Trash: Once a week on your specified day, you may place your trash, either in bags or barrels, on the curbside for collection. Residents are asked to put their trash on the curb no more that 24 hours before and no later than 6:00 am on your scheduled collection day. Trash bags/cans must be placed no further than five feet from the curb. Residents are permitted either five bags, or barrels of refuse and one bulky item per week. I.e., couch, chair, desk, rugs, carpets,
household furniture, bedding, etc. Carpets and rugs must be cut into 4-ft. lengths, rolled and stacked neatly at the curbside with the trash.
APPLIANCES DO NOT FALL UNDER THIS CATEGORY AND THEY REQUIRE A SPECIAL APPOINTMENT FOR PICKUP.
Cardboard boxes used as garbage containers will be emptied out as garbage containers. Cardboard boxes will not be collected with the garbage. Cardboard boxes that are not properly broken down will be left behind. Residents disposing of cardboard boxes must cut the cardboard into 30-in.+/- squares and set aside with the recyclables in the green bin, or bundled along side the green bin.
Recyclables: Once a week on your specified day (the same day as your trash collection), you may place your recyclables on the curbside for collection. Recyclables must be placed in either the blue or green bin for collection. If you need additional or replacement bins, they may be purchased at the Public Works Department. Residents are asked to put their recyclables on the curb no more that 24 hours before and no later than 6:00 am on your scheduled collection day. Recycle bins must be placed no further than five feet from the curb. Cardboard not broken down into manageble 30-in+/-. squares will not be collected as garbage and the recycling truck operator will not break the boxes down at the time of collection. Residents are required
to place cardboard with the recyclables in an acceptable broken down manor. All bottles and cans placed in the blue bins must be free of caps or lids. Bottles and cans with caps and lids still in tact will be thrown away when they get to the recycling center in Johnston.
BULKY ITEMS MAY BE PLACED AT THE CURBSIDE UP TO 24 HOURS BEFORE THE COLLECTION DAY.
ALL APPLIANCES REQUIRE A SCHEDULED APPOINTMENT WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT (1-800-972-4545).
*UPDATE: EFFECTIVE JULY 2ND COASTAL RECYCLING GROUP WILL BE COLLECTING YOUR CURBSIDE WEEKLY SOLID WASTE. SHOULD YOU NEED TO SCHEDULE AN APPLIANCE COLLETION AFTER JUNE 25TH, PLEASE CALL
1-800-266-3188.
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