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