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.
FEB. 15 2010 NOTICE: Due to the inclement weather conditions the City of Huntsville's Department of Public Works is delaying the garbage collection schedule by one day. Service routes that were scheduled to be collected today will now be collected tomorrow and so forth. All routes should be collected by the end of the week.
We will provide specific collection days several weeks prior to each holiday.
Garbage & Trash Notice
City of Huntsville holiday schedule for 2010
January 1, 2010 New Year’s Day
January 18, 2010 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
May 31, 2010 Memorial Day
July 5, 2010 Fourth of July
September 6, 2010 Labor Day
November 11, 2010 Veteran’s Day
November 25-26, 2010 Thanksgiving
December 23-24, 2010 Christmas
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.
