Recycling is a good
thing
Recycling is here to stay. So is throwing away the trash. Did you know that per county ordinances you cannot keep more than a weeks worth of trash on your property and it must be contained in a specific type of container? You can read more at the HCSW website. Once there click on the solid waste department and navigate through the riveting reading there. It has more information about trash than you ever wanted to know.
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Carefully read through the website. It is what we follow.Could be any day! Inclement weather procedures. (If it’s summer you don’t have to read
further unless we have a freak storm. It could happen) just sayin!
We can’t run on icy and snow packed roads even if you can. Plan to bring your trash to the main road if this is the case and let the office know. 1. Our trash trucks don’t do well on ice. So we will only stay on the main roads if we can get to them. The roads are ice and snow packed where our office is. You may be able to move around in your vehicle, doesn’t mean we can in ours. 2. Your bones don’t do well on ice. Neither do ours. 3. We will pick up everything you put out next week, please err on the side of good judgment and sense. 4. Trash is just as important to us as it is for you but not worth rehab, or worse. 5. We do not take trash at the office. Aluminum cans for recycling only. 6. If this is getting updated periodically during the day we are not at the office either. Enjoy winter, not really a favorite for management. Can’t wait for summer!
Please read above to see if your trash will be late the holiday week in question. If you have
any questions please call the office 828-891-3071.
Nothing has changed about the way we treat holidays. If the holiday is not listed then it does
not affect trash pick up.
Please read through our policy and as always feel free to call or email if you have questions.
The limit on trash is 99 gallons per week. (see your box your bags came in for
size) Items over the limit will be charged for the day it is picked up. It will show up on your
next bill.
Small ingles/walmart/dollar store bags will be concidered loose trash and will be left
until bagged in a proper trash bag. That also included animal fecies bags. Put
them in the regular trash bag.
Please have your trash and recycling(if it is your week) presented at by 06:30AM so it is
not missed. The limit it 99 Gallons of trash per week. This is a policy change.
Thank you. . (if you live close to the office please have your trash out by 6:30. They start
early because Thursdays are our longest day and we service the most.)
Recycling - Effective immediatly, bag your recycling in a see through bag (blue or
clear). Loose will be left!
Please don’t put your recycling in the same container as your trash. It may be
missed and will be left if the recycle truck didn’t find it.
Boxes - Use a box to contain your boxes. Don’t make them heavy. The boxes are
much easier to pickup at the curb if they are contained. And they don’t tend to blow
all over the place.
The calendar that we use to set up our holiday schedule can be found on the Henderson County
website for Solid waste. If the holiday falls on Friday or the weekend is DOES NOT affect the
weekly pickup schedule. If the holiday affects office closure it will also be noted on this calendar.
If a holiday is not on the calendar we are on regular schedule.
If the holiday falls on or before your pick up day we will pick you up one day late.
If it falls after your pick up day it will not affect you.
If the holiday is not listed that means we are running the trucks on normal schedule.
This calandar is different from a standard calandar. It is the one the Solid Waste
facility uses. If they are closed we are closed unless we express an exception. Please
call the office if you have any questions on this calendar of events that will affect your
pick up. These are the known scheduled event. Weather and any other unforseen
events are not listed.
Our Policy has been updated. Please become familiar.
Did you know that
shredded paper is no
longer recyclable in
single stream. You can
take it to special hard
to recycle event held
by the county. You can
also use it as a soil
mixture in your
flower/garden beds.
This is a great
attractant to beneficial
worms. If it is presented
at the curb we have to
throw it away.
We have the ability to take
Debit/Credit cards over the
phone and in person. There
is a 4% convenience fee
that will be added to any of
your debit/credit card
transactions for trash
service.
Special note December 24, 2024
We will be on holiday schedule the week of 23-27 December 2024
Our Tuesday (Purple) clients will not be getting their recycling picked up. You will
have to hold it until the next purple recycling week. The Transfer Station is closed Tuesday
and Tuesday and we cannot pickup all the trash with just two trucks, so we will
use the recycling truck to pick up trash that day only. I tried my best to talk the
landfill out of closing for two weekdays for the holidays to no avail. Sorry
for the inconvenience. Your recycling should be able to be held as it is
clean and dry or you could opt to take it to the convenience center at the
landfill, if you cannot keep it. I hope this is enough advance notice.
We no longer service
Transylvania County.
All need to have their trash out by 06:30 am. Putting it out
later is a gamble that it won’t be picked up. There is an extra
fee to come back and pickup trash that was not out. Call the
office. It also depends on manpower if we can accomodate
your request.
Please do not put styrofoam, take out paper products, egg carton or food in
recycling. Please Do Not put your recycling in the same can as your trash. Set it
outside the can so the driver can see it and stop. They do not dig through trash to
get recycling and the trash people do not dig through recycling to get trash. What
is left behind is what is found (like Christmas) by one or the other and will be
picked up the following week of that material pickup.
We will pick up trash ONLY - December 24, 2024
WE NO LONGER HAVE RECYCLING DROP OFF AT THE OFFICE. UNLESS IT IS FOR
A SPECIAL PROJECT (ASK) OR ALUMINUM DRINK CANS. ALL OTHER ITEMS WILL
BE PICKED UP AT THE CURB ON YOUR RECYCLING DAY. NO EXCEPTIONS! THIS
STATEMENT SUPERCEDES ANY REFERENCE TO RECYCLING DROP OFF AT OUR
OFFICE
