RESIDENTIAL GARBAGE

Cart Placement 

Proper Placement

Proper cart placement is key to automated service. We've created this guide to help you place your garbage cart correctly at the curb for pickup. While taking out the trash is easy, following a few simple steps ensures your waste and recycling are collected efficiently. Our goal is to serve you accurately every week, and proper cart placement helps avoid missed pickups. This guide will ensure your containers are ready for service.

Place your carts at the curb the night before or by 7 a.m. on your service day. Keep them at least five feet away from objects like trees, poles, mailboxes, cars, or fire hydrants so the automated arm can reach them. Maintain five feet of space between your waste and recycling containers.

Please refer to our interactive SERVICE MAP to determine your neighborhood's collection days.

  • Do not lean anything against your trash container.
  • Avoid placing carts under low-hanging tree branches or other obstacles.
  • Place carts within two feet of the curb for easy access.
  • Ensure the arrows on the lid face the street, and the handle faces your house. Keep the lid completely closed.
  • For reference, placement instructions are also printed on your cart lid.

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  • Loose paper or small debris should be bagged to prevent scattering during automated collection.
  • Do not overload your cart or stack items on top - the lid must close completely. Overflowing carts may not be collected.
  • Extra bags left on the ground will not be picked up during regular service. Hold onto them for your scheduled bulky collection day.
  • Only city City-issued carts will be serviced.
  • Cleanliness of the cart is your responsibility.
  • Carts cannot be modified in any way.

What is a Cubic Yard?

Holiday Schedule

  1. YARD WASTE

Bulk items should be placed curbside no later than 7 a.m. on the day of bulk collection service, but no earlier than 6 p.m. the night before collection. To ensure the garbage and recycling carts can still be collected, the bulk waste pile should have a clearance of five (5) feet on each side. Residents are asked to avoid placing bulk items near obstructions such as trees, power lines, mailboxes, or automobiles.

What is Bulk Waste?

Bulky waste includes household items that are too large to fit in your trash container. Examples include discarded furniture, stoves, mattresses, wood, swing sets, and other household appliances.

Bulk Trash Guidelines

  1. Piles are not to exceed two cubic yards per residence per week and must be stacked neatly.
  2. Is there a limit? Yes, nonconforming trash collection will be subject to a fee.
  • Mirrors, glass, glass tabletops, windowpanes, and plate glass (Items should be safely placed in a rigid container to facilitate safe collection.)
  • Waste placed curbside must adjoin the property that generated the materials.
  • All doors should be removed from the refrigerator, washer, dryer, stove, etc., before placing curbside for collection.
  • Hazardous materials will not be accepted. Additionally, collection crews will not move hazardous items out of the way to pick up acceptable items.
  • It is recommended that rugs, carpets, and padding be rolled and securely tied.
  • Items too large or heavy to safely load will not be collected.

Bulk Waste Rate Non-containerized | Greater than 2cy = $10

Bulky item volumes exceeding 2 cubic yards weekly will result in a $10 per cubic yard fee to the resident, billed and collected by Fort Pierce Utilities Authority FPUA.

  • Contractor-generated materials
  • Debris of any type on vacant lots.
  • For health, regulatory, and safety reasons, the city will not accept construction, remodeling or demolition debris, including all concrete materials and bricks, tiles, rocks, dirt, sand, soil, or brickwork; automobile bodies or parts, engines, transmissions, batteries, or other parts; horticultural materials from commercial lawn/yard services or other commercial operations.