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Residential Trash
Collection
City of Colonial Heights
City Announces
Upgrades to Trash Collection Services
Beginning July 1, the City of
Colonial Heights will be implementing a new program for household
trash collection.One of the City's main goals of this new program
is to do our part to reduce the overall waste stream entering local
landfills. By providing a larger recycloing cart, residents will be
able to significantly reduce the amount of household trash to be
collected. The City has approved a agreement with Container First
Services (CFS) of Petersburg as the new City trash collection
service provider.
The only real
changes that will be noticable to the average city resident will
be:
- Smaller
trash carts
- Trash cart
will be a different color
- Trucks will
be a different color
- If desired,
additional carts must now be purchased for $60.00
New carts
will be delivred by Wednesday, June 27, 2012. The current (blue)
cart should be placed at its normal location on Wednesday, June 27-
but left out after trash collection so that it can be picked up.
All current (blue) carts will be removed on or before Friday, June
29.
Col. Heights
residents: Your collection day is WEDNESDAY.
Trash is collected each
Wednesday. Place cart at the curb by 7 am on Wednesday. Normal
collection hours are 7 am to 7 pm. (with the exception of the July
4th holiday, when trash will be collected on Thursday, July
5th.)
Customer
Service
For questions not
addressed by the information below, please call the Trash
Collection Hotline at (804) 425-0500 for
assistance.
Trash
Collection Guidelines
 Please
follow these guidelines for proper and efficient trash
collection.
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Each address is provided
one 68- gallon burgandy cart for use. Addtional carts will
be available for the purchase price of $60.00. There is a $2.10
monthly fee for each additional cart.
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Trash must be at the curb by 7:00 am
on the scheduled collection day.
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Container should have handles facing
house with the front of the cart facing to the
street.
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Container should be 5 feet from any
car or mailbox and at least 2 feet of space between multiple
containers.
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Place extra trash in tied
trash bags next to the cart for collection. Only
trash in a burgandy cart and tied trash bags
beside burgandy cart will be
collected. Extra trash in personal trash cans
will not be collected.
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Motor oil, anti-freeze, and
hazardous wastes will not be accepted. Click
here
for disposal options for these types of waste.
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Construction waste (such as lumber,
wire, sheetrock, concrete, etc) generated during construction,
remodeling, or repair of pavements, house or other structure are
not accepted.
- The maximum
weight allowed per cart shall be 200 pounds when fully
loaded.
- After being emptied, trash carts
should be removed from the right-of-way by 7 pm of the day
following collection.
BRUSH and YARD WASTE
- Prunings, grass clippings, weeds, leaves,
brush, and general yard and garden wastes must be bagged and
securely tied together or bundled.
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Bundled brush will be collected.
Brush must be tied in bundles less than four feet in
length and weighing less than 75 pounds.
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Bagged leaves will be
collected year round. The limit per
collection day is 30 bags, each weighing no more than 50
pounds.
BULKY TRASH
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Limited amounts of bulky
trash (like furniture, water heaters and
appliances) will be collected at the curb on your
regular collection day. The amount should not
exceed the capacity of a 1/2 ton pickup truck.
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Appliances that contain Freon
(refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners) require special
handling. You must pay a $10 fee for the safe
removal of the Freon prior to pickup. Submit
your fee to the City of Colonial Heights Treasurer's
Office. Put the receipt in a zip top bag and place it
inside the appliance on the day of collection.
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Collection of large amounts of bulky
material (or more than would fit into a pickup truck) must be
arranged at least one day in advance. A fee may
be charged. Collection may occur on a day that is
different from your regular collection day. For questions
about this service, contact the Trash Collection Hotline at
425-0500.
Collection Area Map (Blue
carts)
Click here for a map of
the collection area.
Holiday
Collection Schedule
Trash will not be collected on the
following holidays:
- New Year’s
Day
- Memorial
Day
- Independence
Day
- Labor
Day
- Thanksgiving
Day
- Christmas
Day
Click here for quick reference to the holidays that impact trash
collection service.
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