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The Sanitation Division is responsible for the weekly collection of household waste, yard waste, and curbside recycling. The division works under the general direction of the Sanitation Division Manager who coordinates the daily work schedules of thirty-one employees.
The monthly residential service sanitation fee is $27 for residential service and the Division provides limited commercial collection services.
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2024 HOLIDAY SANITATION COLLECTION SCHEDULE
(Ext. of Call Handler - 2899)
MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY
Collierville Public Services will be closed Monday, January 15th in observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. The Sanitation collection schedule for the week will be as follows:
Garbage, recyclables and commercial collection will occur the day after your regular collection day. There will be no appliance pick up on Thursday, January 18th. The next available appliance pick up will be Thursday, January 25th.
PRESIDENT’S DAY
Collierville Public Services Sanitation crews will be working President’s Day, Monday, February 19th, 2024. Collection for the week will be as regularly scheduled.
GOOD FRIDAY
Collierville Public Services will be closed Friday, March 29th in observance of Good Friday. The Sanitation collection schedule for the week will run as regularly scheduled.
MEMORIAL DAY
Collierville Public Services will be closed Monday, May 27th in observance of Memorial Day. The Sanitation collection schedule for the week will be as follows:
Garbage, recyclables and commercial collection will occur the day after your regular collection day. There will be no appliance pick up on Thursday, May 30th. The next available appliance pick up will be Thursday, June 6th.
JUNETEENTH
Sanitation services will run as normally scheduled.
INDEPENDENCE DAY – JULY 4TH
Collierville Public Services will be closed Thursday July 4th in observance of Independence Day. The Sanitation collection schedule for the week will be as follows:
Monday’s, Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s garbage, recyclables and commercial collection will occur on your regular collection day. Thursday’s garbage, recyclables and commercial collection will occur the day after your regular collection day. There will be no appliance pick up on Thursday, July 4th. The next available appliance pick up will be Thursday, July 11th.
LABOR DAY
Collierville Public Services will be closed Monday, September 2nd in observance of Labor Day. The Sanitation collection schedule for the week will be as follows:
Garbage, recyclables and commercial collection will occur the day after your regular collection day. There will be no appliance pick up on Thursday, September 5th. The next available appliance pick up will be Thursday, September 12th.
COLUMBUS DAY
Collierville Public Services Sanitation crews will be working Columbus Day, Monday, October 14th. Collection for the week will be as regularly scheduled.
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
The offices of Collierville Public Services will be closed on Thursday, November 28th and Friday, November 29th in observance of Thanksgiving. The Sanitation collection schedule for the week will be as follows:
Monday’s, Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s garbage, recyclables and commercial collection will occur as regularly scheduled. Thursday’s garbage, recyclables and commercial collection will occur the day after your regular collection day. There will be no appliance pick up on Thursday, November 28th. The next available appliance pick up will be Thursday, December 5th.
CHRISTMAS EVE & CHRISTMAS DAY
The office of Collierville Public Services will be closed Tuesday, December 24th and Wednesday, December 25th in observance of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. The Sanitation division, however, will be working on Tuesday, December 24th. Sanitation collection schedule for the week will be as follows:
Monday’s and Tuesday’s garbage, recyclables and commercial collection will occur on your regular collection day. Wednesday’s and Thursday’s garbage, recyclables and commercial will occur the day after your regular collection day. There will be no appliance pick up on Thursday, December 26th. Appliance collection will resume on Thursday, January 9th.
NEW YEAR’S (2025)
Collierville Public Services will be closed Wednesday, January 1st. in observance of New Year’s Day.
Sanitation collection schedule for the week will be as follows:
Monday’s and Tuesday’s garbage, recyclables and commercial collection will occur on your regular collection day. Wednesday’s and Thursday’s will occur the day after your regular collection day. There will be no appliance pick up on Thursday, December 26th and January 2nd. Appliance collection will resume on Thursday, January 9th.
