Solid Waste Collection Program Quick Reference Guide for Residents of the Town of McIntosh:
Please keep a 4' distance between your garbage canister, your recycling bin and other objects like plants or mailboxes. Also, avoid placing your cans near cars, basketball goals, or low tree branches or wires. A distance of 40' must be kept away from 'Stop' signs. Garbage cans should be no more than 32 gallon in size and no more than 5 containers per collection day.
utility bill. Place your recycling bin at the curb before 7 am on your Thursday collection day. You may recycle household dry cell batteries, aluminum, steel, or tin cans, any color glass bottles and plastic containers with recycling symbols #1 and #2, newspapers and inserts, magazines, brown paper bags, and corrugated cardboard boxes. No broken or sheet glass. No pizza boxes (even though they are often corrugated), no pasteboard such as cereal, shoe, or beverage cartons, or junk mail. No petroleum or hazardous waste containers. Remember the success of this system relies on recycling rather than throwing away, so please recycle all of the items mentioned here.
Place branches in 'armload' size piles when possible. Loose yard waste must be placed in containers that weigh less than 40 pounds per container. The collection crew is not responsible for raking remaining uncontainerized debris. Limbs up to 4" in diameter and up to 4' in length may be stacked in piles that weigh no more than 40 pounds. Any limbs larger must be reduced (cut) to meet the length and weight requirements. Yard waste outside these specifications can be picked up for an additional fee. Call Florida Environmental Express at (352) 369-5411 for a removal estimate.
Separate dumpsters will be provided for bulk items, white goods, tires, or other waste items. Dumpsters will be centrally located and residents will be responsible for disposing of their bulk items in the containers on these service dates. Curbside services will not be provided as part of this program. No hazardous waste will be collected as a part of this service.
Environmental at (352) 369-5411 to schedule pick up. This service is for furniture and other large single household items. Larger amounts of debris or exterior debris, such as sheds, fencing, roofing, decking, doghouse, etc. may be scheduled by calling Florida Express Environmental (352) 369-5411.
(352) 369-5411 to schedule a pick up. |
Waste Services:
| Town of McIntosh |
| Florida |
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| Website by Debbie Miller-Gonano, Town Manager/Clerk |
Quick Reference Guide:
(Print this guide by clicking above)
Monday - Garbage Pickup
Monday - Yard Debris Pickup
Thursday - Recycling (every
other Thursday)
Call for appointment - Bulk
Items (352) 369-5411
Save Postage! Use the Drop
Box located in the front
door of Town Hall to make
payments.
| Please Note: A penalty of $5 will be due on payments received after the 20th of the billing month! |
| Please Note!!! Per Ordinance No.: 2007-165, Section 12: "For each customer whose monthly service bill remains unpaid on the 20th day of the month during which the Town mailed such bill, a late fee of $5.00...shall accrue. Furthermore, the Town may discontinue water and garbage collection service to the customer if such bill remains unpaid on the last day of the month following the month during which the Town mailed such bill." Section 13: "After services shall have been terminated and cut off and before said utility services shall be reconnected and again furnished to the customer, the customer shall first pay to the Town Clerk the amount of the delinquent bill and all penalties plus a reconnection charge of $10.00..." |
