Womack Sanitation, Arcadia FL, Frequently Asked Questions

DeSoto County Landfill is pleased to announce that we are bringing back our recycling program!

YOUR RECYCLING OPTIONS HAVE CHANGED!!!!

Paper

Recycle:

• Newspaper, including inserts
• Phone books
• Corrugated Cardboard
• Cardboard Boxes
• Office/Computer Paper
• Magazines and Catalogues

Do Not Recycle:

• Blueprints/carbon paper
• Metallic or Plastic Coated Paper
• Tissue/Toilet Paper, Paper Plates, Napkins, Cups, Towels
• Boxes or paper comtaminated by more than 3% food or grease

Cans/Metal/Aluminum

Recycle:

• Aluminum Beverage Cans
• Steel/Tin Food and Beverage Cans
• Clean Aluminum Foil, Foil Food Trays
• Other Scrap Aluminum

Do Not Recycle:

Hazardous aerosol cans (spray paint, bug spray, etc.) and other hazardous waste (paint, chemicals, pesticides)

Glass Containers

Recycle:

• Juice, Soda, Water Bottles
• Beer, Wine, Liquor Bottles
• Food Jars

Do Not Recycle:

Drinking Glasses, Ceramics, Crystal Mirrors, Window Glass, Lightbulbs

You may bring the above listed items to:

DeSoto County Landfill

3268 SW Dishong Avenue

Monday – Saturday 8:00AM – 5:00PM

Please understand we are unable to re-open the previous sites due to extremely high contamination rates with containers being unsupervised. Landfill staff will now be screening all recycled loads for unacceptable items including any items that have not been rinsed well. Any items turned down may be taken back to your residence for curbside pickup or you may pay a tipping fee to dispose of the items during your visit. Make your recycling efforts count and help us help DeSoto County RECYCLE again!

For further questions or concerns, please contact:

Christina Williams   *   Office Manager – DeSoto County Landfill   *   c.williams@desotobocc.com   *   863-993-4829

If you moved into a newly built home or into an existing residence in the county, but outside city limits, and would like to begin garbage pickup, simply call our office at 863-494-1580 between 8am and 5pm Monday through Friday . We will verify everything we need to get your service started and let you know the basics about your garbage collection service. Oh, and welcome to the neighborhood.

Womack Sanitation offers bulk item collection for a separate fee. For details and to schedule a pick-up, call our office at 863-494-1580, Monday through Friday, between 8am and 5pm. Items are typically collected on your next regular garbage collection day. Appliances such as stoves, freezers and refrigerators are excluded from bulk waste pick-up. For these items you must call the county to schedule your pick-up at 863-993-4821.

You are allowed 2 cans or bundles of yard debris to be collected each month. This takes place on Wednesdays. Do not use bags for yard debris. Cans or bundles must not be more than 40lbs, 4 feet in length and branches no more than 4 inches in diameter. Bundles may be wound with rope or twine. Debris left from a paid lawn maintenance service is excluded from pickup service. These service providers should be hauling away the debris for you.

Keeping lids closed on cans as well as dumpsters keeps debris from blowing out of the container and littering the surrounding area as well as keeping odors down and discouraging pests and animals from tearing up the garbage and creating a mess.

This would not be considered regular household waste. Call our office at 863-494-1580 and we can give you information on large containers for your large projects.

Households are still permitted 2 bags or cans per week of household garbage, however, non- household garbage is not included in this service. Businesses that operate out of the house can subscribe to us for commercial hand pickup service or subscribe to commercial dumpster service. Call our office for pricing and details.

Womack Sanitation offers several different large containers. Call the office for pricing and details.

The Desoto County Landfill is located at 3268 SW Dishong Ave, Arcadia, Fl. 863-993-4827. You may visit the website for the landfill at www.desotobocc.com/departments/landfill landfill hours are Monday through Saturday 7:30am – 3:30pm. Closed Sundays and County Observed holidays.

f your trash day falls on a holiday, you will not have service that day. You will be allowed to put double the amount of trash out on the next normal service day.

Example: Your trash day is Monday and Christmas falls on Monday. You will not have service on Monday, but you may put out 4 cans or bags on Thursday. Tuesday customers are not affected.

The holiday schedule is posted at the bottom of each of our website pages. It is also mailed with your tax bill each year. It is also published in the “Arcadian” usually in early October. We also remind people of our holidays on our office voice mail and our facebook page. You may stop by our office and get a printed schedule or you may call and inquire about the observed holidays. Our holidays match the county observed holidays, which are posted on the county website as well.

Yes, download the “recycle coach” app from the app store or google play , enter DeSoto for the county and follow the prompts. Holidays, brush days and any other special situations will appear on the calendar.

Each household is allowed two 30 gallon garbage bags or 30 gallon garbage cans per collection day.

Crews will be picking up garbage between the hours of 6:00 am and 7:00 pm. Crews often follow the same route, however there are reasons which may cause them to vary in their times in your area such as weather, fill in driver’s or crew members and vehicle maintenance so it’s best to plan to have your garbage curbside and ready for pick-up by 6:00 am.

Each bag or can should weigh under 40 pounds. Just use common sense: if the bag or can is too heavy for you to lift and move it comfortably, then it’s probably too heavy for the garbage man too.

No collection will occur on any county holiday. These holidays are voted on each year by the Board of County Commissioners. Please keep in mind that the County year runs from October 1st through  September 30th.

“Curbside” is defined as no more than four feet from the driving surface of the road. Please be sure your bags or cans do not block mailboxes or lean against telephone poles or power lines. Keep in mind our collectors pickup close to 800 homes per day each…so each extra step adds up by the end of the day!

Curbside collection began on Monday, January 2, 2006.

Womack Sanitation is the company doing the trash collection, under contract with DeSoto County.

If a garbage can is used, it should be store bought and have two handles in good condition. The size should be no more than 32 gallons and not of the type picked up by automated garbage trucks. cans that are too deep for our workers to reach into are also an obstruction to good service. Snuggly fitting lids also help to keep animals out of the container

No. Again please remember time is of the essence and loose waste greatly slows down the service we provide to the residents of that days route. Yard waste must be loose in a can or bundled in no more than four foot lengths, with a 40 pound limit per bundle. Each household is allowed two bundles or cans per month. If your garbage days are Monday and Thursday, then your yard debris day will be the third Wednesday of the month. If your garbage days are Tuesday and Friday, then your yard debris day will be the first Wednesday of the month.

Yard waste cannot be bagged, even in paper bags, according to regulations at the landfill.