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Recycling and Trash

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TRASH PICKUP for PALMER WOODS:
Thursdays

(unless there is a federal holiday earlier in the week, then pickup is on Friday).
 
Yard waste will also be picked up from April through the first week of December. Put all yard wastes in PAPER bags. Plastic will not be picked up.
Place at least 6 feet away from trash container.
 
Xmas trees will be picked up with weekly trash during the first 2 weeks in January.
Place near trash container.
 
Call 313-224-INFO (4636 )
 BULK CURBSIDE PICKUP
The City will collect up to one cubic yard of bulk from the curb in front of your home four times a year. 

One cubic yard of bulk is about the size of a couch, stove or refrigerator. Your one cubic yard of bulk cannot weigh more than 1,000 pounds. Bulk items totaling more than one cubic yard or weighing more than 1,000 pounds will not be collected, and the homeowner and tenant will be subject to a fine of up to $10,000. NO CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS
CITY OF DETROIT DPW DROP-OFF
State Fair Yard • 19715 John R

Summer (April-October) 10:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m.,
Tuesday – Saturday
Winter (November-March) 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.,
Tuesday – Saturday
Residents also can take recyclable items to
1331 Holden, Detroit 48202 (313-876-0449)
Wednesdays from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. and on
Saturdays from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. excluding holidays.
More information:  www.recyclehere.net 
Accepted and Not Accpeted Materials
Curbside Recycling
Every first & third Thursday
Use those new blue recycle containers! It is so easy and will help make Detroit a cleaner and better city.

Here is a link to view all the PSAs and a longer educational piece that answers alot of questions about how to prepare your recycling. Click here to see a short video to learn more.

Read more at detroitrecycles.com
 
You do not have to separate items — just rinse out food and place in the container. There are items that you cannot recycle curbside — such as batteries, styrofoam and plastic bags, but those can still be recycled every third Saturday in Palmer Park or at Recycle Here, 1331 Holden, Detroit.
 
altGo to Recycle Here for items not picked up curbside

How to prepare your recycling 
You can recycle at Recycle Here! 1331 Holden, Detroit 48202, from 10am to 2pm on Mondays, Wednesdays and from 9am to 3pm on Saturdays. 
Paper must be separated into newspaper, mixed, glossy, books and shredded paper (in transparent bags).
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Appealing Your Property Tax

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Tax Appeal Information
from the Palmer Woods Board
By Board Member Jeff Hines
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Dear Neighbor,
 
Most if not all of you should have received proposed property tax assessments for 2010 by now. If you are not satisfied with your assessment, it is critically important that you enter in to the appeal process, by Monday, February 15.  If you do not appeal by this date, you will lose all rights for an appeal this tax year.
 
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More help to appeal your property taxes, prepared by the former President of Boston Edison, Jim Hamilton, is an excellent reference document on the subject: http://www.historicbostonedison.org/appeal.shtml

To appeal the  2010 Assessments, residents may follow one of the two options below:

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