Trash

Trash pickup Mondays
Yard Waste pickup Tuesdays April-December (see guidelines below)
Recycling pickup Thursdays (see guidelines below)

Please put all items out for pickup the night before. Apple Valley Waste comes very early in the morning! If a pickup day falls on a holiday or there is inclement weather, the items will be picked up the following day.

Yard Waste Guidelines

• Must be in brown paper biodegradable bags
• No more than 35 pounds per bag
• Small shrubs, leaves, grass clippings are allowed.
• Shrubs/small sticks that do not fit into a bag can’t be any longer than 4 feet, 2 inches in diameter, and must be bundled together

Recycling Guidelines

Getting Started:

• Place acceptable recyclables inside the red recycling cart provided by Apple Valley Waste.
• Place your cart at the curb in front of your house the evening before your collection day.
• Make sure that all items are free from food debris. Food contaminated products will not be accepted.
• Remove all lids, metal and plastic. Lids can be recycled but must be removed from all container types.
• If your cart is contaminated with unacceptable items it will not be serviced.
• If you have any questions or concerns please call Apple Valley Waste at 877-267-1280. Any additional
• recyclables can be placed in clear trash bags and placed beside recycle container marked recycle.
• (Please do not use your own plastic container to set out recyclables. Thanks

Plastics

• Accepted Materials:
  • Plastic containers with numbers: 1,2,3,4,5,6 and 7
  • Wide mouth containers (yogurt, peanut butter, butter tubs)
  • 6-pack and 12-pack plastic rings
  • Plastic Beverage Container
• Unacceptable Items:
  • Plastic bags, Styrofoam, oil containers, plastic buckets, food contaminated
  • plastics and oversized plastics.

Metals

• Accepted Materials:
  • Food and Beverage containers made of aluminum, steel and tin
  • Aluminum, tin and steel containers and foils
  • Completely empty aerosol cans
• Unacceptable Items:
  • Chemical paint thinner solvent cans, non-aerosol pesticide cans
  • Empty gasoline or chemical cans

Glass

• No Longer Accepted as of April 1, 2017
  • Please remember that you can continue to take your sorted Glass Bottles and Jars to your local Solid Waste Authority (SWA) recycling centers.

Paper, Newspapers, and Cardboard

• Accepted Materials:
  • Mixed paper
  • Magazines, books, catalogs
  • Cardboard , paperboard, cereal boxes
  • Junk mail, Phone books, Office paper
• Unacceptable Items:
  • Any type of paper or cardboard with a waxed surface
  • Gift wrap
  • Any type of coated juice or milk cartons with a waxed surface