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DO know your recycling and yard waste pickup days and ensure all items are in
their correct bins. Above, Sun City Recycles member Martin Byhower demon-
strates appropriate waste organization.
Yard waste can be disposed of in either green waste bin for leaves, trimmings, you may find your bin left un-emptied
a large paper lawn bag (available branches and other yard waste. Use any after the recycle truck visits.
at most hardware stores) or in any large, standard, plastic or metal trash
standard trash can labeled “YARD.” can. Using a Sharpie or paint, label it, At my home, I produce at least four times
“YARD”. You can also use the large paper the volume of recyclables as I do trash.
lawn bags available at most hardware One of the first things I did when I moved
stores. Branches may be bundled with to Sun City Texas a year and a half ago
twine. Keep in mind: if you put yard was to call Texas Disposal Systems at
waste in the trash, it will end up in a 1-800-375-8375 so I could swap out the
landfill. If you put it in the recycle bin, small recycle bin (inherited from the
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At our homes we can dispose of standard I want to...
trash, recyclables and yard waste. – Add an additional trash or recycling cart.
Recycling pickup occurs every other – Exchange an existing trash or recycling cart.
week on trash day; yard waste is picked – Schedule a bulky waste pick up.
up once monthly on the first recycle day
of each month. If you are unsure of your Call Texas Disposal Systems at 1-800-375-8375
recycle and yard waste pickup days, go texasdisposal.com.
to recycle.georgetown.org/schedules or I want to...
call 512-930-3640 to find out. – Find out when my trash and recyclables are picked up.
Call City of Georgetown Customer Care at
You can have up to three types of bins 512-930-3640 or visit recycle.georgetown.org.
for waste disposal. In addition to the
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recycle bin – both provided by the city of
Georgetown – you may create your own
ONLINE: SCTEXAS.ORG