Household Garbage Placement
Household garbage must be placed in the Green cart (kitchen, bathroom, personal and/or indoors-type wastebasket trash) to be picked up. Garbage on top of the cart lid or beside the cart will not be picked up. Propping the lid up is acceptable if the garbage is bagged, but cart cannot be overflowing. Items such as bagged grass, bagged leaves, boxes, branches, boards, carpet, metal, will not be collected by the Automated Truck (Green cart). Other trucks will pick up these items on your regular collection day.
Excess Household Garbage
Please ensure that all household garbage is placed inside the green garbage cart for collection. Due to the use of automated garbage trucks household garbage not placed inside the cart will not be collected. Excess household garbage can be stacked inside the cart with the lid propped open. If the excess household garbage will not fit inside the green garbage cart as shown above an additional cart may be ordered or the excess trash can be taken to the Collierville Solid Waste Transfer Station on Saturdays between 8AM and 12 Noon.
Bulky Items and Appliances
Bulk items such as furniture, boxes, dishwashers, mattresses, and clean-outs will be collected on the regular weekly collection day. Appliances such as refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners, stoves, water heaters, dryers and washing machines will be picked up on a call in basis each Thursday. Public Services should be notified for an appliance pick-up at (901) 457-2800 before Wednesday afternoon of each week.
Prohibited Items for Collection
The Town of Collierville will not pick up gasoline, paint in liquid form, pool chlorine, batteries, motor oil, antifreeze, transmission fluid or tires and these items must not be placed in the green garbage cart. Some of the local businesses recycle these items. Gasoline, oil based paints, solvents, cleaners, pesticides, pool chlorine, hazardous chemicals and batteries can be taken to the Memphis and Shelby County hazardous waste disposal facility located at 6305 Haley Rd in Memphis. The hazardous waste disposal facility is open Tuesdays and Saturdays from 8:30 AM to 1:00 PM. Additional information can be found on Shelby County’s Household Hazardous Waste Website.
For additional questions contact the Collierville Public Service Department at (901) 457-2800.
Proper Needles and Sharps Disposal
Disposing of your needles and sharps the wrong way can cause needle sticks and injury that may result in transmission of disease. The general public can be at direct risk to injuries from sharps. If these hazardous materials are not separated from standard waste, individuals can unknowingly come in contact with them.
The Shelby County Health Department provides residents of Shelby County with a safe, simple, economical method for disposing of used needles or sharps. Needles and sharps can be disposed of safely at the Central Laboratory located at 814 Jefferson Ave Memphis, TN 38105, Room 258 between the hours of 8:00 AM- 4:30 PM.
To dispose of sharps and needles at the Central Laboratory facility all materials must be placed in an approved sharps container. The Shelby County Health Department will provide residents with an approved sharps container for a minimal fee required to offset the cost of the container and its safe disposal. The container fee must be paid in cash, checks and credit cards are not accepted.
When the approved sharps container is full, permanently close the top following the directions on the container. Once closed, return the filled sharps container to the Central Laboratory and obtain a new sharps container for future disposal.
Additional information can be found on the Shelby County Health Department website here or call 901-222-9523.
If you are unable to transport your needles and sharps to the Shelby County Health Department for disposal, please utilize the following guidelines to properly dispose of your needles and sharps:
Put all sharps and needles in a strong, plastic container. Acceptable sharps containers include Medical-issue sharps containers and heavy-duty plastic laundry detergent bottles. DO NOT USE milk containers, water bottles, clear plastic containers, glass containers or soda cans.
When the your sharps container is ¾ full, put the lid on, seal it with duct tape, and label the container with DO NOT RECYCLE. Needles and Sharps CAN NOT BE RECYCLED through your curbside recycle collection service. Needles and sharps mixed with recyclable materials pose a significant health hazard for personnel that manually sort recyclable materials collected.
Sealed and labeled sharps containers can be placed in your green garbage cart and disposed of with your household garbage.
Sharps should never be thrown loosely into the trash or toilet. Sharps that retract after use, or are very small, should be disposed of like all other sharps.
