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To whom it may concern,
Emerald Waste Services (EWS) recently acquired the exclusive contract to provide municipal and residential refuse and recycling services to the City of Gainesville and approximately 27,000 single family homes. Since they began providing service, customer complaints have consistently been at a fraction of one percent, and the City has been very pleased with the job they do.
We have also found them to be service-oriented and flexible when unusual events and situations arise that may not be fully accounted for in the existing contract. For example, Gainesville was recently impacted by a close brush with Tropical Storm Fay, which did not cause enough damage to trigger a full scale disaster debris response, but did significantly increase the amount of yard trash set out at the curb to the point that existing yard trash trucks and crews would not have been sufficient to get all the debris collected each week. EWS rapidly geared up with additional trucks and personnel from other communities EWS serves, and in just a couple of weeks collected three times the normal amount of yard trash and helped quickly restore the city to it’s pre-storm condition.
Based on the service we have received I would not hesitate to recommend them to other communities.
~Steve Joplin
You can reach our customer service department by calling: (800) 535-9533.
Garbage:
Yard Waste:
*All holiday pick-ups will occur the following day, and regular pick-ups will run one day behind.
Garbage
Place your cart facing the curb by 7 a.m. on your pickup day.
Please keep your cart at least 4 feet away from other objects such as the recycle bin, mailboxes or plantings. Avoid placing your cart underneath basketball goals, utility wires or low tree limbs.
Help us keep the city clean by tying garbage bags and put foam “packing peanuts” in a tied bag.
Recycling
Place your bin at the curb by 7 a.m. on your pickup day. Remember to keep it 4 feet away from the garbage cart.
You can recycle newspapers, magazines, phone books, “junk mail”, corrugated cardboard, plastic bottles, glass bottles, aluminum or “tin” cans.
Helps us by putting you paper products in a paper bag and then place in bin or at least bundle the paper products inside the bin – The driver must sort the paper from the rest of the material.
Cut cardboard to less than 3 feet x 3 feet and place in or under your recycle bin.
The following items cannot be recycled at this time: pizza boxes (even though they are corrugated cardboard), paste board such as cereal boxes or beverage cartons, petroleum or chemical containers, plate or automotive glass, Styrofoam such as egg cartons.
Yard Waste (plant material)
Place at the curb by 7 a.m. on you pickup day. There is no volume limit for yard waste generated by the resident for normal yard maintenance. Tree removal or work done by a contractor is the responsibility of the resident.
Please put loose leaves and small debris in a bag or can – 40 lb. limit.
Cut limbs to no longer than 5 feet or no more than 6 inch in diameter – 40 lb limit each.
Call for an estimate to remove larger debris.
No lumber please.
Bulky Items (Furniture, etc.)
During the 1st week of April and October, place at the curb by 7 a.m. on the morning of your garbage collection day.
This service is for furniture, appliances and other large single household items and small home owner remodeling projects such as doors, toilets etc.
Larger amounts of debris for outside projects like decks, fencing, and roofing can be collected for an additional fee.
White Goods (Large Appliances)
This is for collection of large appliances such as washer, dryers and refrigerators.
These can be collected by appointment for an extra fee, please call to schedule.
Hazardous Waste
Waste such as tires, batteries, pesticides, solvents, florescent bulb or other mercury containing devices can be taken to the Levy County Landfill at 12051 NE 69th Lane Williston, FL 32696. The phone number is (352) 486-5129.
Garbage
If you live North of SR 27/500 – Tuesday
If you live South of SR 27/500 – Thursday
Yard Waste
If you live North of SR 27/500 – 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month
If you live South of SR 27/500 – 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month
Recycling
All residents – Wednesday
Bulky Waste (Furniture, etc.)
Two times per year on your garbage collection day:
1st Week of April
1st Week of October
White Goods (Large Appliances)
By appointment, please call the city or EWS for a pickup.
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