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City collection Large bulk items are collected once a week as their own stream, and a pile past the free size is priced from the City unit table. From $65 for the published per unit charge for mixed trash debris, where one unit is four feet wide by eight feet long by five feet high and 160 cubic feet, with a pile under one unit carrying no charge and yard debris charged at a lower published per unit rate. City of Valdosta residential sanitation customers. The unit table has no limit on the number of units, and the charge is added for each additional unit.
City collection Bedding is not named in the City stream lists, so the item is confirmed before it goes out with the bulk pile. The City publishes a rate for a bulky pile by unit rather than a rate for a mattress, and it does not name bedding among the material it collects. Confirm with the Public Works collection office on 229-259-3590 whether the piece goes out with the bulk stream and how it is measured against the unit table.
City collection Appliances are not named in the City stream lists and washers and dryers are refused at the electronics events, so the item is confirmed with the City. The City publishes a bulky pile rate by unit rather than an appliance rate and does not name appliances on its sanitation page, and the electronics recycling events refuse washers and dryers, so call 229-259-3590 and confirm whether the unit is collected with the bulk stream and how it is measured.
City collection Household garbage is collected once a week Monday through Friday from the green rollout, on the same designated service day as yard trash and bulk items. $25.74 for the published monthly fee for residential pickup on the City sanitation page, which covers once a week collection of garbage, yard trash and bulk items. City of Valdosta residential sanitation customers. A rollout left at the curb past the removal deadline may draw a $10 fine for each day it stays out, and one rollout is provided free at each residence.
The highest first-item price applies once. Every remaining item uses its additional-item price. Loading, transportation and disposal are included. Applicable sales tax is shown before payment.
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The local disposal guide
Will the city take it?
Valdosta collects its own waste for more than 20,000 residential customers, and the useful thing to understand is that three trucks visit on the same day. Garbage, yard trash and large bulk items are each collected once a week by a different truck at a different time, so a pile that is not set out correctly waits for the next service day. Yard debris has to be separated from household trash and from bulk items, limbs and leaves go out as two separate piles, and anything larger than a pile of four feet by eight feet by five feet is priced from a published table of units where each unit is 160 cubic feet. Special pickups do not need a call in, the monthly residential fee is published, and electronics are handled at the City's spring and fall recycling events rather than at the curb.
Household garbage is collected once a week Monday through Friday from the green rollout, on the same designated service day as yard trash and bulk items.
City cost & eligibility
$25.74 for the published monthly fee for residential pickup on the City sanitation page, which covers once a week collection of garbage, yard trash and bulk items. City of Valdosta residential sanitation customers. A rollout left at the curb past the removal deadline may draw a $10 fine for each day it stays out, and one rollout is provided free at each residence.
When & how
Once a week Monday through Friday on the designated service day for the address, which the City publishes on a map and marks on each green rollout with a color coded sticker. Household garbage is not collected on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day and is picked up the next day instead.
Get it ready
Bag and securely tie all household garbage, and containerize excess garbage in an additional can rather than leaving it loose. Put the roll out at the curb between noon the previous day and no later than 5 a.m. on the collection day, and bring the empty container back in no later than noon the following day. The rollout belongs to the address rather than the resident, so it stays behind if the household moves, and a stolen container is reported to the police department before customer service is called.
Large bulk items are collected once a week as their own stream, and a pile past the free size is priced from the City unit table.
City cost & eligibility
From $65 for the published per unit charge for mixed trash debris, where one unit is four feet wide by eight feet long by five feet high and 160 cubic feet, with a pile under one unit carrying no charge and yard debris charged at a lower published per unit rate. City of Valdosta residential sanitation customers. The unit table has no limit on the number of units, and the charge is added for each additional unit.
When & how
Once a week on the designated service day for the address, collected by its own truck separately from the garbage and the yard debris. Special pickups do not require a call in.
Get it ready
Separate the bulk pile from the yard debris pile and from the household trash, because the three streams travel on different trucks and a mixed pile is not collected. Keep the pile behind the curb and clear of the rollout and the right of way, and measure it against a unit of four feet wide by eight feet long by five feet high, since a pile up to that size is not charged while anything larger is priced by the number of units.
Bedding is not named in the City stream lists, so the item is confirmed before it goes out with the bulk pile.
City cost & eligibility
The City publishes a rate for a bulky pile by unit rather than a rate for a mattress, and it does not name bedding among the material it collects. Confirm with the Public Works collection office on 229-259-3590 whether the piece goes out with the bulk stream and how it is measured against the unit table.
