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Trash Collection Collier County Utility Billing and Customer Service (239) 403-2380 Waste Transfer Station - (239) 394-2134
There are three holidays when there is no collection: 4th of July, Thanksgiving Day, or Christmas Day. |
HOW TO SET OUT YOUR GARBAGE
Household garbage should be put inside the city-provided container. The handle of your container should point toward your house. The container should be placed at the curb between 6:00 p.m. the day before and 6:00 a.m. on the scheduled collection day. The container must be accessible to the automated collection truck and not be blocked by obstacles such as trees, parked cars, mailboxes, basketball hoops and poles, holiday arches and powerlines. (Drivers will not move improperly placed containers.) Containers must be removed from the curbline by 10:00 p.m. on the day of collection and stored in secured location.
We recommend that you: Double bag any dusty, loose material to prevent litter; Place any sharp objects in metal containers (such as metal coffee cans) to prevent injury.
WHAT NOT TO PUT IN YOUR GARBAGE CAN
Your garbage container is for disposing of regular household garbage ONLY. Certain items should not be disposed of in your garbage can either because they are too heavy for our equipment or because they may harm our employees, your property, neighbors, pets, and the environment.
Please do not put the following items in your garbage can:
Household chemicals, including batteries, fluorescent lights, paints and thinners, fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides, cleaners, ammonia and bleach, motor oil and other automotive fluids, pool chemicals, aerosol cans and photographic chemicals Please take your household hazardous waste to the transfer station.
Construction, demolition and remodeling debris, including rocks, dirt, plywood, bricks, stone, concrete, mortar, sand, sheet rock, insulation, flooring, shingles, siding, steel roofing, sheet glass, mirrors and other similar items.
Dead animals
Computer equipment. Computers contain metals that can be harmful to the environment.
Recyclables and yard trimmings.
If residents need car batteries, tires, computer equipment and other electronics, appliances to contact Utility Billing and Customer Service at 403-2380 48 hours before their bulk pick up day to schedule the items for pick up. Bulk pick up day is the same as the recycling pick up day.
ACQUIRING A GARBAGE CAN
In addition, if a customer needs to order a trash and recycling cart or have them repaired customer needs to contact Collier County Utility Billing and Customer Service at 239-403-2380, or visit their website www.colliergov.net
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