Residential Services – How to set out your carts: 

Below is some information on how to properly set out your carts. Please set them out as described:

  • Place out all carts by 5:00 a.m. on your collection day

  • Place cart on the edge of the street with wheels against the curb

  • Allow 18 inches on all sides of each cart

  • Do not place under trees or street signs

  • Do not place carts where they are obstructed by vehicles

  • Place carts with the lid opening facing the street

  • Please do not tie the lids shut

 

 

Perfect Placement:
Place at Least 18 Inches Apart

 

Do Not Stagger

Do Not Place Near Overhead Obstructions

Do Not Place Near Poles or Posts

Too Close:
Leave at Least 18 Inches Between Each Cart

 

Residential Services
TRASH Cart

How to use the Brown Trash Cart
Weekly Service
All Trash Must be Bagged


Please Put These Items
In The Garbage Cart:

DO NOT PUT IN TRASH
Hot ashes, hazardous or medical waste, treated wood waste, electronic waste, batteries, food, clothing, or textiles.

Click here to learn more about how to manage problematic wastes:

OK for Garbage

  • 6-pack rings (please cut)

  • Auto glass, drinking glasses, eyeglasses, window glass, glass baking dishes, mirrors

  • Binders (plastic) – Please note these can be given to thrift stores for reuse.

  • Carbon paper & grocery receipts

  • Cat or dog waste and litter (bagged)

  • Cigarette butts

  • Cotton balls/bathroom wipes

  • Computer disks

  • Contaminated paper (such as paper plates)

  • Diapers

  • Drinking glasses

  • Extension cords

  • Feminine products

  • Foam (all types)

  • Fireplace ash (cold & bagged)

  • Hangers (Dry cleaners will take back hangers)

  • Hoses

  • Food wrappers, chip & cracker bags

  • Laminated items

  • Light bulbs (for fluorescent tubes & CFL bulbs, see Hazardous Waste page for disposal options)

  • Metallic wrapping paper

  • Mirrors

  • Rope

  • Packing peanuts (bagged or take to a shipping store for reuse)

  • Paper clips

  • Photographs

  • Plastic plants

  • Plastic Bags & Film Plastic

  • Q-tips

  • Records, tapes, CD's

  • Rubber bands

  • Rubber/neoprene

  • Shower curtains, liners

  • Sponges

  • Straws, stir sticks (plastic)

  • Stuffed animals, toys

  • Polystyrene (AKA Styrofoam)

  • Tape

  • Toothpaste tubes

  • Transparencies, microfilm, negatives (acetate)

  • Plastic utensils

  • Vacuum cleaner bags & dust (must be bagged)

Residential Services
ORGANCIS Cart

How to use the Yard Waste Cart
Weekly Service

Please Put These Items
In The Green Organics Cart:

ORGANIC WASTE - Residential organic waste (yard waste and food scraps) is not collected in containers other than a Tri-Cities Disposal & Recycling Service green organics cart. We cannot pick up yard waste in bags as bags are considered contaminants. Contaminated organics carts will not be collected and are subject to a contamination fee. In order to be recollected, the property owner will need to remove all contamination from the cart. Tri-Cities Disposal & Recycling offers residents seasonal Christmas tree collection service at no extra charge for a limited time following the holiday season. Please see your annual holiday mailer for details. Click here to learn more about how to recycle food scraps at home and work.  

OK for ORGANICS Recycling

  • Food & food waste (no raw meat or liquids) (click here to learn more)

  • Coffee grounds & filters, natural tea bags (no coffee pods)

  • Brush

  • Flower cuttings

  • Flowers

  • Garden trimmings

  • Grass trimmings

  • House plants

  • Lawn clippings

  • Leaves

  • Plant and shrub trimmings

  • Prunings

  • Tree limbs up to 3 inches in diameter
    should be cut to 3-foot lengths

  • Wood chips

  • Wood (untreated, unpainted)

DO NOT INCLUDE:

  • Treated wood (Learn what to do with treated wood waste)

  • Rocks and concrete

  • Coffee pods (coffee grounds & filters okay)

  • Plastic bags

  • Raw meats

  • Liquids, grease, or oil

  • Sod

  • Dirt

  • Building materials

  • Large tree trunks and stumps greater than 4 inches in diameter or more than 3 feet in length

  • Palm fronds

  • Cat and dog waste or litter

Residential Services
RECYCLING Cart

How to use the Blue Recycling Cart
Weekly Service
All Food Packaging, Cans, Jars, and Containers Should be EMPTY, CLEAN & DRY

Please Put These Items
In The Blue Recycling Cart:

DO NOT RECYCLE Ceramics, window glass, drinking glasses, light bulbs, dryer sheets, toilet paper, napkins, paper towels, bathroom wipes, dryer sheets, wire, ropes, garden hoses, plastic bags or film plastic, drink pouches and boxes, boxed beverage containers, diapers, food, plastic food trays, clothing or textiles, garbage, organic or green waste materials, polystyrene (AKA Styrofoam), packing peanuts, clear to-go food containers, vape pens, metal pipe or plumbing fixtures (no PVC), appliances, batteries, string lights or electric cords, medical or hazardous waste. 

OK for Mixed Recycling

Paper

  • Books

  • Boxes, packages

  • Paper (No grocery receipts or carbon paper)

  • Cardboard

  • Catalogs

  • Cereal boxes

  • Colored or construction paper

  • Computer paper

  • Copy paper

  • Coupons

  • Detergent boxes

  • Egg cartons (paper only, no Styrofoam)

  • Envelopes (with or without plastic windows)

  • Frozen food boxes

  • Gift wrap

  • Gift tissue paper

  • Junk mail

  • Magazines

  • Manila folders

  • Newspapers and inserts

  • Office paper

  • Paper bags

  • Paper packaging & shippers

  • Pet food bags (unlined)

  • Shredded paper (In a clear plastic bag)

  • Telephone books

Glass (Empty, Clean & Dry)

Rinsed with lids and caps

Plastics (Empty, Clean & Dry)

  • Containers with arrows #1, 2 & 5 (lids, caps OK, but remove them)

  • Bleach & cleaning product bottles (rinsed)

  • Buckets

  • Beverage containers (click here to learn more)

  • Laundry detergent bottles

  • Household cleaning containers (rinsed)

  • Milk jugs (rinsed)

  • Salad dressing bottles (rinsed)

  • Shampoo/conditioner bottles (rinsed)

  • Water jugs

Note: Please place plastic bags and film plastics in your trash cart. These items are no longer recyclable in our system.

Metal (Empty, Clean & Dry)

  • Aerosol cans (empty)

  • Metal food cans

  • Aluminum foil (clean only)

  • Aluminum pie plates & baking dishes

  • Beverage cans (click here to learn more)

  • Pet food cans and lids

  • Metal pots & pans (uncoated)