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Commercial Schedule | Recycling | Residential Collection
Recycling
 Waste Services, Inc. - Phone Number 953-6559
  HOW TO PREPARE SPECIAL WASTE
The recycling pick-up day in your neighborhood is shown below. Remember to have your blue and green bins and yard waste on the curb by 7:00 a.m. on your designated recycling day.
Thank you for recycling; together we can make a difference!
  Place at curb on your recycling day by 7:00 a.m. White goods (appliance doors must be removed), tires, mattresses, furniture, boxes and other bulky household trash.
Do not place more than 8 tires per year at the curb for pickup. No land cleaning material. Construction material up to 1 cubic yard is acceptacle. No roofing materials, ceramic tile or concrete. Do not mix yard trash or household garbage in with your special waste. If it is not removed 48 hours after your recycling day call 953-6559.
For More Information call the City of Sarasota at 365-7651.
  RECYCLE THESE IN THE BLUE BIN
Aluminum Cans, Metal Cans, Clear, Brown & Green Glass Bottles and Jars, PETE Plastic Bottles (marked #1 on the bottom), HDPE Plastic Bottles (marked #2 on bottom), Metal Jar lids

  RECYCLE THESE IN THE GREEN BIN
Newspapers, Flattened Corrugated Cardboard, Junk Mail, Magazines, White or Colored Printed Paper, Brown Paper Bags
  PUT THESE IN THE TRASH
Food Scraps, Paper with Food, Metal, Plastic or Wax, Paper Cups, Window Envelopes, Wrapping Paper, Plastic Bags, Dishes, Light Bulbs, Plastic that is NOT #1 or #2, Toys, Food Storage Bags, Garden Hoses, Baby Diapers, Mixed Material Packaging, Cereal Boxes, Pizza Boxes, Styrofoam, Paper Towels, Tissues, Aerosol Cans, Wet Papers, Window Glass/Broken Glass, Mirrors & Ceramic.
  YARD WASTE AND SPECIAL WASTE COLLECTION
HOW TO PREPARE YARD WASTE FOR PICKUP DO'S

Place your shrub trimmings, grass clippings and leaves at the curb in cans, containers, boxes, or bags. 32 gallons or less 50 lbs or less Bundle or stack tree limbs or palm fronds at the curb 48 inches or less 50 lbs or less
  DON'TS: Do not use your 96 gallon refuse cart Do not use 55 gallon drums Do not use wheelbarrows or garden carts for containers Do not mix yard waste with household garbage or any other waste.
   
   




 

   
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