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Public Works Department

Department Head:
Kathy Hunt, Manager

Location:
Public Works Complex, Scrimsher Lan
Huntsville, AL 35804

Phone:
(256) 883-3964

Fax:
(256) 883-3966

Documents/Links:
Garbage & Trash Guidelines
Request Forms
Recycling Services
















































































The Sanitation Division is charged with the responsibility of providing garbage collection to residential and commercial solid waste customers. It is also responsible for the collection of trash and yard waste, recycling services and bulky waste for Huntsville's 50,000+ residential solid waste customers.

We will provide specific collection days several weeks prior to each holiday.

Garbage & Trash Notice
City of Huntsville holiday schedule for 2009
January 1, 2009 New Year’s Day

January 19, 2009 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

May 25, 2009 Memorial Day

September 7, 2009 Labor Day

November 11, 2009 Veteran’s Day

November 26, 2009 Thanksgiving

December 25, 2009 Christmas

Garbage and Trash Collection Schedule for 4th of July Week:
Monday, June 29th - Monday's Garbage & Trash collection on schedule
Tuesday, June 30th - Tuesday's Garbage & Trash collection on schedule
Wednesday, July 1st - Wednesday's Garbage & Trash collection on schedule
Thursday, July 2nd - Thursday's Garbage & Trash collection on schedule
Friday, July 3rd - Closed





Garbage collection is the collection of paper products (including cardboard boxes) and household food waste — generally, anything that comes out of the kitchen or bathroom. Garbage is collected once a week for residential customers, and the fee is $14.50 per month. Additional 90 gallon containers can be obtained for an additional $3 per month. However, any additional containers (or containers swapped out for a larger or smaller size) must be kept a minimum of one year.

Schedule

Garbage Map and Schedules

PLEASE NOTE NEW SCHEDULE (Started Oct. 31, 2005): City of Huntsville Garbage/Trash Guidelines One Day a Week Pick-up - [MORE INFO]

Guidelines

1 To insure the collection of your garbage, please follow these guidelines:

2 Containers must be placed at the curb by 7:00 a.m. on the day of collection.

3 All customers must use the 60 or 90 gallon container provided for them by the
City of Huntsville.

4 Containers must NOT contain debris other than household garbage.

5 Containers must NOT contain unacceptable or hazardous waste such as paint, chemicals, solvents, dead animals, rocks, dirt, construction debris, or medical or biological waste.

6 Containers must be placed at least five feet away from obstructions such as mailboxes, utility poles, or parked cars.

7 Containers must be placed no more than two feet from the curb or road with the arrows on the lid pointing toward the street.

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Automated Garbage Collection

All residential customers are utilizing an automated garbage cart. Automated collection is different from the traditional collection process. With automated collection, a vehicle equipped with a hydraulic arm drives up to the cart, grabs it, and dumps the contents into the hopper of the truck without the driver having to leave the cab. All of Huntsville's garbage routes are fully automated (a traditional rear-load packer using hydraulic flippers). It is planned to have all garbage routes automated within the next two years. Automated collection has become an industry standard in the Public Works field because it is safer and more efficient. The automated process requires only one employee as compared to three on the traditional collection crew, and worker's compensation claims are reduced by the fact that workers do not come in contact with the waste.

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Household Hazardous Waste

Household hazardous waste products include household cleaners and chemicals, lawn and garden poisons, batteries (household and car), paints and related products, pool chemicals, any type of solvents or acids, and automotive fluids. You can safely dispose of these products by taking them to the collection center listed below on the first Saturday of every month from 8:00 a.m. till noon. Solid Waste Disposal Authority Landfill, 4100 Leeman Ferry Road at the Intersection of Johnson Road and Leeman Ferry Road.) If you need more information, you can call the Solid Waste Disposal Authority at 880-6054.





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