Brook Park, Ohio- Service Department

We are located at 19065 Holland Road
Our hours are 7:30am - 4:30pm
Contact us at 216-433-7192

Service Department Holidays include:
New Year's Day
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
President's Day
Memorial Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Veteran's Day
Thanksgiving Day
Christmas Day
If a holiday falls on your scheduled rubbish or yard waste pick-up day, the rubbish or yard waste will be picked up the first work day after the holiday. If you have any questions, please contact the Service Department.

From the Newsletter

With your efforts and cooperation, we could reduce our solid waste by 50%, by doing so you will reduce dump fees, which means a savings to the City. Also, all of your recycling efforts to remove paper products, blue bag items, yard waste and scrap metal from the solid waste stream will keep these materials out of disappearing landfills.

Brook Park Residents Only
Year round drop off locations for round-up items is the City of Brook Park�s Service Garage, 19065 Holland Road, Monday through Friday 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., except on holidays when we will be closed. The following items can be dropped off: computers, household hazardous waste (*latex paint will not be accepted), scrap tires (tires will not be accepted that are still on
the rims), propane tanks, mixed papers, and blue bags for residents who do not have curbside
recycling.
*The proper way to dispose of latex paint is as follows: residents can air dry the paint and/or
use a drying agent such as kitty litter to dry the paint. When paint has thoroughly dried, you may place the cans with lids off out with your normal trash for pick-up and disposal.

Tree Program
The tree program will continue this fall and any resident wishing to have a tree on their tree
lawn, please call the Service Department for further information.

Summer Road Work
During the summer months there are quite a few construction areas throughout our City. Along with road construction, there will be a Road Painting Crew striping city streets along with an Asphalt Crew filling and patching our roads from the hard winter we experienced. We are sorry for any inconvenience you may experience. Please use caution around construction areas to help insure your safety and the safety of those working.

Avoid Mosquito Bites to Avoid Infection!
Prevention is the key to protection from exposure to mosquitoes and ticks.
� Eliminate standing water from around your home by removing or covering artificial containers and cleaning gutters. Tires, buckets, empty flowerpots, etc. that can hold water can be an area that breeds mosquitoes.
� Use insect repellants containing DEET to protect against mosquitoes morning and evening.
� DEET is also effective against ticks that often come into contact with people in fields and wooded areas.
� Always follow the directions on the label and get in the habit of carrying repellants with you in your car, purse, or golf bag.
� Check your children for ticks after they have been walking in tall grass where ticks can hide.

The City of Brook Park takes an active role in the prevention of exposure to mosquitoes. On May 15, 2008, the Cuyahoga County Board of Health completed treatment of catch basins throughout our City with briquettes that prevent the development of mosquitoes. The Cuyahoga County Board of Health Mosquito Hotline is 216-201-2000.

RECYCLING PROGRAM

The City has implemented a change in our Recycling Program. The new program will allow the City to receive recycling fees back from the county co-op program. All recycling items will be picked up the next work day after your rubbish pick-up day. Yard waste and metal/appliance items will be picked up every week. Please contact the Service Department when you have metal/appliance items for pick-up. Mixed paper and blue bag items will alternate weeks. The new Recycling Program consists of four (4) groups of recyclable items: yard waste, mixed paper, blue bag items and metals/appliances.

• Yard waste – grass clippings and leaves will be put in brown yard waste bags or metal or plastic rubbish cans only. Branches or hedge trimmings must be placed in legal refuse containers. Excess dirt must be removed from roots. Yard waste can not be placed in plastic bags.
• Mixed Paper – includes newspapers, magazines, cardboard, junk mail, box board, office paper and phone books. Items can be bundled with twine or string or placed in legal refuse containers. Mixed Paper items can not be placed in plastic bags.
• Blue Bag Items – please rinse all items and remove lids and caps.
Cans include all metal food and beverage cans. Glass includes bottles and jars in brown, clear and green colors. We do not accept drinking glasses, window panes, mirrors or light bulbs. Plastic is all items which are coded with the recycling symbol with a 1 or 2 inside the symbol. Metal/Appliances includes washer, dryers, refrigerators (remove doors), swing sets (must be broken down and concrete removed from poles), incinerators and water tanks. All items will be picked up with a separate truck. Containers or bundles are not to exceed 50#. Recycling items will be picked up the next work day after your rubbish pick-up.
We appreciate our residents continued effort to recycle and if you have any questions regarding our new program, please contact the Service Department at 216-433-7192.

