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Sec. 16-33. Substances permitted in containers. No substance other than garbage, trash or recyclables shall be placed in the approved containers required by section 16-32. Sec. 16-36. Frequency, times and dates containers and bulk refuse to be placed for collection. (a) Garbage and household trash accumulated at residences shall be collected by the city one (1) time each week, except when otherwise designated by the city manager or his designee. (b) Recyclables shall be collected every other week on the same day as waste collection, except when otherwise designated by the city manager or his designee. (c) Normally, in the areas receiving automated refuse and recycling collection, residents may place the container for collection at any time after 5 :00 p.m. the day before and by 7:00 a.m. on days of collection or as specified by the director. Such receptacles should be removed from the collection site as soon as possible after collection and stored beside or behind the dwelling or at a site acceptable to the director. Receptacles must be removed by the evening of collection day. Yard waste packaged in clear plastic bags shall be placed out for collection at the same time as the automated refuse container. (d) Bulk refuse collection shall normally be on the same day as garbage collection. Residents may place bulk refuse for collection any time the day before scheduled collection but not after 7:00 a.m. on the day of collection, or as specified by the director. Tires, white goods, and cardboard set out for collection must be separated from bulk refuse. 3. That this ordinance shall take effect on July 1,2013. ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia at a meeting held on May 28,2013. Teste: City Clerk