When & how
If it is accepted, the mattress goes out with the bulky stream on the designated service day for the address, in its own pile rather than mixed with yard debris or household trash.
Get it ready
Keep the mattress dry and wrapped so the crew can lift it, and set it out only after confirming that it belongs with the bulk stream. If the covered mattress makes the pile larger than four feet wide by eight feet long by five feet high, expect the pile to be priced by the unit.
Appliances are not named in the City stream lists and washers and dryers are refused at the electronics events, so the item is confirmed with the City.
City cost & eligibility
The City publishes a bulky pile rate by unit rather than an appliance rate and does not name appliances on its sanitation page, and the electronics recycling events refuse washers and dryers, so call 229-259-3590 and confirm whether the unit is collected with the bulk stream and how it is measured.
When & how
If the appliance is accepted it goes out with the bulky stream on the designated service day, in its own pile.
Get it ready
Empty the unit completely and leave the pile accessible from the curb rather than the street or gutter. Ask when you confirm the item how the doors and any refrigerant should be handled, because the City publishes no door removal or degassing step and the events refuse washers and dryers along with gas powered equipment.
Electronics are not a curbside item, and the City runs free spring and fall recycling events at the Public Works facility where televisions, CRTs, computers and batteries are accepted.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Residents using the City's spring and fall electronics recycling events, which the City and Lowndes County Public Works host together at the Valdosta Public Works facility at 1017 Myrtle Street, with no fee stated on either event page.
When & how
On the published event dates from 8 a.m. to noon at 1017 Myrtle Street. Both event pages that could be retrieved carry 2024 dates, so the next spring or fall date should be confirmed with Public Works on 229-259-3588 or with Lowndes County Public Works on 229-671-2700.
Get it ready
Keep electronics out of the household garbage and confirm the next event date before loading the car. Accepted material includes computers, laptops, cell phones, cameras, audio equipment, printers, disk and floppy drives, cables and accessories, camcorders and video machines, televisions and CRTs, and batteries, while vacuum cleaners, washers and dryers, gas powered equipment and other non electronic items are refused.
Construction material is not named in the City streams, while mixed trash debris is charged by unit, so a project load is confirmed with Public Works.
City cost & eligibility
The City publishes a per unit rate for mixed trash debris but does not name construction or demolition material in its residential streams, and no bulky item list is published either. Confirm the material, the volume and the price with Public Works on 229-259-3585 before the pile goes out, because a project load may need a private hauler instead.
When & how
Confirm with Public Works first. If the material is treated as mixed trash debris it goes out with the bulky stream on the designated service day and is priced by unit, and a load that is refused needs its own hauler.
Get it ready
Separate the load into what can plausibly travel as mixed trash debris and what cannot, keep any pile within the four feet by eight feet by five feet unit or expect a per unit charge, and keep household chemicals and liquids out of the pile entirely. Do not mix construction material into the yard debris pile, which has to stay separate from both household trash and bulk items.
Exercise equipment is not named in the City streams, so the machine is confirmed with the division and measured against the unit table.
City cost & eligibility
The City publishes a bulky pile rate by unit rather than a rate for a machine and does not name exercise equipment, so call the Public Works collection office on 229-259-3590 and confirm the item and its size against the unit table of four feet wide by eight feet long by five feet high.
When & how
If it is accepted, the machine goes out with the bulky stream on the designated service day, separated from the yard debris and the household garbage.
Get it ready
Describe the machine when you confirm it, break down what folds and comes apart, and keep the pieces in one pile rather than setting them out across two service days. Keep the pile behind the curb and clear of the rollout, and expect a per unit charge once the pile passes a single unit of four feet by eight feet by five feet.
Yard trash is collected once a week on the same day as garbage, with limbs and leaves kept in two separate piles and a per unit charge past the free size.
City cost & eligibility
From $45 for the published per unit charge for yard debris, where one unit is four feet wide by eight feet long by five feet high and 160 cubic feet, with a pile under one unit carrying no charge and mixed trash debris charged at a higher published per unit rate. City of Valdosta residential sanitation customers. The unit table has no limit on the number of units and the per unit rate is added for each additional unit.
When & how
Once a week on the designated service day for the address, on the same day as the garbage but on a different truck. Limbs and leaves go out as two separate piles, and yard trash is kept separate from household trash and from large bulk items.