RECYCLING RULES

In order to maintain efficient recycling collection in the City of Brook Park, the following rules apply:

• Grass clippings and leaves need to be put in brown yard waste bags or metal or plastic rubbish cans only.
� Branches or hedge trimmings must be placed in legal refuse containers
• Excessive amounts of dirt must be removed from roots.
• Excessive amounts of sod from lawns will not be picked up.
• Yard waste can not be placed in plastic bags.
• Containers or bundles can not exceed 50#.
• Mixed Paper items include newspapers, magazines, cardboard, junk mail, box board, office paper and phone books.
• Cardboard, corrugated cardboard or cartons must be broken down and bundled and tied not to exceed 3 ft. in length and 1 ft. in diameter.
• If newspapers and magazines are bundled, they must be tied securely.
• Mixed Paper items can not be placed in plastic bags.
• Mixed Paper items can be bundled with twine or string only.
• Blue Bag items must be rinsed and lids and caps removed.
• All metal food and beverage cans will be accepted.
• Bottles and jars in brown, clear and green colors will be accepted.
• Plastic items which are coded with the recycling symbol with a 1 or 2 only inside the symbol will be accepted.
• Metal/Appliances pick-up includes washers, dryers and refrigerators with doors removed.
• Swing sets must be broken down and concrete removed from poles.
• Concrete must be removed from metal fence post.

HAZARDOUS WASTE ROUND UP

Residents can bring household pesticides, cleaners and paints (excluding latex paint) to the Service Garage Monday thru Friday between 7:00 a.m. � 3:00 p.m. Propane tanks, tires with rims removed and rechargeable batteries can also be dropped off at the Garage. Used car batteries and old motor oil may also be taken to Auto Zone, Murray�s Discount Auto, National Tire and Battery, and Lube Stop.

LATEX PAINT DISPOSAL

We cannot accept Latex Paint. The paint must be dried up before you dispose of the cans. Use kitty litter or a commercial paint dry up product to dry up all latex paint. At the time of disposal put the cans in your regular trash leaving the lids off.
To solidify latex paint: Allow the paint to dry by removing the lid and allowing liquids to evaporate. This works for small quantities of paint (an inch or two in the bottom of the can), and can take several days. Latex paint can also be solidified by mixing in an equal amount of an absorbent material and allowed to dry. Use cat litter, sawdust, Plaster of Paris, oil dry, or vermiculite. Pour thin layers (about 1" of paint) into a cardboard box lined with plastic. Allow paint to dry one layer at a time until all paint has hardened. When thoroughly dry, the remaining hardened paint should be discarded with your regular trash. Leave the lid off the can so the waste collector can see the paint is hardened.

REFUSE & YARD WASTE REMINDERS

In order to maintain efficient refuse collection in the City of Brook Park, the following rules should apply:

• Garbage and dog leavings will be wrapped and sealed to prevent odor from escaping and then placed in refuse containers.
• Containers are to be placed at the curb, not the sidewalk, on the day of the rubbish collection, but not prior to 5:00 p.m. the day before your regular pick-up day.
• Containers should be of galvanized iron or non-rusting materials of substantial construction with handles and tight fitting lids, water tight of such size as to be easily handled by one man and not in any case to have a weight exceed 50# or size capacity to exceed 35 gallons when filled. Paper containers will not be acceptable. Any color plastic bags may be used but must be durable enough as not to break when handling rubbish only.
• The City will not be responsible for interior household rubbish containers left on curbside to be emptied as they are not as strong construction and are light weight and can be easily blown into the street.
• Construction materials, remodeling materials, concrete walks, driveway material and bricks will not be picked up. Excessive amounts of sod from lawns will not be picked up. Contractors scrap materials will not be picked up.
• All items placed on the tree lawn must emanate from the premises.
• Any refuse containers no longer wanted must be marked or called to the driver’s attention.
• All concrete stationary tubs must be broken up when put on the tree lawn.
• Tires and batteries will no longer be picked up curbside.

All residents are requested to assist the City in refuse pick-up and disposal service by replacing incorrect and damaged or severely rusted containers with new ones.

SNOW REMOVAL/STREET PARKING BAN

Snow Removal for seniors will begin after our first 2 inches of snowfall. We receive our weather information from the weather station and use this as our guide for plowing driveways. To help us maintain fast service, please keep your driveways free of vehicles and keep fences open. We ask that you please be patient as we are plowing over 1200 driveways. Snow Removal on our streets will continue to be prompt and efficient, plowing our main streets first and then the neighborhoods. Remember to keep all vehicles off the streets when the snow exceeds 2 inches and a Parking Ban comes into effect.

Just a reminder that when snow exceeds two inches, there is no parking on city streets until streets are cleared.

If you do not receive an application and feel you qualify for the senior citizen or physically disabled snow removal program, please call (216) 433-1300.

WATER BREAKS

Water Breaks that occur on our city streets, tree lawns, fire hydrants, etc. are the responsibility of the Cleveland Water Department- Division of Water. As a water break occurs and is called in to our Service Department, it is dispatched to the City of Cleveland Water Department's Repair Crew. Upon the City of Cleveland finishing its repairs, it is possible in some cases to take as long as 4 to 6 weeks before Cleveland gives us final permission to complete our permanent repairs to that area. Please be patient and we are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause. Also, if you discover any brown water during these repairs, as a homeowner it is best to run your cold water in the lowest part of your home, basement, etc. until the water clears. If you have any questions, please contact the City of Brook Park Service Department, Monday thru Friday 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.