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Residential Trash Collection
City of Petersburg
Petersburg residents: Your collection day is either
Thursday or Friday.
Normal
collection hours are 7 am to 7 pm
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
blue CVWMA cart for use.
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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
the house with front of cart facing 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 blue CVWMA cart and tied trash bags
beside a blue CVWMA 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.
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Construction waste (such as lumber,
wire, sheetrock, concrete, etc) generated during construction,
remodeling or reapir of pavement, house or other structure are not
accepted.
BRUSH and YARD
WASTE
- Prunings, grass clippings, weeds,
leaves, brush, and general yward 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 is up to 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 also be collected at
the curb on your regualr colelction day. The amount should not
exceed the capacity of a 1/2 ton pickup truck.
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Collection of large
amounts, for which a fee may be charged, must be arranged through
the City. For questions about this service,
contact:
Collection Area
Map
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
When trash
collection is scheduled on one of these holidays,
or during the same week after the
holiday, service will occur one day later (i.e. Friday service on
Saturday).
Trash collection will not be
affected by other holidays observed by individual local
governments.
Click here for quick reference to
holidays that impact trash collection service
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