Grass Valley Service Guidelines
Waste Management and Grass Valley are excited to welcome you to our new two-cart waste and single-stream recycling program! This new program will replace the current waste and recycling program consisting of various waste carts, and recycling curbits. This new program has been designed to make waste and recycling collection more convenient, effective, and environmentally friendly.
During the week of April 15-19, Waste Management will be servicing all waste and recycling customers in your area. Waste management will deliver new rolling waste and recycling carts to all Grass Valley customers after you are serviced on your normally scheduled service day. After your cart is serviced, please leave your Waste Management containers at the curb for the remainder of the day. Throughout the day, different drivers will be delivering your new carts and removing your old Waste Management carts (we will not be collecting any customer owned containers). This new program will replace all old waste and recycling containers with the exception of green waste containers.
Your new waste cart will be serviced every week, on the exact same day as your previous service schedule. However, you may notice that you are serviced during a different time during the day. Your new single-stream recycling cart will be serviced every other week, the same day your waste is serviced. Please refer to your service calendar for more details. The cart sizes will vary based upon your current service level. The cart conversion is as follows:
- 1-can service receives a 35-gallon waste cart and 64-gallon recycle cart
- 2-can service receives two 35-gallon waste carts and 64-gallon recycle cart
- 3-can service receives a 96-gallon waste cart and 64-gallon recycle cart
- 20- gallon cart service receives a 20-gallon waste cart and 64-gallon recycle cart
Included with this letter please find a brochure which outlines more details about this program and service offerings. Customers that bring their carts to a community stop will receive their carts at their community stop. All carts at these community stops will be labeled with the customer’s house number. Please ensure that you take the appropriate carts.
All acceptable recyclable materials should be mixed together and placed in the new recycling cart. The new single-stream recycling program accepts glass, plastic beverage and food containers, aluminum and metal cans, mixed paper, junk mail and cardboard. Waste Management also offers green waste carts, which can be delivered upon request. Please contact Customer Service at (866) 823-6125 for green waste pricing.
We ask that you take the months of April and May to experience this new program at your current service level. If you would like to change your level of service, please call customer service and we will gladly assist you.
Let’s make this new recycling program a success! Please contact Waste Management Customer Service at (866) 823-6125 with questions, concerns, or for more information.
Grass Valley Service Guidelines
Residential Service
Recycling
Green Waste
Additional Services
Single-family Residential Service
All single-family residences and duplexes (two units) will be provided with the following enhanced services:
- Recyclable materials (green cart with blue lid) – Sizes available: 35-gallon, 64-gallon, or 96-gallon
- Green waste (green cart with green lid) – Sizes available: 64-gallon or 96-gallon
- Household trash(green cart with black lid) – Sizes available: 35-gallon, 64-gallon, or 96-gallon
For prices, please contact Customer Service at 866 823 6125.
Maximum Weight Limits
96-gallon carts: 250 lbs.
To avoid exceeding the weight limitation of the cart, or causing possible damage to the cart or collection vehicle, do not place rocks, concrete, bricks or dirt inside carts. Any items placed within the cart must fall out easily when the cart is being serviced. Please do not overfill or tightly pack items into the cart.
If the cart exceeds the weight limitation, the driver will attempt service and will notify the resident of the problem by leaving a Non-Collection Notice attached to the cart. However, if we are unable to empty the cart, the cart will be tagged and marked as “overweight.” It will then be the responsibility of the resident to make the correction and contact Waste Management for service.
Resident Responsibility for Cart
Each resident is responsible for the proper care and security of the trash and recycling carts. Customers will be charged to replace carts that are damaged or destroyed other than through normal usage. For cart replacements, please contact Customer Service.
Prohibited Waste
Do NOT place the following materials in your carts:
- Hazardous waste (products labeled toxic, poison, corrosive, flammable, or irritant)
- Paint
- Oil
- Automotive batteries
- Tires
- Hot ashes
- Electronic waste (electronic equipment such as computers, TVs, cell phones, microwave ovens)
- Infectious waste (including used needles)
- Dead animals (weighing more than 10 lbs.)
If these materials are found in the cart, it will be tagged with a Non-Collection Notice and will not be serviced. It will then be the responsibility of the resident to make the correction and contact Waste Management for service.
Holiday Schedule
Please see the Holiday Schedule page.
Paper, Metal, Plastic & Glass
Each household is provided with 2 14 gallon recycle bins recyclable materials. There is no need to sort cans, bottles or paper; they all go in the same cart.
Acceptable Materials for Recycling:
Paper Products:
- Newspaper
- Mixed color paper
- White paper
- Cardboard
- Junk mail
- Magazines
- Telephone books
- Paper bags
- Cereal & food boxes
- Egg cartons
- Shoe boxes
Metal Containers:
- Aluminum cans
- Steel cans
- Tin cans
- Food cans
- Empty aerosol cans
- Pie tins
Plastic Containers:
- Bottles & containers (Labeled #1-7)
- Plastic milk containers
- Plastic bags
- Detergent containers
- Plastic film
Glass Containers:
- Clear, brown & green food & beverage containers (with lids removed)
Non-Acceptable Materials for Recycling
- Hazardous waste
- Yard waste
- Electronic waste
- Animal waste
- Window glass
- Diapers
- Mirrors
- Ceramics
- Clothing
- Napkins
- Carpet
- Food waste
- Pizza boxes
- Tissue paper
- Light bulbs
- Wood
- Liquids
Green Waste Recycling
Place loose green waste materials in the grey green waste cart. Set cart out for collection on your regularly scheduled day. DO NOT BAG YOUR GREEN WASTE. Please make sure the lid is closed and the opening faces the street.
Acceptable Materials for Green Waste Cart:
- Grass
- Weeds
- Green plants
- Tree limbs
- Wood chips
- Dead plants
- Brush
- Garden trimmings
- Leaves
Non-Acceptable Materials for Green Waste Cart:
- Branches more than 5 feet in length, more than 6 inches in diameter or weighing more than 50 lbs.
- Tree stumps
- Bamboo
- Soil
- Dirt
- Rocks
- Concrete
- Asphalt
- Plastic bags
- Animal waste
- Palm tree branches
- Yucca plants
- Ice plants
- Painted wood
- Treated wood
Composting
Compost your food scraps and yard trimmings to make your garden grow! For more information, click here.
Holiday Tree Recycling
Free Drop-Off
January 12th, 2013
From 9am-3pm
Lake Wildwood (Waste water treatment plant)
Lake of the Pines (Waste water treatment plant)
Alta Sierra (Fire Department on Tammy Way)
Curbside Collection
Please cut up Christmas Trees and place in your green waste cart. Your green waste cart will be serviced on its normally scheduled service day. If you do not have green waste service, please utilize one of the drop-off locations listed above, or below. DO NOT place your tree on the curb, they need to be placed in your green waste cart.
Trees can also be taken to the Rood Center,
950 Maidu, Nevada City, December 26th through
January 31, 2013 FREE of charge. Drop box located
near the Cement Hill entrance.
FREE Christmas tree recycling at the McCourtney
Road Transfer Station green waste area, from
December 26th through January 31, 2013.
Closed Mondays & Tuesdays.
Temporary Bins & Roll-Off Containers
Contact Customer Service for more information about these additional services.
