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Dear Martin County resident,
At Waste Management, green is more than just the color of
our trucks and containers. It is a daily reminder to our over
50,000 employees across North America of the important
role each of us plays as stewards of the environment.
Waste Management has a deep commitment to making a
difference for the environment, for communities and for
people.
Save Our Earth
As the leading provider of comprehensive waste
management, recycling and environmental services in North
America, Waste Management serves municipal, commercial,
industrial and residential customers throughout the United
States, Canada and Puerto Rico. Waste Management serves more
than 20 million residential and commercial customers through its network
of collection operations, transfer stations, landfill disposal sites, waste-toenergy plants, recycling facilities, and other related services.
Whether you are a longtime resident or a newcomer to the area, this
residential guide to solid waste collection in Martin County includes important
information to help you be a good steward of our environment. By following
these simple, environmental guidelines for garbage collection, recycling,
vegetative waste and bulk pickups, you can help Martin County stay clean
and green.
Waste Management is proud of our long history in Martin County which
began in the 1970’s. It has been our privilege to serve you and we hope you
find this guide helpful.
Sincerely,
Your friendly neighborhood
“Garbage Guys” at Waste Management
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Waste Management
7700 SE Bridge Road
Hobe Sound, Florida 33455
772-546-7700
www.wmmc.wm.com
Martin County Solid Waste Transfer Facility
9101 SW Busch St, Palm City, FL
772-288-5772
www.martin.fl.us
Hours of Operations
Monday through Friday: 8:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday: 8:00am to 12:00pm
Closed Sunday & legal holidays
If you are a resident within the City of Stuart and have questions
regarding your solid waste or recycling service please contact
City of Stuart
121 Flagler Avenue
Stuart, Florida 34994
772-288-5317 or 772-288-5318
www.cityofstuart.com
Holiday Collection Schedule
Waste Management and The Martin County Transfer Station
will be closed on the following national holidays:
New Years Day, Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, Labor Day,
Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
If your collection day falls on any of these holidays, we’ll collect your
garbage, yard waste or recyclables on your next
regularly scheduled service day.
For more info c a ll Wa s te Mana gement at 7 72-5 4 6 -7 70 0 or go to www.wmmc .wm.com
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GARBAGE COLLECTION
GARBAGE
COLLECTION IS
TWICE A WEEK !
Your twice-a-week collection is a level of
environmental service that many communities
are not offered. Keeping our community clean and beautiful is part of
what makes Martin County a great place to live, work, and play. That’s
why it is important to take advantage of our many environmental services.
Please refer to the Martin County map insert to
check your collection schedule
for garbage and yard waste.
Set out time is 7:00 a.m., or the night before is okay, too. Please remove cans and bins
from the curb after collection. You can set out as many 32-gallon cans (with lids) or plastic
(tied tops) bags as needed. Each can or bag can weigh up to fifty (50) pounds. Be sure to
check that lids and ties are securely on containers. This helps prevents domestic and wild
animals from tearing bags and upsetting containers which can create litter problems and
make waste pickup more difficult.
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For more info c a ll Wa s te Mana gement at 7 72-5 4 6 -7 70 0 or go to www.wmmc .wm.com
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REGULAR YARD WASTE
What is vegetative waste?
Any cut limbs, palm fronds, branches, bushes,
twigs, or grass clipping are considered “yard
waste.” Follow the basic preparations below to
help you correctly dispose of your yard waste.
REGULAR YARD
WASTE IS
COLLECTED
ONE TIME PER
WEEK ON
WEDNESDAY
Small clippings
Grass clippings, leaves and small twigs or branches must be placed in containers with lids
that are no larger than 32 gallons in size or be in a biodegradable container. The clippings
should not weigh more than 50 pounds lbs.
Large branches and limbs
Branches, limbs and other cuttings should be stacked neatly and should not exceed
six inches (6”) in diameter, five feet (5’) in length or weigh more than fifty (50) pounds.
Vegetative waste piles up to eight cubic yards will be
collected one time per week on Wednesdays. All piles larger
Please do
than 8 cubic yards but less than 20 cubic yards will be
not use plastic
collected within seven (7) days of your regularly scheduled
bags to contain
yard waste collection day. Piles that are not collected on your
yard waste.
regularly scheduled day will be “tagged” with an information
100% of yard
card notifying you that the pile was too large and has already
waste
been scheduled for pick up. All piles greater than 20 cubic
is mulched at the
yards will be collected 20 cubic yards per week until the
county landfill.
entire pile is removed.
Small clippings and piles
8 cubic yards or less will be
picked up 1 time per week on
Wednesday
Plastic bags
contaminate the
mulch!
For more info c a ll Wa s te Mana gement at 7 72-5 4 6 -7 70 0 or go to www.wmmc .wm.com
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BULK TRASH COLLECTION - For Single Family Homes
What is bulk trash?
