SANITATION POLICY

Household Refuse 

Household garbage is collected at curbside once a week. (Watch the newspaper for holiday schedules.) Residents must use 30 gallon containers with tight fitting lids. Box or bagged trash or leaves will be picked up curbside along with regular garbage-no more than 5 bags per week. Do not put ashes, oil, flammables or toxic materials in your garbage containers.

Blue Bag Recycling

Recyclable materials are collected at curbside once a week on garbage collection day. Residents must use blue bags. Do put newspaper, magazines, bulk mail and any other kinds of paper in the blue bag. Do put aluminum beverage cans and empty tin cans, like soup or vegetable cans after rinsing in the blue bags. Please do not put aerosol cans, aluminum foil or scrap metal in blue bags. Do put plastic bottles like soda, milk and water bottles, shampoo, detergent and bleach bottles in blue bags. Please do not put motor oil containers in blue bags. Remove all caps and lids and throw away with the regular garbage. Do not put any mirrors, or ceramics in the blue bag. Create extra space in your blue bags by crushing bottles and cans. Large amount of cardboard should be taken directly to one of Haywood County's recycling stations.   Haywood County recently began accepting glass recyclables.  Acceptable glass items include amber, green and flint glass previously used for food or beverage storage.  Call 627-8042 for more information.

Bulky Household Trash

Appliances, furniture and bulky household trash items may be placed at curbside for collection generally on the same day as garbage collection. Items cannot be heavier than two men can lift. The Town will not collect carpet, tires, building materials, shingles, commercial trash or heavy auto parts.  Please call the Haywood County Recovery Facility at 627-8042 for disposal information.

Yard Waste

Brush, hedge trimmings, grass and vines are collected at curbside once a week generally on the garbage collection day. Tree limbs should be no more than 3 inch diameter or 6 feet in length and be free of dirt, wire or anything hindering the chipping equipment. Place cut ends of limbs toward the street for pickup. Yard trimmings should be free of trash and placed curbside for handling with a pitchfork. Grass clippings or loose materials that cannot be forked must be bagged (30-pound maximum limit per bag). Please keep yard waste out of the street and sidewalks and drainageways. No logs, stumps or rootballs. Yard waste is for residents only. Do not put land clearing, machine piled or contract tree trimming materials out for collection.

Leaves will be picked up seasonally by a vacuum machine. Rake leaves to the curb but not into drainageways or the street. Chipping will be curtailed during leave season. Leaves should be free of limbs, sticks or other debris. After leaf season, leaves must be bagged for pickup.

--------------Sanitation Department--------------
Telephone 456-3706 (7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Monday - Friday)