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Our communities put their trust in us for their garbage pickup service. If your municipality, neighborhood, or homeowners association needs residential trash pickup, call Mountain Waste & Recycling today or fill out our Residential Garbage Collection Request Quote form for your quote today.
We keep our promises to the communities we serve for residential garbage collection. Honoring our commitments provides your community peace of mind. We operate with integrity as one of our core values.
Items You Can Not Throw In the Trash
Strong household cleaners like bleach, pesticides, solvents and corrosive chemicals should never go in the trash. Chemicals should always be treated with extreme care because of their potentially harmful impacts to the land, water and humans they come into contact with. If you’re not going to use them up, take them to a household hazardous waste drop-off for safe disposal.
Although small, batteries like AAA, AA, C, D, button cell, 9-volt, and others, contain large amounts of cadmium, mercury, and lead. Tossing your batteries in the trash sends them to the landfill where their casing can disintegrate, releasing their chemicals, sometimes in large amounts.
Like small batteries, lead-acid car batteries, as well as lithium batteries, should not go in the trash either because of their contained chemicals. Televisions Old tube, LED, LCD, OLED televisions should not be put in trash cans or dumpsters either.
These contain toxic chemicals like lead, mercury, nickel, cadmium, and more. These chemicals are detrimental to human and environmental health, and they need to be dealt with safely
Most computers and monitors are considered hazardous waste. They’re chock full of toxic chemicals like arsenic, lead and cadmium. Also consider that throwing away your computer, with your hard drive in tact could put your personal information at risk.
Cell phones, printers, VCRs, telephones, and radios don’t belong in a landfill. Most cell phones and other electronics contain precious metals and plastics that can be recycled to save energy and resources that would otherwise be required to mine or manufacture these materials. When placed in a landfill, these materials pollute the air, contaminate soil, damage animal and plant life and can impact our food supply and drinking water.
Although microwaves aren’t considered e-waste, parts of old microwaves can still be hazardous because they use a capacitor that contains a residual electrical charge. Taking old or broken microwaves to scrap metal or recycling companies can lessen their impact on the environment.
Refrigerators should not be thrown in a dumpster because of the refrigerant they contain Freon.
You should never throw commonly known hazardous materials like asbestos, pesticides, contaminated soils or absorbents in the trash. These materials are dangerous when exposed to the soil or water. Take extreme care when disposing of these hazardous materials.
Medical waste, as well as needles and sharps, should never be thrown away in a normal trash. They can contain bacteria and diseases that shouldn’t have a chance to come in contact with anyone after disposal. Medical waste should be put in special containers like a “sharps disposal container.” Unused or Expired Prescription Drugs Prescription drugs should not be thrown away because their chemicals can leach into the soil and water supply, where they can wreak havoc with the environment.
There is a large amount of oil and chemicals in most paints — that’s the main reason you shouldn’t throw them away in the dumpster. Paint becomes a problem for the environment when it leaks and contaminates the water supply. Empty paint cans can usually be tossed as well dried paint. If you still have fresh paint, find a way to dry it such as mixing it with cat litter. When it’s dry, you can throw it away.
Compressed gas cylinders and combustible gas cannot be placed any trash container.
Garbage pickup service is crucial for the health and environment of local communities. It’s an essential service that reduces the spread of disease and pests such as mosquitos, rodents, and cockroaches. With regular, on-time residential garbage collection, we make sure these hazards are removed from your neighborhood.
Once your trash is removed, we make sure it’s disposed of properly. Here are just a few of the benefits of using our services:
Convenience: We make it easy and convenient for you to get rid of your garbage. We offer scheduled pickups to ensure that your waste will be taken care of promptly.
Affordability: Our rates are very competitive, so you can count on us to provide you with great value for your money.
Reliability: We have a strong track record of providing quality service to our customers. You can rest assured that we will take care of your trash and dispose of it properly.
Mountain Waste & Recycling has a curbside trash pickup service with both automated and manual collection. We’ll pick up a variety of container sizes from 32 gallons to 96 gallons.
Residential trash pickup service is excellent for:
Municipalities
Single-family homes
Individual subscription service
Homeowners associations
Treat your community with the dignity and respect it deserves. Mountain Waste & Recycling employees live in the communities they serve. We’re committed to service with integrity and being responsible neighbors. Call Mountain Waste & Recycling to start your garbage service or complete a Residential Garbage Collection Request Quote form to get started.
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