Trash and Refuse Collection
713/686-6666
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Trash
collection in Spring Creek Forest is handled by Waste Management.
The collection days are Tuesday and Friday. Our collection service
calls for BACK DOOR pickup of household garbage and grass clippings.
This keeps the neighborhood looking nicer since we do not have
trash cans out by the street. It is also a great convenience
to our residents.
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Recycling:
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Our
trash service includes recycling of certain materials. Pickup
of recycling materials is on Tuesdays. Items that can be recycled
include: newsprint, aluminum cans and plastic. Materials
to be recycled should be placed in the USA Waste recycling bin
and the bin should be placed at the curb.
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There
are many materials that are not included in our recycling program.
Magazines, Telephone Books and other paper products are not
included. Newsprint means newspapers, only. Wet newspapers cannot
be accepted so you should put the newspapers in paper or plastic
bags to keep them dry.
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Aluminum
cans should be rinsed and flattened to save space.
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Plastic
bottles should be the ones imprinted with the recycling logos
(#1 or #2). These usually include most soft drink, milk and
water bottles. They should be rinsed out and the larger ones
should be flattened to save space.
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If you
put out materials that are not part of our recycling program,
those materials will be left in the bin at the curb.
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Tree
Trimmings:
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All
tree trimmings should be bundled and placed at the curb. Bundles
should be no more than 4 feet in length, weigh no more than
40 pounds and contain limbs no larger than 4 inches in diameter.
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Heavy
Trash Pickup:
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Bulk
pickup (refrigerators, hot water heaters, Christmas trees, etc.)
takes place on Fridays. Those items should be placed at the
curb for collection.
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Holidays:
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When
a major holiday falls on a scheduled trash pickup day, that
trash pickup will be skipped. The next collection will take
place on the next scheduled pickup day. That means that when
Christmas Day falls on a Tuesday, there will be no trash pickup
until Friday of that week. Observed holidays that impact trash
collection in Spring Creek Forest include: New Year's Day, Memorial
Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas
Day.
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Unacceptable
Items:
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Waste
Management does not pick up hazardous waste such as motor oil,
gasoline, paint, batteries, lawn and garden chemicals or smoke
detectors. This is not a complete list of hazardous materials
that cannot be collected but it should give you an idea.
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Construction
waste including materials generated from remodeling, carpeting
or roofing will not be collected. Other items that will not
be picked up include automobile tires, tree trunks, automobile
body parts and similar items.
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Waste
Management picks up typical household garbage and refuse. You
will need to make other arrangements for items that fall outside
that scope of materials.
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