The city of
Sanitation
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The City of Americus contracts for curbside pick-up of household garbage, yard waste, bulk items (household items that are too big to fit in wheeled container) and appliances.
All waste are picked up once a week and should be placed curbside by 7:00 a.m. on the day of collection.
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Household garbage
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All garbage must be bagged and placed in the wheeled cart provided by the City.
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Non-containerized garbage will not be collected.
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No cart may exceed 50 lbs.
Yard waste, bulk items and appliances
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All leaves, grass clippings, pine straw, and hedge clippings, must be bagged in regular leaf bags or smaller.
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Non-containerized leaves, grass clippings and small yard debris will not be collected.
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No can, bag or bulk item may exceed 50 lbs.
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Cut tree limbs and shrubs are not to exceed 4' in length and 50 lbs. in weight.
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Separate piles should be made for bagged yard waste and solid materials such as limbs, lumber, shingles, metal, plastics and appliances.
No-pickup holidays: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas.
NOTE: If collection day falls on a holiday, service will take place one day later for that day and for the remainder of the week following the holiday
The following items will NOT be picked-up curbsided:
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Concrete, bricks, cement block
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Dirt, tree stumps, trunks or limbs bigger than 12 inches in diameter
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Tires
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Contractor debris or demolition debris