Get it ready
Put yard trash in bags, boxes or another container at the curb or in the City right of way rather than in the street or gutter, next to the green rollout. A limb or cutting may not exceed 35 pounds, four feet in length or four inches in diameter, and yard trash may not be mixed with garbage or litter. A pile larger than four feet by eight feet by five feet draws a minimum charge and is then priced by the unit.
Hazardous material stays out of every stream, and no household chemical drop off is published for the city, so the route has to be confirmed.
City cost & eligibility
No household hazardous waste drop off for Valdosta residents appears on the pages retrieved, and the electronics recycling events refuse non electronic items, so there is no published destination to send someone to. Confirm the current route with Public Works on 229-259-3588 or with the sanitation charge line on 229-259-3588 before any chemical leaves the house, and never put it in a rollout or a curbside pile.
When & how
Not scheduled at the curb. The City's own guidance is to dispose of hazardous material properly, which means the customer has to confirm a receiving site or a collection event rather than setting it out.
Get it ready
Keep chemicals, paint, liquids and medical waste out of the garbage rollout and out of the bulk and yard piles, because workers handle the material by hand and the City notes that chemicals can burn or blind. Keep the material in its original container with the label readable, and do not mix different chemicals together while a destination is being arranged.
Garbage, yard trash and bulk items are collected on the same designated service day but by three different trucks at different times, so each one goes out as its own pile. Yard debris stays separate from household trash and from large bulk items, and limbs and leaves make up two separate piles inside the yard debris stream.
One unit is four feet wide by eight feet long by five feet high, which is 160 cubic feet. A pile under one unit carries no charge, and past that the pile is priced per unit with yard debris at one published rate and mixed trash debris at a higher one, added again for each additional unit and with no limit on the number of units.
The green rollout goes out between noon the day before collection and no later than 5 a.m. on the collection day, and it comes back in no later than noon the day after. Garbage has to be bagged and tied, excess garbage goes in an additional can, and a rollout left curbside past the deadline can draw a daily fine.
Electronics are not collected curbside and instead go to the City's spring and fall recycling events at the Public Works facility on 1017 Myrtle Street, where computers, laptops, cell phones, printers, cables, televisions and CRTs are taken and vacuum cleaners, washers and dryers and gas powered equipment are refused. Household chemicals, paint and liquids have no published drop off and stay out of every stream, with the route confirmed by phone first.
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City of Valdosta Residential Sanitation Division with Lowndes County Public Works
City weekly garbage, yard trash and bulk streams
A city household with household garbage, yard debris or a large item that will not fit in the rollout.
Cost & conditions
$25.74 for the published monthly fee for residential pickup, which covers once a week collection of garbage, yard trash and bulk items, with piles past one unit charged separately from the published unit table. City of Valdosta residential sanitation customers. One rollout is provided free at each residence, special pickups do not require a call in, and a pile larger than four feet by eight feet by five feet is priced per unit.
Arrange it
Set the three streams out separately on the designated service day, keep the rollout inside the noon to 5 a.m. window, and leave the empty container at the curb no later than noon the following day.
The service covers residential garbage, yard trash and bulk items only, and it does not cover paint, chemicals, liquids or electronics, which need their own route.
City of Valdosta Residential Sanitation Division with Lowndes County Public Works
City spring and fall electronics event
A household with computers, televisions, printers, cables, batteries or another electronic item.
Cost & conditions
No charge. Residents attending the City's electronics recycling events at the Public Works facility, which the City runs with Lowndes County Public Works and which carry no stated fee on either event page.
Arrange it
Confirm the next spring or fall date on 229-259-3588 or 229-671-2700, then drop the material at 1017 Myrtle Street between 8 a.m. and noon on the event day.
The events take electronics only, and they refuse vacuum cleaners, washers and dryers, gas powered equipment and other non electronic items.
A household or contractor with construction, demolition or renovation material that is not part of the residential streams.
Cost & conditions
The City publishes no construction collection, so a hauler or container company quotes its own price and confirms where the load goes, while a pile the City does accept as mixed trash debris is charged from the published unit table instead.
Arrange it
Describe the material and where it will be staged, and confirm the destination before the container arrives.
The residential streams cover garbage, yard trash and bulk items, and construction material is not named among them, so a project load may need this route rather than the curbside collection.
Electronics at the City's spring and fall recycling events: computers, laptops, cell phones, cameras, audio equipment, printers, disk and floppy drives, cables and accessories, camcorders and video machines, televisions and CRTs, and batteries.
