What goes in the Burgundy Container?

The burgundy container is for household trash.

Household waste is defined by the City of Woonsocket, Code of Ordinances, Chapter 10 – Garbage and Trash: ‘(1) all putrescible and nonputrescible wastes, except liquid-carried industrial wastes or sewage hauled as an incidental part of septic tank or cesspool-cleaning service; (2) garbage (i.e. putrescible animal, fish, food, fowl, fruit or vegetable matter, or any thereof, resulting from the preparation, storage, handling or consumption of such substances); (3) rubbish (such as printed materials, paper, pasteboard, rags, straw, used and discarded clothing, packaging materials, ashes, floor sweepings, glass, and other waste materials).’

Household waste does not include: Bulk rubbish (all miscellaneous large household items and articles), hazardous waste (as set fourth in the Rhode Island general laws), household appliances (so-called “white goods”), construction and/or renovation debris, recyclables (these will be collected in the green cart), leaves and grass clippings (this material will be collected during special spring and fall collections, see Leaves and Yard Waste Program description), dirt, sod, concrete or rock household hazardous waste, hot ashes or flammable materials such as oil or paint.