Garbage Collection

Filling Your Cart with Garbage

Garbage means all putrescible animal or vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking, and consumption of food, or otherwise.

• Garbage must be bagged.
• Place bags of garbage into your cart.
• Bags placed outside your container will not be collected.
• Only bagged garbage should be placed in your cart.
• Excess bags of garbage?Please recycle more items. Recycling greatly reduces the quantity of garbage waste.
  • Small amounts: Lift the lid and place bags on top with the lid open. Yes, leave the lid up.
  • Large amounts: Email the Solid Waste Department to request an additional cart. A charge of $5 per cart, per month. will be added to your utility account.

Your cart(s) will not be emptied if they contain these items:

• Acids
• Concrete
• Gasoline
• Hot ashes
• Medical wastes
• Oil
• Paints
• Rocks
• Sand
• Soil
• Solvents
• Yard waste

Setting Your Roll-Out Cart Out For Collection

• Place your cart at the curb or street, not on the sidewalk, before 7 am the morning of your scheduled collection day.
• Point the arrow marked on the lid toward the street. The serial numbers should face the street; the wheels and handle should face your home.
• Obstructed cart(s) will not be emptied! Place your carts 4 feet apart from each other and 4 feet away from fences, mailboxes, utility poles, fire hydrants, and parked cars.
• Remove your roll-out cart after collection. The City of Bartow Solid Waste Ordinance requires your cart to be stored next to your home or in your garage, not at the curb. A $5 fine will be added to your utility account if your cart is not removed from the curb by the dark on the day following collection. Do not store your cart close to a furnace, fireplace, grill, or other source of excessive heat.
• Keep your roll-out cart in good working order. To clean, simply rinse your cart with water from time to time, drain it, and let it dry in the sunlight with the lid open.

For cart repairs, email the Solid Waste Department.