Proper Paint Disposal
- Reuse leftover paint for touch-ups or donate it to a community organization.
- For water-based paint, remove the lid and allow the paint to dry. Absorbent material (kitty litter, oil dry, etc.) can be added to the paint to speed up the drying process. Once the paint is dry, it can be placed in your green garbage cart.
- Oil base paint can be taken to the Shelby County Household Hazardous Waste Facility located at 6305 Haley Rd. (NO - latex paint)
Controlling Pest & Reducing Odors
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In addition to separating your materials at the curb, you can also help the environment by Grass-cycling. Grass-cycling is the natural recycling of grass clippings by leaving them on the lawn when mowing. It is a simple and effective way to help conserve landfill capacity while saving time, work, and money and the benefit is a greener, healthier lawn. All mowers can grass-cycle. Simply remove your mower's collection bag and properly block the discharge. Many manufacturers have attachments or special designs that improve a mower's grass-cycling performance. Check with your local retailer for more information.
LOOSE LEAF COLLECTION
November thru February
Current Collection Schedule: Loose leaf collection will begin on the first Monday in November and will run until the last week in February. For more information please call (901) 457-2800 Ext 2. Pine needles will not be collected by loose leaf collection crews. Please bag all loose piles of pine needles and place them at the curb for collection during your regular garbage day.
Loose leaf collection routes are scheduled to follow the regular solid waste collection schedule as closely as possible. However, loose leaf collection may not occur on the same day as your regular collection day due to leaf volume and inclement weather.
For example all loose leaves on Monday’s route may take more than one day for collection prior to moving to Tuesday’s route. This would delay collection of Tuesday’s route and other collection days throughout the week. In some instances, there can be more than a week's delay in collection although on average, loose leaf collection will normally take place within a few days of your regular collection day.
For leaf disposal without delay, leaves can be mulched using a mulching lawnmower blade or can be bagged and collected on your regular solid waste collection day.
We request leaves be placed close to the streets edge but out of the street to reduce storm drainage blockages.
PLACEMENT OF YARD WASTE
CONTRACT RELATED WORK/ EXCESSIVE BRUSH AT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES
GRASS-CYCLING
BENEFITS OF GRASS-CYCLING
Grass-cycling is the natural and easy process of leaving grass clippings on the lawn when mowing.
Recycling grass clippings is simple, effective and saves time, work, money and it helps conserve landfill capacity.
Grass-cycling is not new. Many parks and golf courses have been practicing grass-cycling successfully for years.
The end result is a greener, healthier lawn.
GRASS-CYCLING DOES NOT CAUSE THATCH BUILD-UP
An 11-year study at the USDA research station in Beltsville MD showed that thatch is mainly composed of grass roots, not clippings. Clippings left on the lawn decay quickly and release nutrients back to the established grass.
GRASS-CYCLING DOES NOT SPREAD LAWN DISEASE
Watering, fertilization, and sharpness of the mower blade have a greater influence on the occurrence of lawn disease than grass-cycling.
DON’T BAG CLIPPINGS, NURTURE THE LAWN
· No need for bagging
· Uses less water and fertilizer
· Reduces use of landfill space
· Clipping nutrients encourage a healthier lawn
· Less mowing, hauling.
WATERING PLAN
- Established lawns need irrigation to supplement natural rainfall yet may require more water in hot weather, even in dry cool periods.
- In hot dry weather, lawns may need as much as 1” of water every 5 to 7 days or up to 3-hours with the typical sprinkler.
- Try to water in early morning. Watering in evenings may encourage disease.
- Portable sprinklers offer reasonable prices for watering, distribution and range methods. Select a sprinkler based on the size and shape of your lawn.
- Stationary sprinklers are good for small patches that need extra water.
- Rotary and impact sprinklers are for circular watering on lawns that are medium to large.
- Oscillating sprinklers send a fan of water over a large rectangular area. Revolving sprinklers work in smaller areas, shooting a circular pattern of jets of water.
- A time-controlled irrigation system can maximize efficiency with an automatic lawn watering schedule.
