Trash & Recycling

To download and print the full schedule, visit the Valley Waste website.

Collection Guidelines:

• Household Solid Waste – Includes garbage, refuse, rubbish, including but not limited to, all table and kitchen waste, dead animals or parts thereof, broken dishes, glass, packing boxes, and grass cuttings.  Rubbish does not include leaves or tree limbs, concrete and paving materials, building materials resulting from the construction, remodeling or demolition of new or existing structures.

• Recyclables – Refer to Recycling chart.  Place items directly in your recycle bin (NO PLASTIC BAGS).

• Bulky Waste – Furniture and furnishings, plumbing fixtures and other household items generated from within the address.  Contact Customer Service at least 24 hours in advance of your collection day for pick-up of large appliances and furniture.  ONE FREE BULK ITEM PICKUP WILL BE PROVIDED THE FIRST WEEK OF EACH MONTH.  Additional bulk items must be prepaid and scheduled.

• Mattress/box springs:  For our worker’s protection, mattresses must be wrapped in plastic and taped securely closed with duct or packing tape to prevent any possible exposure to infectious pests such as bedbugs and fleas. 

• Carpets, rugs and padding must be cut in sections no longer than 4 ft. in length, securely rolled and tied and not over 40-lbs.  Please contact Customer Service if you have more than six (6) bundled sections.

• White Goods – Metal appliances such as stoves, hot water tanks, refrigerators, washers, dryers and dishwashers. Appliances that contain refrigerants must have a tag attached certifying that the refrigerant has been removed, this includes refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners, dehumidifiers, ice makers and water coolers.  Contact Customer Service 24-hours in advance to schedule pick-up of any white good item. (White Goods will be considered a bulk item)

Items that will not be collected:

ITEMS NOT INCLUDED AND THAT WILL ONLY BE PICKED UP FOR AN ADDITIONAL PRE-PAID FEE (including but not limited to):  Contact Customer Service 24 hours ahead to schedule and for rates and handling instructions.

• Items that require more than one person to lift.  Small sized building materials, refuse caused by repairs and in small quantity.
• Water softeners- emptied of salt, liquids and other chemicals.
  
  ITEMS THAT WILL NOT BE PICKED UP THROUGH RESIDENTIAL SERVICE (including but not limited to): These items will be accepted if placed in a roll-off dumpster.  Please call Customer Service for sizes and rates.
• Large building materials, refuse caused by repairs, remodeling, demolition and/or construction of any structures.
• Paving materials, stones, sand, dirt, sod, concrete, 55-gal drums, grease drums and large vehicle parts.
• Bushes, shrubs & other vegetation with soil attached to root system, tree trunks or tree limbs more than 3” in diameter or 48’ in length.
  
  ITEMS NOT ACCEPTED AND WILL NOT BE PICKED UP State Regulations prevent us from accepting the following:
• All tires and asbestos.
• Any liquids – paints, solvents, oils, gas, kerosene, antifreeze, pesticides/herbicides and other dry chemicals such as pool chemicals.
• Hazardous and pressurized items such as propane/oxygen tanks, gun ammunition, explosives, fireworks or any material that may be considered hazardous, volatile, radioactive, infectious or toxic including flammable liquid.
• Electronic Waste: Items including but not limited to TV’s and computers including desktops, laptops, tablets,  E-readers and peripherals including monitors, keyboards, mouse, printers, etc. Any device capable of receiving and displaying television or video programming.

Holiday Information

Our Company is closed in observance of these Holidays:

• New Year’s Day
• Memorial Day
• Independence Day
• Labor Day
• Thanksgiving Day
• Christmas Day

If your collection day falls ON OR AFTER A WEEKDAY HOLIDAY, your collection will be 1 day later.

If your collection day falls BEFORE A WEEKDAY HOLIDAY, there will be no change in your pick up.

There is NO CHANGE to collection days during the following weeks:

• Martin Luther King Jr.
• Presidents’ Day
• Good Friday
• Easter
• Juneteenth
• Columbus Day
• Veterans Day

RECYCLING REMINDERS 

1) Set out recycling bin the night before your scheduled day. Place within 5-ft of curb or roadside.  

2) Recyclables that are mixed with garbage will not be collected. Place in trash the following week.

Recycling Guidelines

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