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Trash Services
Household refuse is collected once a week by an automated system. Set out containers by 5:00 a.m. on collection day, please see Service Schedule.
- Bulk Trash - Items too large for the automated service and green waste may be set out for the monthly bulk collection.
- Collection Days by Neighborhood- Find out when your area receives solid waste services
Helpful Hints:
- Please place items loosely in your container. Items that are packed too tightly may get caught in the container and will not be picked up.
- Please place your container in the street in front of your house, with the wheels touching the curb. If there is no curb, leave the container at the edge of the street closest to your home.
- The container must be at least 10 feet from any obstructions such as a fence, streetlight, mailbox or parked vehicles.
- Containers should be placed at least 4 feet from each other to allow for automated weekly service.
- Containers blocked by parked vehicles, or too close to obstructions will NOT be serviced. Once the situation is corrected, the container will be serviced on the NEXT regularly scheduled collection date.
- Containers with open lids or that are overfilled, will NOT be serviced.
- Set your container out for collection by 5 a.m. on your collection day to ensure same day service or you may set your container out the evening before. Containers set out after 5 a.m. may not be serviced and must be removed from the collection location until the NEXT regularly scheduled collection date.
- Service may be affected by holidays, check the holiday schedule to confirm your neighborhood pick up.
- Each trash and recycle container will be serviced once per week. Refilled or moved containers will NOT be serviced.
- If one container is not enough, request an additional container for an additional fee. Contact Water Billing at
(623) 333-2005.
Call Public Works Department if you have questions about your collection schedule: (623) 333-4400
Recycling Services
The City of Avondale offers recycling services to our customers to help them live an environmentally conscious lifestyle.
Residents receive once-a-week recycling service in the blue container on Thursdays and Fridays. Set out containers by 5:00 a.m. on collection day, please see Service Schedule. Please ensure your recycling items are loosely placed in the container. Items that are packed too tightly (such as cardboard) may get caught in the container and will not be picked up.
Please see the items below that can and should be recycled.
Do NOT Recycle In Curbside Container |
| *Although some items have a recycle symbol, the items below are NOT permitted with weekly recycling |
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Glass or metal cookware, car windshields, mirrors, stained glass, light bulbs, porcelain and ceramics |
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Diapers, paper towels, napkins, toilet tissue, paper plates, air/furnace filters, food waste, or garden hoses |
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Styrofoam food containers and cups- NO Styrofoam. |
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Pet food bags and pet waste |
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Grass, rocks, leaves, branches |
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Construction materials such as cement, wood, shingles, drywall, stucco, bricks |
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Plastic bags, shrink and bubble wraps, and tarps can be recycled at your local grocer. Check out BAG CENTRAL STATION for more info at http://www.afmaaz.org/BagCentralStation |
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Furniture cushions, fabrics, clothing or shoes |
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Tires or Batteries |
| Packing materials such as packing peanuts, Styrofoam inserts and wrapping, plastic air pillows |
| Gift wrap and gift bags |
| Plastic drop cloths, paper masking materials, and masking tape |
How Did Your Can Rate?
- City Inspectors will make periodic checks of recycling contents throughout the community.
- Residents with recycling products contaminated with garbage will be issued a notice.
- Those that pass the inspection will get a smile sticker on their recycle can.