FERTILIZE PROPERLY
Lawns need properly timed fertilizer applications to become dense and green. Over fertilization weakens your lawn and causes excess top growth. Grass-cycling, in conjunction with proper fertilization, enhances the health of your lawn. Grass-cycling greatly reduces the need for fertilizer because grass clippings return nitrogen to the soil.
QUICK FACTS
- Grass-cycling, reduces costs and improves the environment because it reduces the number of grass bags taken to the landfill.
- The Town collects an average of 6,300 tons of bagged grass or approximately 77,300 bags each year. All bagged grass collected is taken to a landfill for disposal.
- Collection of bagged grass costs the Town $275,000 per year for collection and disposal.
GRASS-CYCLING MOWING TIPS
- Cut when the grass is dry. Keep your mower sharp.
- Set your mower to cut at the proper height.
- Mow often. Try not to remove more than one-third of the lawn height each cut. Frequent moving may be needed at times.
- Proper mowing is essential to grass-cycling and can increase lawn quality by 30% or more.
- All mowers can grass-cycle. Simply remove your mower’s collection bag.
- Many manufacturers have attachments or special designs that improve a mower’s grass-cycling performance.
- Frequent mowing at a low cutting height deprives the root system of nutrients and moisture. Longer grass blades create more shade, providing the soil protection from the sun.
MOWING HEIGHT FOR CERTAIN GRASS TYPES
Kentucky Blue Grass – 3.0”
Fescues & Ryegrass – 3.0”
Bentgrass – 1.0”
Bermudagrass – 1.0” to 2.5”
Zoysia – 1.0” to 1.5”
St. Augustine – 3.0”
Centipedegrass – 1.5”
To report a missed recycle collection or for additional information about Collierville's Recycling Program, contact Collierville Public Services at (901) 457-2800.
Paper, Plastic, Cardboard, & Aluminum/Tin.
Paper: newspaper, office paper, junk mail, books, magazines, notebook paper, paper bags, etc
Plastic: #1-#2. Milk jugs, detergent bottles, plastic jars, water bottles, shampoo bottles, etc
Cardboard: Boxes, cereal and food boxes
Aluminum & Tin: cans, trays, foil, pie pans, steel cans like soup cans, tin, etc
The Hub DOES NOT recycle: Glass, metal chairs, food, diapers, Styrofoam, dog leashes, cords, hoses, chains, needles, clothing, plastic straps, wood, yard brush, plastic furniture, shoes, vinyl siding, plastic totes, kitchen sinks, toilets, phones, vacuums, Kids car seats, kids’ plastic toys, rubber balls, etc.
- NO rigid plastic: toys, chairs, buckets, Christmas trees, totes
- NO plastic bags, plastic film
- NO plastic #3-#7: plastic wrap, totes, buckets, plastic toys, car seats, DVD players,etc.
- NO waxed juice cartons, Styrofoam egg cartons, Styrofoam cups
- NO shredded paper
- No Bathroom tissue, diapers, personal hygiene products, etc.
- No Batteries, paint
Shelby County Household Hazardous Waste Facility
6305 Haley Road
Memphis, TN 38134
Days and hours of Operation:
Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
8:00 AM - 1:00 PM (Excluding Holidays)
Recycle Hotline Phone: 901-222-7729
shelbycountytn.gov/439/Household-Hazardous-Waste
To provide needed capacity for household hazardous materials, the acceptance of latex and other water-based paints is suspended. These types of paints can be dried by leaving them in the sun and placed in a separate garbage bag with the curbside pick-up. Additional information regarding the safe disposal of latex paint is outlined in the attached brochure. If you have any questions or need additional information regarding use of this facility, please contact 901-222-7729. Please continue to assist us in the proper disposal of household hazardous materials that can negatively impact our environment.
Printable Brochure: HHW Facility Brochure
Vehicle Tires
Tire Recycling Center
Macs Tire Recyclers Recycling Centers
3000 Elvis Presley Blvd
Memphis, TN 38103
Phone:
(901) 396-5448