic arm that reaches out and lifts the trash cart. hese trucks can lift up to 1,000 carts per day. he rearload truck collects trash from both businesses and homes. he rearload truck is a semi-automated truck that the driver has to exit the truck to hook up the dumpster or cart to a lift to tip it into the truck. ome of these trucks use fuel. is ompressed atural as and is cleaner for the environment. e employ a safety program called s 360 afety program. ur employees are required to wear proper safety gear such as gloves for hand protection, boots to protect their feet, a high visibility vest and hardhats for their heads when they are in the disposal sites to protect them from potential falling objects. hese items help ensure safety for our employees. ther safety equipment we use are cameras for backing up and flashing lights so people can see our trucks. astly, our trucks have a broom and shovel to help with any debris that may need to be cleaned up while servicing customers. aste and recycling collection is an interesting business. e hope that this information has helped you learn more about our company. e are he ocal hoice for all your trash and recycling needs. 2

3 rossword uzzle cross 4 truck that the driver has to hook up the cart to a lift. 6 natural gas that is cleaner for the environment. 7 machine used to squeeze trash to make it smaller. 10 nother word for waste. 11 rotects the feet. 12 truck that has forks on the front that can lift large dumpsters. 14 rotects the hands. 16 ne of s truck colors. 17 rotects the head. 18 here methane gas is made and used for energy. 19 s 360 egree program. own 1 sed to clean up debris. 2 mixture of vegetation and yard waste that makes dirt. 3 onvert waste into reusable material. 5 large trash bin. 6 tem to be collected to be recycled. 8 lso used to clean up debis. 9 igh visibility. 13 here is located. 15 ruck with a robotic arm. 3

4 aze tart inish elp the ick s anitation driver make his route through the maze to the cart. 4

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6 6 Z Z an you find all of the words? ake sure to check up, down and diagonally. ord search

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8 8 elp me put all recyclable items in the bin!

9 id you know... ick s anitation has more than ninety trucks in its fleet? 9

10 10 elp me reduce litter and put trash where it belongs!

11 lace me by the curb to be emptied! 11

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13 1. ut out man. 2. old and insert white tabs, arms and ears. aper raft man 13

14 ecycling facts: he average merican uses 650 pounds of paper each year 100 million tons of wood could be saved each year if all that paper was recycled. ecycling one ton (about 2,000 pounds) of paper saves 17 trees, two barrels of oil (enough to run the average car for 1,260 miles), 4,100 kilowatts of energy (enough power for the average home for six months), 3.2 cubic yards of landfill space, and 60 pounds of pollution. ore than 20 million ershey s isses are wrapped each day, using 133 square miles of aluminum foil. elieve it not, that foil is recyclable, but not many people realize it so most it goes in the trash! omposting facts: hings that should never be added to compost are meat, bones, and fatty food wastes, anything that was chemically treated, diseased plants, weeds that could potentially spread to the area where the compost is used, or human and pet feces. typical family consumes 182 gallons of soda, 29 gallons of juice, 104 gallons of milk, and 26 gallons of bottled water a year. hat s a lot of containers that can all be recycled! f all of our newspapers were recycled, we could save about 250 million trees each year! f every merican recycled just one-tenth of their newspapers, we could save about 25 million trees each year. ecycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a for three hours. n spite of this, mericans throw away enough aluminum to rebuild our entire commercial fleet of airplanes every three months! traw and wood chips are excellent in a compost pile, as they help it to aerate and add necessary browns. itchen wastes like egg shells, coffee grounds, and tea bags are high in nitrogen, which the compost needs in order to function properly. 14

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17 1. ut around both cart pieces. 2. old cart together and insert tabs into slots. o the same to the lid. aper raft ink art 17

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19 cross own rossword uzzle tart inish aze Z Z ord search / icture ssociation raw a line from each item of trash to its proper waste cart. : f you re not sure which carts the items go into, search the activity book for facts about waste. anana eel lastic ag lass ottle aper rass lippings lastic ottle iaper erosol an izza ox/ ood aste icture ssociation Z onnect the ots

20 ervice owered by lean ir owered by atural as ngines fueled by clean natural gas hanging our ways for a better environment. ick s anitation nc. dickssanitation.com akeville,

2018 /2019 Collection Schedule

2018 /2019 Collection Schedule Recyclables, Refuse, Organics, Yard Waste Green Bin: Food scraps, food-soiled paper, cooking oil and fats Food is banned from the landfill. Use your k itchen compost collection