Bulk trash, also referred to as “bulky waste” or “white goods” includes non-vegetative
items which cannot be containerized, bagged or bundled. Bulk trash includes items such
as broken or discarded refrigerators, ranges, toilets, washers, dryers, bath tubs, water
heaters, sinks, bicycles, and other similar appliances, household
goods, and furniture.
For safety
All bulky waste should be placed curbside on your regularly
reasons,
scheduled collection day. Bulky waste not collected will be
please remove
“tagged” with an information card notifying you that it has already
refrigerator and
been scheduled for pickup. All bulky waste will be collected within
freezer doors
five (5) days of your regularly scheduled collection day. Bulky waste
before placing
does not include cars, boats, or engines. These items must be
outside for
collection so that disposed of through other methods.
children can not
crawl inside and
LAND CLEARING DEBRIS,
become trapped.
CONTRACTOR GENERATED
WASTE
Whole trees as well as cut up
trees larger than six inches
(6”) in diameter are not
part of the Residential Solid
Waste Collection Program.
Disposal of this material
is the responsibility of the
homeowner.
CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS
Construction and Demolition (C&D) Debris is considered a Special Item and
requires additional fees and special handling by Waste Management
or another licensed hauler. Residential customers can
make arrangements with Waste Management or another
licensed hauler for collection and disposal services for
C&D material. Homeowners also have the option of
transporting their C&D debris to the landfill on their own
and paying a disposal fee at the landfill.
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For more info c a ll Wa s te Mana gement at 7 72-5 4 6 -7 70 0 or go to www.wmmc .wm.com
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HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE DISPOSAL
What is hazardous waste? Any materials or substances that are potentially damaging to
the environment and harmful to humans and other living organisms are considered to be
hazardous waste. Hazardous waste should never be disposed of curbside.
Common Household Hazardous Waste
Paints/Stains
Latex paints
Oil based paints
Weather sealers
Wood preservers
Corrosives
Pool chemicals
Battery acids
Drain cleaners
Acids and bases
Strong chemicals
Batteries
Mercury
NiCad
Thermometers
Lithium
Thermostats
Mercury
Neon Lights
Metal Hydride
Flammables
Reactive Materials
Paint thinners
Aerosol cans
Kerosene
Pool chlorine
Lighter fluids
Fertilizers
Propane cylinders
Cyanides
Adhesives
Sulfide
Gasoline
Household Hazardous Waste Disposal Center
9155 Busch Street in Palm City 772-288-5772
Hours: M-F 8:00am – 5:00pm Saturday 8:00am – Noon.
Closed Sundays and legal holidays (refer to page 1 for exact days)
HAZMOBILE
HazMobile is short for Mobile Household Hazardous Waste
Collection Vehicle. No business waste is accepted.
HazMobile Hours of Operation – 8:30am – 1:30pm
Port Salerno
Hobe Sound
Jensen Beach
1st Wednesday of each month
Fire Station #32
12155 SE Federal Hwy
3rd Wednesday of each month
Fire Station #16
2710 NE Savanna Rd
4th Wednesday of each month
Fire Station #30
4725 SE Dixie Hwy
Stuart
Indiantown
Tequesta
2nd Wednesday of each month 4th Friday of each month
800 Martin Luther King Blvd
Fire Station #24
Fire Station
16550 SW Warfield Blvd.
Fluorescent Lamps
Fluorescent tubes
Ballasts
Toxics
Pesticides
Herbicides
Poisons
Paint strippers
Antifreeze
Used Oil
Please no tires,
construction and
demolition debris, auto
or boat parts, barrels,
drums, propane tanks,
and empty gas cans.
Business waste is not
accepted through the
household hazardous
waste collection
program.
Call 772-288-5700 for
information on business
waste disposal.
2nd Friday of each month
Fire Station #36
18405 SE Countyline Rd.
You can bring up to 100 pounds of hazardous waste to the HazMobile
including: paints, pesticides, oil, antifreeze, fertilizers and herbicides
Items you can NOT bring to the HazMobile include: flammables,
ammunition, propane tanks, drums, marine or automotive batteries.
For more info c a ll Wa s te Mana gement at 7 72-5 4 6 -7 70 0 or go to www.wmmc .wm.com
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Single Stream Recycling
Beginning in October 2007, a NEW and convenient way to recycle is being offered to Martin
County residents. “Single-stream” recycling lets you commingle all of
your acceptable materials together in one bin. There is no longer any
need to separate recyclable paper from plastics, glass, aluminum or
steel containers. The convenience of Single-stream recycling makes
it easier than ever for residents to participate. Through the program
we can recover up to 30 percent more recyclable
RECYCLING IS materials which prevents these items from
ending up in a landfill.
ONCE A WEEK
FROM YOUR
CURBSIDE ON ONE
OF YOUR REGULAR
COLLECTION DAYS
Single-stream also allows us to operate
our fleet more efficiently, cuts down on the number of
specialized recycling collection vehicles and reduces the energy
required during the collection of the material.
