Wauwatosa Garbage Schedule (2024)

FAQs

What can I recycle in Wauwatosa? ›

What can you recycle in Wauwatosa? Recycling in Wauwatosa includes plastic bottles, cans, paper and cardboard. The key to recycling the right way is ensuring your items are clean and dry. Keeping contaminants like food and liquid out of your recycling helps ensure that everything in your bin finds a second life.

Waste Management has many services available in your neighborhood and throughout most of the Antelope, California area. As one of California's largest trash and recycling service partners, we pride ourselves on customer service and environmental stewardship. Thank you for your partnership with Waste Management.

I have bulk trash and/or large items that need to be removed from my curb. Who do I contact? The City of Trotwood contracts with Rumpke for all trash removal, including bulk waste. To schedule a bulk pickup, contact Rumpke at 937-461-0004.

Air pollution: The burning of waste at landfills release toxic substances into the air, including extremely poisoning dioxin. Pollution of oceans: 13 million tonnes of plastic end up in the world's oceans each year. If we keep dumping plastic in the oceans, by 2050 there will be more plastic than fish in the sea.

The "Three Rs" (Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle) effort to promote better waste management needs to be done in an effective manner.

Simply put, this statute defines the crime commonly known as illegal dumping. It prohibits the unauthorized disposal of garbage, waste, and other material on public or private property. It's a crime under Penal Code 374.3 PC to dump garbage and other waste in an unauthorized area.

Slow down when approaching a garbage truck making its rounds. Stop if necessary to allow workers to do their jobs. Look for workers before attempting to pass the truck. Check for traffic approaching from the opposite direction before proceeding around the truck.

California Assembly Bill No 2115

If maneuvering around the garbage or recycling truck is unsafe, you must stop and wait until it is safe to proceed.

For removal of bulky item(s) for disposal, please contact the public waste collector (PWC) serving your estate. The removal of bulky items will be at a separate fee. Alternatively, you may engage any licensed waste collector to provide the removal service. The list of licensed waste collectors is available here.

Once the bag is empty, you have two options: use it for something else or send Reduce- Reuse -Recycle Reduce – Reuse – Recycle it to a nearby plastic recycling business so the material can be recovered. Do not simply bin or burn this bag!

How much does it cost to dump at a landfill in Ohio? ›

Ohio's state disposal and environmental protection fee is currently $4.75 per ton of solid waste. The fee is collected at the first transfer facility or landfill facility that receives solid waste.

Segregate garbage into degradable and non-degradable waste. You can also create compost at home with leftover food, fruit and vegetable peels etc. Waste segregation not only makes the process of recycling much easier, but it will also help in maintaining a healthy and clean surrounding.

[Dianna Parker] "There's so much that we can do to keep debris from entering the ocean. It's as simple as changing your individual behavior every day, creating less waste, reusing what you can, remembering to recycle ... littering is obviously a no-no. And then going out and joining a beach clean up.