Environmental Services:  Curbside Services for the Incorporated areas of the County

Please Select the City You Live In To Find Out About Curbside Residential Waste Collection Service In Your Area:

Green Cove Springs
Keystone Heights
Orange Park
Penney Farms

Green Cove Springs

The City of Green Cove Springs provides its own residential collection service and a private contractor picks up commercially generated solid waste. If you have questions concerning billing, call (904) 529-2213 (City Hall). If you have questions concerning service, call (904) 529-2246 (Public Works).

Please visit the City’s website at: www.greencovesprings.com 

The City participates in the County’s solid waste disposal assessment.  This allows City residents to dispose of up to 500 pounds of waste to the Rosemary Hill SWMF per calendar week at no charge. See Rosemary Hill Solid Waste Management Facility (SWMF) for more details.

Keystone Heights

Please visit the City’s website at www.atlantic.net/~keystone 

Current service days are:
Garbage and Recyclables: Monday
Yard Trash: First and Third Thursdays
Special Waste/Bulky Items: Last Saturday of each month
Call Boone Waste at (352) 468-1900 to make arrangements

Following are service standards for residential garbage, trash, and recyclables service:

• Boone Waste Industries, Inc. provides all your curbside services. If you have any questions concerning pick-up, please call them at (352) 468-1900.
• Don’t overload! No single garbage can or bag can weigh more than 40 pounds.
• Cans must have handles and lids. They must also be free of jagged edges.
• Place waste at the curbside, about 3’ – 5’ from the street.
• Yard trash, such as grass clippings, leaves, twigs, and small limbs, should be containerized. Garbage cans, boxes, or bags may be used. A can, box, or bag cannot weigh more than 40 pounds. Items must not exceed 12" out of the container.
• Branches should be no more than 6" in diameter. Tie branches in bundles that do not exceed 5’ in length or weigh more than 40 pounds. Do not stack over water or gas meters.
• Appliances, furniture, etc. are considered Special Waste. Please call Boone Waste to make an appointment to have these items picked up.  Pursuant to Florida Statute 823.07(2), it is unlawful to discard or to permit to be abandoned or discarded on premises under his or her control any icebox, refrigerator, deep-freeze locker, clothes washer, clothes dryer, or similar airtight unit having an interior storage capacity of 1 1/2 cubic feet or more from with the door has not been removed. 
• Recycling – refer to Recycling Services – Unincorporated Area. Your recyclables are delivered to the Rosemary Hill SWMF for processing.
• Household hazardous waste – The City will not pick-up certain special/hazardous waste. Items such as automotive parts, tires, chemicals, pesticides, or paint. These items require special handling and must be taken to the Rosemary Hill SWMF for proper disposal. Refer to Household Hazardous Waste Disposal for more information.

The Town of Orange Park

The Town of Orange Park provides its own waste collection services. If you have any questions concerning your service, call (904) 264-7411 (Public Works), Monday thru Friday, 7:00 am – 4:00 pm (Currently, the Town of Orange Park doesn’t have a web site).

The following are service standards for residential and commercial garbage, yard trash, and recycling collection services:

• Garbage - Material usually generated in the kitchen and bathroom.
• Trash – Any material that is part of a yard plant or shrub. Includes tree limbs, leaves, grass clippings.
• CED – Any material that is concrete rubble, bricks, lumber, or waste building materials, etc. Any material that is not water-soluble.
• Recyclables – Newspaper, mixed paper, cardboard (flattened), glass food or beverage containers (brown, clear, green), aluminum, steel, or tin food or beverage containers  (labels ok), plastic soda (1 – PETE), milk and water jugs (2 – HDPE) (labels ok).
• Scrap metal (less than 40 pounds), automotive oil and batteries – may be delivered to the Recycling Center at 700 Ash Street (off Plainfield Avenue, just south of Wells Road).
• Residential garbage must be placed for collection in standard 20-30 gallon cans and may weigh no more than 40 pounds each.
   

No more than 3 cans per pick-up.

• All residential waste must be placed within 3-5 feet of the curb no later than 7:00 am on your scheduled pick-up day.

The Town discourages the use of red or yellow plastic trash bags
for household waste.

• Garbage cans must have handles, tight-fitting lids, be free of sharp or jagged edges, and have bottoms intact. When garbage cans develop holes in bottoms or jagged edges, please replace them.
• Garbage, trash, and recyclables must be kept separate. A "mix" of any of these placed for collection will be left and the owner notified to separate it.
• One red recycling bin is available per household. Additional recyclables may be placed in trash bags and set beside the red bin for curbside pick-up.
• Yard trash capable of being containerized shall be placed in a standard garbage can, bags, or disposable container. Containerized trash should be placed separately from tree limbs for collection.

Trash shall not be stacked over water or gas meters or
under low hanging trees or utility wires.

• Place tree limbs and containerized trash separately and in an orderly manner for collection. Stack tree limbs parallel to each other. Limbs shall not exceed 8 inches in diameter and 4 feet in length. Collection of yard trash is limited to 5 cubic yards per week (approximately 1 pick-up load or 20 bags). An additional charge will be assessed for any amount over 5 cubic yards.
• Bulky items, including sofas, chairs, dishwashers, washing machines, hot water heaters, etc. require special handling. Call Public Works for a special pick-up. A fee of $15 per item will be charged. Pursuant to Florida Statute 823.07(2), it is unlawful for any person knowingly to abandon or discard or to permit to be abandoned or discarded on premises under his or her control any icebox, refrigerator, deep-freeze locker, clothes washer, clothes dryer, or similar airtight unit having an interior storage capacity of 1 1/2 cubic feet or more from which the door has not been removed. 
• Dumpsters for construction rubbish are available for short-term use only. Call Public Works for availability and cost. Fully loaded construction dumpsters shall not exceed 8,000 pounds.
• Call Public Works for pick-up of construction, building or waste material. A special pick-up charge will be assessed. The amount will be determined at time of pick-up.
• Dumpsters for commercial use shall be enclosed and visually screened in an effective manner (OP 2.05.17.00).
• The Town will not pick-up certain special/hazardous waste. Items such as automotive parts, tires, chemicals, pesticides, or paint. These items require special handling and must be taken to the Rosemary Hill Solid Waste Management Facility for proper disposal. Refer to Household Hazardous Waste Disposal for more information.

Penney Farms

For information concerning collection days and items collected at the curbside, please call the Penney Farms Streets Department at (904) 529-9078 (Currently the Town of Penney Farms doesn’t have a web site).

Material not picked up by the Town may be brought to the Rosemary Hill Solid Waste Management Facility (SWMF). A charge will be assessed for waste disposed at the site. See Rosemary Hill Solid Waste Management Facility (SWMF) and Hazardous Waste Disposal for more information.

Directions to Rosemary Hill SWMF: State Road 16 east (approximately ½ mile past Fair Grounds) to County Road 315, turn left, go to the first road on the left (Rosemary Hill Road), go about ½ mile to site on the right.

Hours of Operation:  Monday thru Saturday, 7:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.