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  Respect our neighborhood. Don't leave trash or trash containers on the side of the road for days, even weeks on end. Trash is picked up on a schedule by Waste Management. If your trash is not picked up when it should be, call them at 574-3000
Leon County Electronics Recycling Program

ONCE A WEEK RECYCLING


Recycling is collected the same day as garbage pickup. Please use your 18 gallon green bin to contain your jars, bottles and cans.
Place paper products in a second bin or brown paper bag. A second recycling bin (one for paper, one for bottles & cans) may be obtained from Wast Management, 3001 Commonwealth Blvd., 574-3000.
Cardboard can be flattened to 3 ft by 3 ft and stacked by your bin.

Acceptable material for recycling includes:

  • Plastic bottles with a neck and screw-on lid.
  • Aluminum beverage cans. Steel or tin cans.
  • Glass bottles and jars (rinsed).
  • Newspaper, mail, magazines and paper bags.
  • Flattened cardboard and cereal boxes (please remove the plastic liner).
Unacceptable material includes:
  • Certain plastic such as: pots, toys, food trays, and hazardous chemical bottles (soap, bleach or chemical)
  • Waxy or food stained cardboard or paper, i.e. Pizza Boxes.
For more information call the Leon County Recycling Coordinator at 606-1802 or 606-1823 or vist the Leon County Recycling Website

GARBAGE PICKUP INFORMATION


Please follow these steps for garbage pickup:
  • Place your cart out for collection no earlier that Wednesday afternoon, no later than 6:00 am Thursday morning except during holiday weeks when pickup will be on Friday. Check with Wate Management about selected holidays, LVHA has not received a listing from them as in past years.
  • Position your cart as directed on the lid within three feet of the road.
  • Do not fill boxes with garbage or trash. (Flattened boxes can be recycled if they do not exceed 3 feet on a side.)
  • Please do your part to reduce roadside litter by bagging your material. Loose material can blow out or off of the collection vehicle and onto the roadway.
  • Styrofoam packing should be bagged with as much air removed from the bag as possible to prevent bursting the bag during compaction. Contact the Recycling Coordinator at 414-9346 for disposal options.
  • Remove your cart from the front of your house as soon as possible after it is emptied.
  • If your garbage is not picked up on the scheduled day, call Waste Management at 574-3000.

YARD TRASH
INFORMATION


Yard waste is collected every other week on Thursdays.

Check with Wate Management about which Thursdays, LVHA has not received a listing from them as in past years.

Please prepare your yard waste as follows:

  • Cut branches and limbs to 4 feet in length.
  • Cans or bundles of limbs cannot exceed 40 lbs.
  • Cans used for yard trash cannot exceed 32 gallons.
  • Make sure that the material is within 3 feet of the road by 6:00 a.m. the day of the pickup.
  • Please do not use boxes to hold yard trash.
  • Trees cut by a contractor must be removed by the contractor.
  • Please do not place out logs larger than 5 inches in diameter, they can damage the truck.
Larger piles may require special mechanical equipment which may take up to two additional workdays. A notice will be left stating the scheduled day if the pile requires this equipment.

If your trash was not picked up, and a notice was not left on it, call Waste Management at 574-3000 and find out why!
(The "Trash Fairy" is not going to magically appear and pick it up)

ON CALL BULKY ITEM COLLECTION


Please call 574-3000 to schedule a bulky item pickup for the larger items, such as appliances and large furniture.

Please avoid placing bulk items and yard trash near mailboxes, utility boxes or next to poles or wires. Many times these items are collected with special mechanical equipment which might make contact with them.

HAZARDOUS WASTE

Hazardous materials including paints, thinners, pool chemicals, pesticides, batteries, fluorescent bulbs and oil are not collected by Waste Management, but may be taken to the Leon County Solid Waste Facility on Apalachee Parkway (US 27) for proper disposal or reuse. Their hours are 8am-5pm Mon-Sat.

For more information call the Hazardous Waste Center at 606- 1803.

Waste Management of Leon County 574-3000 Mon. thru Fri., 8 am until 5 pm and Sat. 8 am until Noon.
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