Electronics only. Vacuum cleaners, washers and dryers, gas powered equipment and other non electronic items are refused, the events run only on their published dates, and the City and Lowndes County Public Works host them jointly so a resident should confirm the next date before loading a vehicle.
Published event days only, from 8 a.m. to noon. The event pages retrieved carry 2024 dates, so the next spring or fall date has to be confirmed.
No charge. Residents attending a City electronics recycling event, which carries no stated fee on either event page. The events have kept electronics out of the landfill since 2006.
Prices, timing and the details that matter at your address.
How much does pickup cost?+
Choose your items to see the exact price. A standard sofa is $79 first and $29 additional. The highest first-item price applies once; every remaining item uses its additional-item price. Loading, transportation and disposal are included. Review any applicable sales tax and the final total before payment.
Can I book a pickup for today?+
Book by 2pm at your pickup address for same-day pickup, where available. Choose from the dates shown at checkout. Your booking is for a pickup day, and we text you when your hauler is on the way.
Do my items need to be outside when I book?+
You can book while your items are still inside. Arrange any indoor carrying and have everything outside and accessible according to your confirmation. We load and haul it away from there. Contact us before booking if your property has restricted access.
How is a large pile charged?+
By units of 160 cubic feet, measured as four feet wide by eight feet long by five feet high. A pile under one unit carries no charge, mixed trash debris is charged at a published rate per unit with no limit on the number of units, yard debris is charged at a lower published rate, and each additional unit adds the same rate again.Official guidance
Does the pile need to be separated?+
Yes. The City asks residents to separate yard debris piles from household trash and from large bulk items, and to divide limbs and leaves into two separate piles of their own. Each stream is picked up by a different truck at a different time, so a combined pile is not collected in one pass.Official guidance
Can an appliance go out with the bulk pile?+
Ask first on 229-259-3590, because appliances are not named on the City sanitation page and the electronics recycling events refuse washers and dryers. If the City confirms the item it goes out with the bulky stream on the designated service day, separated from the yard debris, and the unit is emptied before it is set out.Official guidance
Where do electronics go in Valdosta?+
To the City's spring or fall electronics recycling event at the Public Works facility on 1017 Myrtle Street, which runs from 8 a.m. to noon and takes computers, laptops, cell phones, printers, cameras, cables, televisions and CRTs along with batteries. Confirm the next date on 229-259-3588, because the event pages carry 2024 dates.Official guidance
What is refused at the electronics event?+
Vacuum cleaners, washers and dryers, gas powered equipment and other non electronic items. The events are limited to electronics, so an appliance or a gas powered tool needs a different destination, which the City can confirm on 229-259-3588.Official guidance
Will the City take construction debris?+
Confirm it with Public Works on 229-259-3585, because the City lists garbage, yard trash and bulk items as its three residential streams and does not name construction or demolition material. A pile of mixed trash debris is charged by unit when it goes out, and a load the City will not take needs a private hauler.Official guidance
Who collects the waste in Valdosta?+
The Residential Sanitation Division of the City of Valdosta Public Works Department, which serves more than 20,000 residential customers with once a week garbage, yard trash and bulk item collection. Sign up through the customer service division on 229-259-3510, and call the Public Works collection office on 229-259-3590 for a collection day question, a rollout or a missed pickup.Official guidance
How do I find my collection day?+
The City publishes a sanitation schedule map and marks the designated day on each green rollout with a color coded sticker that pairs with the map. The three streams of garbage, yard debris and bulk items are all picked up on that designated service day, and Public Works on 229-259-3585 can confirm the day.Official guidance
How do holidays affect collection?+
The Sanitation Division collects only residential garbage on holidays, so a holiday route is for the green rollout. Household garbage is not collected on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day and is picked up the next day, and junk items and yard waste are collected the following business day.Official guidance
Is curbside recycling still collected?+
No. The City's recycling division moved away from curbside collection to a single drop off site at 3130 Val Tech Rd, where recyclable material has to be clean, dry and empty and cardboard boxes have to be broken down. Anything not on the accepted list is treated as non recyclable and should not go in the trailers.Official guidance
What if I cannot move the container?+
The City offers a walk up service for elderly customers and for anyone whose disability prevents them from rolling the container out when no other able resident lives in the home. A letter from a medical provider on letterhead is required, a long term condition is revalidated every two years, and the paperwork goes to the Public Works office or the published fax number.Official guidance
