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Residential Service

The city provides garbage collection once a week for each residential customer. A special heavy-duty roll-cart container is numbered and assigned to each customer's address. The customer is responsible for rolling this container to the curbside on the designated collection day. The city's automated collection vehicle, operated entirely by a single driver, lifts the roll-cart container, dumps the contents into the truck, and places the container back at the curbside.

Each residential customer follows specific procedures.

1. All residential garbage, including recyclables which are put in separate blue bags, are placed in the roll-cart container for pickup. We encourage the use of plastic bags for household garbage.

2. Some materials are not put in the roll-cart containers: leaves, grass clippings, limbs, dirt, sod, rock, brick, concrete, construction/remodeling/demolition debris, hot ashes, and flammables such as oil, gas or paint. 

3. On collection day, each customer places the roll-cart container at the curb in front of the residence, with the front of the container facing the street. The container must be placed within two (2) feet of the edge of the curb or edge of pavement and at least five (5) feet away from obstructions such as mailboxes, fences, power poles and shrubs. Also, the container is never placed in the road or sidewalk where traffic may be blocked.

4. The City Code provides that the container may be placed at the curbside after 7:00p.m. the night before collection day and must be returned to the house by 7:00p.m. on collection day. 

Yard Waste

Yard waste is collected separately from household garbage/recyclables on the same collection day. Yard waste, which includes leaves, limbs and grass clippings should be neatly piled in the front yard behind the curb or edge of pavement. It is not necessary to place yard waste in plastic trash bags. 

Large/Bulky Items

The City will pick up large and/or bulky items which will not fit into the roll-cart container. These items, which include appliances, furniture, large boxes, etc., should be placed at the curb on collection day. All other items should be broken down and placed in the roll-cart container to the extent possible. 

Please call the following numbers for:
 
New Service/Change in Service 803-441-4219 
Missed Pickup 803-441-4223
Holiday Pickup Schedule 803-441-4239