All trash must be
at curbside by 7 am on your scheduled collection day. Exact
pickup times will vary due to weather conditions, equipment
breakdowns, volume of trash, new drivers, etc. Trash placed
at curbside after collection trucks have gone by, will not be
picked up. Warwick City Ordinance requires that all Trash containers
be no larger than 32 gallons.
Do not block the trash
and recyclables with your vehicle. It is difficult for the collectors
to drag your barrels, furniture, rugs, etc. around your vehicle.
They will not pick them up if they are blocked.
Each Sanitation employee
puts an average of 7 tons of trash into the truck each day.
Please consider the trash collectors when filling trash bags/containers
and try to keep weight limits under fifty pounds. Loose garbage
must be placed into plastic bags and any items too large for
trash bags can be placed separately beside your trash containers.
The sanitation crews will not be responsible for loose trash
left inside garbage containers.
If you are having
a problem with dogs or wild animals getting into your garbage,
we suggest that you use trash containers with tight lids or
lids that are weighted down as your best protection. PLEASE
do not put bleach or ammonia on your trash bags to keep
the animals away, as this is extremely harmful to the sanitation
employees. Employees have experienced eye and skin irritations
from these substances. Trash that is sprayed with ammonia or
other harmful substance to keep animals away will be left behind.
If the City's Sanitation
and Recycling Division observes a holiday, and your regular
collection day falls on that holiday, you will receive collection
the next day. The remainder of the collection week will be a
day later during that holiday week. See the Holiday
Collection Schedule.
