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Collection Location and
Time
Please place your containers at the curb by 6:00 a.m.
on your collection day.
Holiday Listing
We observe the following holidays:
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New Years Day |
January 1 |
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Memorial Day |
Last Monday of May |
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Fourth of July |
July 4 |
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Labor Day |
First Monday of September |
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Thanksgiving |
4th Thursday of November |
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Christmas Day |
December 25 |
If a holiday falls on your regular collection day,
your pick-up will be delayed by one day.
Bulky and Hard to Handle
items
For removal of bulky items including water heaters,
furnaces, bed springs, mattresses, dressers, couches,
washers, dryers, stoves, tables, chairs,
refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners, patio furniture,
bundles of woods or yard waste, etc., contact our office
one day before your regular pickup day to schedule
the pickup. IMPORTANT: REMOVE AND SECURE ALL APPLIANCE
DOORS TO PROTECT CHILDREN!
Special Appliance Pick-up
Information
You may qualify for FREE CASH from
Southern California Edison! SCE often has special pick-up
and rebate programs for appliances. Please click
on the link
www.sce.com
or call 800-234-9722 for more information.
Use and
Care of Your Automated Containers
- Please download
this file
Please click on the link above and print out a
colorful brochure which will explain in detail the care
and use of your residential automated containers. (Where
applicable.)
Bin Service
3-cubic yard trash bins (commercial dumpsters) are
available for permanent or temporary service.
please call our office for more details.
Roll
Off Service
These containers will handle up to 30 cubic yards
of material and are used for construction,
demolition, landscape, or remodeling projects.
Please call our office for more details or
click here to
order a roll-off.
Holiday Tree Recycling
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TREES ARE 100% Recyclable!
Generally, Athens
Services collects Holiday Trees on your normal
pickup days from the day after Christmas through the
second week of January each year.
(Click
here to see if there are specific rules for your
city.)
Please
remove stands, nails, ornaments, lights, and tinsel, and place the trees
next to your regular trash containers. Trees with
flocking or fire retardant ARE acceptable. Trees over 6
feet in length must be cut in half. If you miss
the date for recycling, please cut up your tree and
place it in your yard waste container(s.)
Please
remember that normal residential trash collection is
delayed by ONE DAY on the holiday weeks! If you would
like further information, please call the number above
or
Contact the Customer Service
Department.
Hazardous Waste
To avoid an
interruption of your service, please do not place hazardous materials into your
trash. Most paints, pesticides, and petroleum derivatives
such as motor oil and solvents are considered hazardous
wastes. Additionally, electronic waste such as
fluorescent tubes, all batteries, televisions,
computer monitors, and other items containing
mercury are no longer allowed in your trash.
Tires are also not allowed in the trash. State and Federal laws require special handling
for these wastes and there are periodic L.A. County
Hazardous Waste Roundups and Used Oil Collection Centers
for proper disposal of hazardous materials. For more
details, please call the HAZWASTE HOTLINE at (888)
CLEAN-LA.
If hazardous waste is identified, it
will be tagged and not collected.
Used Motor Oil Recycling
For information regarding recycling your used motor
oil, please click
on this link
http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/UsedOil/Centers/
Other Recycling
Resources
Please click
or call any of the agencies or companies below to meet
your recycling needs.
888CleanLA Helpline
(888) CLEAN LA (888-253-2652)
www.888cleanla.com
Click on the Household Hazardous Waste Link.
LA Shares
(310) 301-9257
www.lashares.org
LA SHARES is a non-profit materials reuse program, which takes donations of reusable goods and materials and redistributes these items FREE OF CHARGE to nonprofit organizations and schools throughout Los Angeles County.
Hewlett-Packard
Product Return and Recycling
www.hp.com/go/recycle
Enter "recycling" in search menu for
the link to updated product return program information
for computer hardware and printer cartridges.
CA Integrated Waste Management Board
Electronic Product Management Directory
www.ciwmb.ca.gov/Electronics/Collection/
Dell Computers
Dell Exchange Program
www.dell.com
Enter "recycling" in search menu for
the link to updated product return program information.
RBRC Rechargeable Battery
and Cell Phone recycling
http://www.rbrc.org/call2recycle
Mercury Disposal
Systems
Fluorescent bulb disposal services for residents and
businesses
http://www.nomerc.net
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