“Think globally, act locally.” As a Martin County resident,
one simple way you can do your part to help protect and
preserve our finite natural resources is by recycling. Many of the
products we purchase and use on a daily basis can find new
life by being recycled into new materials.
RECYCLABLE ITEMS
Below is a list of acceptable materials as well as materials that should not be recycled
because they can cause problems or hazards for workers or processing equipment.
If you are uncertain about a particular item, just give us a call at 772-546-7700.
Acceptable Materials:
Glass, Steel, Aluminum Cans and Foil
• Aluminum food and beverage containers
• Glass food and beverage containers
(clear, brown, or green)
• Steel or Metal cans.
• Soda & water containers with narrow necks Type 1 (PET)
• Milk, water, detergent, shampoo and bleach
bottles without caps - Type 2 (HDPE)
• Food wrap, vegetable oil bottles, blister
packages, shrink wrap, refrigerated containers,
clean food wrap, throwaway utensils and
protective packing –
(Types 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7)
• Aseptic packaging (milk & juice cartons)
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Most types of paper can be recycled
• Newspapers, newsprint and newspaper inserts
• Magazines and Catalogs
• Printer and Copier paper and other office paper
without wax liners
• Mail (Junk mail)
• Corrugated cardboard boxes and containers
• Cereal boxes
• Telephone books
For more info c a ll Wa s te Mana gement at 7 72-5 4 6 -7 70 0 or go to www.wmmc .wm.com
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Single Stream Recycling (Continued)
Materials NOT Accepted, include but are not limited to:
•Mirrors
•Window or auto glass
•Glass cookware or
bakeware
•Household items such as
cooking pots, toasters, etc.
•Light Bulbs
•Ceramics or Porcelain
•Plastic that is not
numbered
•Microwave trays
•Plastic bags
•Styrofoam
•Coat hangers
•Electric cords
•Christmas lights
•Garden hoses
•PVC
Aluminum
Tip
More than 50% of a new
aluminum can is made from
recycled aluminum. There is no limit
to the amount of times aluminum
can be recycled. An aluminum can
that is thrown away will still be a can
500 years from now! Recycling one
ton of aluminum is equivalent to
Plastic
not releasing 13 tons of carbon
Steel
Tip
dioxide (a greenhouse gas) into
Tip
Americans use 2,500,000
the air.
A 60-watt light bulb can run
plastic bottles every hour! Most
for over a day on the amount
of them are thrown away! Plastic
of energy saved by recycling one
bags and other plastic garbage
pound of steel. In one year in the
thrown into the ocean kill as many as
United States, the recycling of steel
1,000,000 sea creatures every year.
saves enough energy to heat and light
If every American household recycled
18,000,000 homes! A typical family
just one out of every ten HDPE bottles
consumes 182 gallons of pop, 29
they used, we’d keep 200 million
Glass
gallons of juice, 104 gallons of
pounds of the plastic out of
Tip
milk, and 26 gallons of bottled
landfills every year.
Glass
never
wears
out
-it
water a year. That’s a lot
can be recycled forever.
of containers – please
The energy saved from recycling
recycle them!
one glass bottle can run a 100-watt
light bulb for four hours. It also causes
20% less air pollution and 50% less
water pollution than when a new bottle
is made from raw materials.
Producing glass from virgin
materials requires 30 percent
more energy than from
crushed, used glass.
Recycling Bins can be picked up at the following locations:
Martin County Utilities Department Office - 2378 SE Ocean Blvd, Stuart, FL 34996 • 772-221-1442
Waste Management Hobe Sound Office - 7700 SE Bridge Road, Hobe Sound, FL 33455 • 772-546-7700
Recycle bins will only be delivered to newly constructed homes. Residents who need replacement bins
will have to pick up the recycling bins themselves.
For more info c a ll Wa s te Mana gement at 7 72-5 4 6 -7 70 0 or go to www.wmmc .wm.com
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For more info c a ll Wa s te Mana gement at 7 72-5 4 6 -7 70 0 or go to www.wmmc .wm.com
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For more info c a ll Wa s te Mana gement at 7 72-5 4 6 -7 70 0 or go to www.wmmc .wm.com
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Printed on 85% post-consumer waste
Your NEW
Martin County
Environmental
Guide For
Residential
Solid Waste
Collection
ATTENTION!
Effective October 22, 2007
Your service days have changed
Look Inside for your new collection days
7700 SE Bridge Road
Hobe Sound, Florida 33455
PRESORT STD
US POSTAGE
PAID
STUART, FL
PERMIT 726
Customer Service Information
Any Questions?
Call for information on the
collection of garbage, recyclables
or yard waste.
Waste Management
Customer Service Center
772-546-7700
Toll Free: 800-824-8472
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