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Keeping the City Beautiful
What you need to know about garbage, recycling and trash collection in the
City of Coral Gables
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Garbage
The City collects your garbage (kitchen waste) twice each week.
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Leave your two 30-gallon garbage receptacles in an area immediately adjacent to
either side of your residence but not behind the front wall of your home. The
storage location should be screened from view from the street.
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Place all garbage, including such materials as food scraps and food wrapping
materials and incidental household materials that are not recyclable, into
plastic bags before placing bags into garbage cans.
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Ensure that sharp objects, such as broken glass or needles, are placed in
puncture resistant containers sealed to prevent injury to collectors.
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Have the receptacles ready for the collectors no later than the evening before
garbage collection day.
Trash
(Household refuse/ garden waste)
The City collects up to one cubic yard of combined household refuse and yard
waste once a week.
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One cubic yard is three feet in depth, width and length (roughly the size of a
small dishwasher).
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If you place more than one cubic yard out for collection the City will
automatically charge you $10 per cubic yard for the excess amount. A courtesy
estimate will no longer be given. As always, large trash piles that pose a
safety hazard may be considered code violations subject to a $250 fine.
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After 6 p.m. on the evening before the scheduled trash collection day, you may
leave household refuse like cardboard, bicycles, small appliances, rubber,
tires without rims, plastic and small furniture, in front of your home on the
parkway.
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You may place yard or garden waste such as leaves, hedge trimmings and tree
branches on the parkway at any time during the week.
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Do not place household refuse or yard waste within five feet of the tree trunks
of parkway trees, or near utility poles, or on top of buried utility cables or
water lines, or against fire hydrants.
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Box or tie loose household refuse items such as stacks of books or magazines.
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If both property owners agree to an arrangement, the City now allows adjacent
property owners to share the use of a single trash pickup location. However,
property owners remain responsible for the management of the trash placed in
front of their homes even if the trash comes from a neighbor's property.
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Penalties for leaving household refuse out before the pickup day start at $50
after the issuance of a warning notice, with each additional fine doubled. An
additional $50 fee now applies if the trash is removed through a special
operation made necessary by a trash code violation.
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Collection of large appliances like washers, dryers or refrigerators or any
bulky or heavy items, must be scheduled for a special pickup. A fee will be
assessed.
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It is illegal to place construction debris, soil, rocks, concrete blocks or
hazardous materials in front of homes for trash collection. These items must be
removed by private waste haulers or by your construction contractor.
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To make an appointment for disposal of materials such as oil and lead based
paints, pesticides and household chemicals, including drain, oven and window
cleaners or any other toxic materials, call Miami-Dade County Department of
Solid Waste Management Collection at 305-597-1768. The City does not collect
such items.
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Lawn maintenance, landscaping and tree trimming companies working within the
City may only use trash piles to dispose of debris generated at each customers
property. Disposing of debris from outside the City or from off-site locations
within the City is a violation of the City Code and where applicable of "The
Florida Litter Law" as defined in Chapter 403.413 of the Florida Statutes.
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Any violation of the regulations may result in a fine of $250 without warning.
Recycling
Remember the City will empty recycling containers once each week.
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Leave the 14-gallon red recycling container adjacent to garbage receptacles.
Make sure they are not out past the front wall of your home and that they are
screened from view from the street.
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Recycle materials like newspapers, empty aerosol cans, glass bottles and jars
(without lids), plastic containers, aluminum and metal cans and phone books. Do
not include books, magazines, grocery bags, plastic wraps or bags, nozzles or
rubber or Styrofoam items in this container.
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Materials not suited for recycling will be left in your recycling container.
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Place the container out for the collectors no later than the evening prior to
recycling collection day.
For additional information regarding collection schedules in your area, the
filling of trash pits, special pickups, missed pickups or any recycling,
garbage or trash issue, call the City's Solid Waste Collection Division at
305-460-5346 Mondays through Fridays between the hours of 7 a.m. and 4 p.m.
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