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Please read and print the Garbage Brochure. All of the following information can be found in this brochure. There is also information regarding removal of hazardous materials such as tires, paint cans, motor oil, etc. Click on this link to open up a pdf file of the Garbage brochure.
Garbage Service Procedures:
- Containers must be on the street adjoining your property by 6:30 A.M. on your day of collection. Containers may be set out after 3:00 P.M. the day before the scheduled collections, and must be removed by midnight the day of collection. At all other times the container must be at the side or rear of your residence.
- Handles & cart wheels facing the house
- No Hazard Material will be picked up.
- All trash must be fully contained in the cart with the lid closed securely. Do not stack anything on top of cart. This prevents spillage of trash on the street.
- To make sure we can collect your container, place away from vehicles, poles, mailboxes and other obstructions.
Trash Collection Procedures:
- Trash Collection will be Wednesday. If the driver is unable to run the complete route, then trash pick up will be extended another day.
- All loose trash must be containerized. Due to the use of a knuckle boom truck, the city will not be able to pick up loose items that are not containerized.
- Refrigerators put out for pick up must be tagged by a licensed refrigeration service showing that the Freon has been removed.
- Contractor waste (including Tree Removal, Construction Debris-including carpet, padding, tile, etc.) may NOT be placed curbside. The removal of the debris should be included in their cost and executed by that contactor.
- Bulk Waste must be placed separately from yard waste as they are taken to different locations. Yard waste must be separated into limbs, leaves, and large trees and stumps. (Bulk Waste includes furniture, boxes, TV’s, etc.)
- The City Trash Ramp is also open for your convenience on each Wednesday and Saturday from 7:30 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. Any trash collection (excluding hazardous material and household garbage) can be taken to the trash ramp located on Catherine Street.
Directions to Trash Ramp:
Turn off of Highway 43 by the car wash (Oak Avenue), follow Oak Avenue to the fourth street on the right (Catherine Street), the trash ramp will be on your left hand side a short way up Catherine Street. Turn onto a gravel drive and enter the Trash Ramp location. Please contact the Public Works Call Center at 662-5306 or 370-6117 for more information.
Leaf Collection Procedures:
- Leaf pick up is done with the leaf vacuum.
- Leaves must be raked on to the edge of the right of way and not in the street and must be piled up. They can also be placed in your trash cart.
- Leaves must be a minimum of (5) feet away from any fire hydrant, mailbox, electrical boxes or light pole.
- Leaf piles containing brush, garden or yard waste will NOT be picked up.
- Leaf piles with vehicles parked in front of them will NOT be picked up.
- Grass clippings and pine straw must be bagged . The City encourages to compost or mulch leaves and grass clippings at your home for a healthier landscape.
- Please contact the Public Works Call Center at 662-5306 or 370-6117 when you have loose leave piles, bagged grass clippings, or bagged pine straw so that your address can be placed on a pick up list.
Alternative Disposal Information
- Motor Oil- Contact your local Walmart Service Center (Saraland – 675-8000) to dispose of motor oil up to 10 gallons.
- Vehicle Batteries – can be taken to the trash ramp
- Household Hazardous Waste & Paint – contact Public Works Call Center at 662-5306 or 370-6117 for instructions on disposing of hazardous waste. If a paint can has dried paint, the city will allow the paint can to be disposed in your garbage cart.
- Tires – can be placed with bulk waste – limit 2 per trash day
- Rocks & Dirt – can be taken to the trash ramp
Holiday Schedule:
- Monday, January 17, 2011 – Martin Luther King Day
- Residents who normally have collection of garbage on Monday will have collection on the following day (Tuesday). This will move Tuesday’s collection to Wednesday. Other collection days during this week will NOT be affected, meaning regular Thursday and Friday garbage collection will continue as scheduled.
- Tuesday, March 8, 2011 – Mardi Gras Holiday
- Residents who normally have collection of garbage on Tuesday will have collection on the following day (Wednesday). Other collection days during this week will NOT be affected, meaning regular Thursday and Friday garbage collection will continue as scheduled.
- Friday, April 22, 2011 – Good Friday
- Residents who normally have collection of garbage on Friday will have collection on the following day (Saturday). Other collection days during the following week will NOT be affected.
- Tuesday, May 31, 2011 – Memorial Day
- Residents who normally have collection of garbage on Tuesday will have collection on the following day (Wednesday). Other collection days during this week will NOT be affected, meaning regular Thursday and Friday garbage collection will continue as scheduled.
- Monday, July 4, 2011 – 4 th of July
- Residents who normally have collection of garbage on Monday will have collection on the following day (Tuesday). This will move Tuesday’s collection to Wednesday. Other collection days during this week will NOT be affected, meaning regular Thursday and Friday garbage collection will continue as scheduled.
- Monday, September 5, 2011 – Labor Day
- Residents who normally have collection of garbage on Monday will have collection on the following day (Tuesday). This will move Tuesday’s collection to Wednesday. Other collection days during this week will NOT be affected, meaning regular Thursday and Friday garbage collection will continue as scheduled.
- Friday, November 11, 2011 – Veterans Day
- Residents who normally have collection of garbage on Friday will have collection on the following day (Saturday). Other collection days during the following week will NOT be affected.
- Thursday, November 24, 2011 – Thanksgiving Day
- Residents who normally have collection of garbage on Thursday will have collection on the following day (Friday). Residents who normally have collection of garbage on Friday will have collection on the following day (Saturday). Regular garbage service will resume on the following week.
- Friday, December 23rd and Monday, December 26th: There will be no garbage collection on Friday, December 23rd or Monday, December 26th. We will resume regular schedule on Tuesday, December 27th.
- Monday, January 2nd, 2012, the trash service will be on regular route. There will not be any changes to the routes.
For questions regarding the holiday schedule, please contact the Public Works Call Center at 662-5306 or 370-6117.
If you are a person who is unable to deliver or remove your garbage to and from the curb side due to age, sickness, or special circumstances then please contact the Public Works Call Center at 662-5306 or 370-6117 to discuss your special needs.
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