Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Garbage and Recycling Info

Madison County Sanitation Department
Call 532-3718 (Trash Only)

Regular Trash Pickup - Wednesday

 for Holiday pickup schedule: http://www.co.madison.al.us/about/org/CoDepts/garbageholidayschedule.shtml

 to receive email trash pickup reminders: http://www.co.madison.al.us/contact_sanitation/

  • Only Carts provided by Madison County will be serviced.
  • Place only food, paper products, and items you usually place in kitchen and bathroom containers in the automated cart. No Yard Waste or Ashes
  • All garbage must be bagged and placed inside county provided container.
  • Place your cart at the curb before 6:00 a.m. on collection day with arrows pointing toward roadway.
  • Place the cart 3 feet from any mailbox, telephone poles, parked cars, recycle bins, cars, or any obstruction.
  • Automated Carts containing non–household items will not be serviced.
  • Trucks will not return to collect carts that are placed out late, blocked, too close to obstructions, or contains non-household items.
  • Drivers are not responsible for the clean up of spillage that is a result of overfilled carts or garbage not being bagged.
  • A second automated garbage cart may be obtained at $5.00 per month. This fee will be added to your utility bill.
  • Place your containers on the curb by 6:00 a.m.
  • Containers should not be overfilled.
Yard Waste & Large Item Pickup - 2nd full week of the month

 Place these items at side of the road: Limbs that fall from trees, grass clippings and leaves if bagged, couches, chairs and white goods.

If your bulk trash is more than a standard size pickup truck load per month, please call District 4 at 852-8351 for SPECIAL SERVICE. The minimum charge is $50. The fee depends on manpower, equipment and disposal fees.

       * Crews will NOT pick up:
  • – Tires, automotive products, car batteries, pesticides, household batteries, paint and related products.  Please call 882-0155, the Handle With Care Collection Center to dispose of these items.
  • – Construction materials such as: shingles, insulation, concrete block, bricks, rocks, cement and like materials.  Contractors must remove construction debris.
  • –Stumps and dirt. These items and construction debris may be taken to the Huntsville Landfill. Call 881-8700.
  • – Pruned or cut trees unless you make special arrangements.

Recyling     256-532-1512

Pickup - Tuesday

Curbside bin:
  • #1 & #2 small-necked plastic containers (no poison or oil containers)
  • aluminum or steel cans (including EMPTY aerosol cans)
  • newspapers, flyers, inserts & magazines printed on slick, glossy paper
  • cereal boxes
  • cardboard that will fit in the bin
  • office paper, envelopes and stationery
  • paperback books and comic books
  • household dry cell batteries from cameras, toys, watches, etc. (put in a plastic bag & place beside your bin)
  • used motor oil (pour into a clear, plastic container with a lid & place beside your bin)