Fort Walton Beach — Let's Talk Trash Newsletter - January 2019

S a n i t a t i o n N e w s le t t e r City of Fort Walton B each 1ST QRT 2019 Let’s Talk Trash INSIDE THIS ISSUE: KNUCKLE BOOM TRUCK To insure collection: Always place your Knuckleboom 1 The City’s Sanitation cans at the curb the Division is responsible for the collection and night before your Holiday Schedule 1 management of residen- collection day! tial solid waste and recy- 1 clables. Yard Waste Our offices will be closed 1 Yard waste is picked up Monday January 21. Resi- We can help once per week (Monday—Thursday) based on a City dential and Commercial wide schedule. Service will be provided. Haz-mat 2 There will be no yard To assist in the speed of collection, leaves, grass and waste collection. pine straw should be placed in plastic bags. Trash If your yard waste pick up Recycle! 2 cans are NOT acceptable. Tree trimmings, bushes, day falls on a holiday, your etc. should be no longer than 4 feet in length or have service will resume on Spring Clean 2 a diameter greater than 4 inches. Such items should your next collection day. be stacked neatly at curbside. Do not place yard waste in the street. The City will pick up no more than Cart Maintenance 2 4 cubic yards of yard waste per week per household. We`re on the Web! Removal of larger amounts is subject to an additional change per weight. Fwb.org/sanitation YARD WASTE COLLECTION Residential yard waste is natural vegetation collected as a result of landscaping such as grass clippings, brush, leaves and limbs, and is collected each week at the curb once per week. OUR MISSION Please help protect the safety of our collectors and en- The City of Fort Walton Beach sure your yard waste is collected on time by following Requests for service and Sanitation Division is committed these guidelines: special needs applications to providing services of the high- • Place yard waste at the curb 7:00 P.M. the night be- are super easy with our est quality, delivered with pride quick online form! You can and professionalism while main- fore your collection day. now request information and taining a sanitary environment • Place all debris at least 4 feet away from any ob- services from our sanitation with the regular collection of office from your home com- residential and commercial solid structions. puter or mobile phone. waste. Just go to 14 Robinwood Dr. S.W. Ft http://fwb.org/sanitation/ and Walton Beach, FL 32547 click on “Request for Ser- vice,” where you can choose Phone: 833—9655 from a variety of quick sub- mission assistance options.  HAZ - M AT D ISP O SAL We’re on Facebook! Drop off your paint, pesticides, pool chemicals, used oil, gas, antifreeze, computers, televisions, fluorescents lamp, FWBsanitation car batteries, re-chargeable batteries, cleaners, solvents, aerosols, etc. Tuesday—Saturday, 7 am to 3 pm without appointment. MAINTENANCE Phone: 301-2013 A N D R E PA I R O F CONTAINERS CE L EB RATE R E CYL ING ! The Sanitation Division will not replace cans due to Just Imagine over 2,742 grizzly bears! smell or unsanitary condi- tions. It is the customers’ responsibility to maintain With your help, the City of Fort Walton your container in a clean and Beach was able to divert over 2,057 tons sanitary condition with soap of Residential and Commercial recycla- and water. ble material in 2018. If your cart needs repair or We are very proud of the response and replacement please call or participation in both our Residential Sin- submit a service request gle Stream Recycling Program and our online. Commercial Recycling Program. Please provide the following information when requesting We look forward to another year of continued success and growth! a cart repair or replacement: • Type of cart needing SPRING CLEANING IN FWB! repair or replacement (garbage and/or recy- The City of Fort Walton Beach Solid Waste will pick up 4 cubic yards of household debris per cling) month at no charge. Anything over the 4 cubic yard monthly limit is subject to a fee. This service includes the collection of items too large to fit in your can. To schedule a pick up please call (850) • Nature of problem (i.e., 833—9655 before Thursday at 3:00 P.M. lid, wheel broken, dam- age, etc.) • Acceptable items include: appliances, furniture, mattresses, yard toys, etc. • Empty lots will not be serviced. No clean up items will be picked up from empty lots or va- In order to receive cart repair cant houses with no service. services, your cart must be • This service is provided to businesses, apartments, condos, multi-unit complexes non-profits at curbside for service begin- and industry for a fee. ning the day the service re- • Items must be placed out by 7 P.M. on Thursday. quest is made. Please allow up to 2 business days for • Items must be placed on the curb outside your home, no alleys or side streets please. cart repair/ replacement. • Crews will not collect materials directly from inside customers’ homes. • Do not place directly under power lines or tree limbs or within 4 feet of any other object or Special Needs customers do collection materials on the ground. not have to place carts at curbside for repair or re- • Do not block the right-of-way in streets, sidewalks or access to mailboxes. placement. • Qualified items placed at curbside will be removed. We are not responsible for any materials left at curbside not intended for removal or that do not qualify for removal.