WINTER SUSTAINABILITY TIPS
Holiday Recycling The holiday season can generate a lot of waste. Visit the Holiday Recycling Guide for tips to help keep waste out of the landfill this winter, including Styrofoam recycling, live tree recycling, e-waste and tips on hosting a sustainable event: DublinOhioUSA.gov/city-services/holiday-recycling-guide Watershed-friendly Deicing Most de-icing chemicals can cause a multitude of environmental problems as the snow and ice melts, the chemicals are washed into streams and storm drains. Rock salt (sodium chloride) is the most commonly used home deicer, but contains cyanide that can be toxic to aquatic habitats. Calcium chloride, while better than sodium chloride, can be harmful to plants due to the chloride. Consider using magnesium chloride or calcium magnesium acetate as alternatives for a more environmentally friendly way to combat ice.
Tips for a more sustainable winter season The City of Dublin is committed to becoming the most sustainable global city of choice. Help the community achieve this goal by leveraging these eco-friendly tips this winter season.
SNOW REMOVAL IN DUBLIN
The City of Dublin is dedicated to your safety through our Ohio weather. The City has a curb-to-curb snow removal policy to achieve this safety and efficiency during the winter. All public streets within Dublin receive snow removal service according to the following priorities:
Priority 1 Major arteries are plowed first. These streets will continue to receive treatment as long as weather conditions continue. Blowing snow and freezing roads once snow has thawed can require continued
Priority 3 Residential streets, courts, cul-de-sacs and alleys will be serviced once priority 1 and priority 2 streets are cleared. Not treated by the City of Dublin: private residential and commercial streets, as well as streets in other jurisdictions. How you can help: • Do not shovel snow or park cars in City streets • Do not shovel or plow snow into driveway aprons • Do not shovel or plow snow around fire hydrants or mailboxes
treatment. Priority 2
Main roads through subdivisions, streets connecting two or more priority 1 streets. These streets will be plowed and salted once priority 1 streets have received treatment.
• Keep distance from the snow plows • Keep children away from snow plows • Do not attempt to pass a snow plow
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