City of Prescott, Arizona

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Trash Pickup & Recycling

The City of Prescott provides weekly curbside refuse collection and recycling. In addition, we offer several other programs to help reduce the waste stream:

• Spring Cleanup to help you with disposal of oversize items and yard waste
• Christmas tree collection to pick up Christmas trees and recycle them as mulch
• Drop off of appliances and used residential motor oil.

Residential Service

The City provides residential customers with a 68-gallon container that has a serial number, which is assigned to the property owner’s water meter. If you move, the container stays at the residence. If one container does not meet your needs, additional containers are available for a fee and must be kept for a minimum of three months. Containers are picked up once per week and must be placed at the curbside or alley on collection day by 7:00 a.m., and removed by the end of the day. The container must be placed a minimum of three feet from any obstruction such as a mailbox, fence or lamppost and a minimum of 15 feet from parked vehicles. All waste must be bagged and the lid of the container must be closed. This prevents the breeding of flies, reduces the risk of damage to the container, and helps to reduce litter in our neighborhoods. All waste to be collected must be placed in the container - the driver will not exit the truck to load excess material.

The following items may not be placed in the containers:

• Large quantities of dirt, rock, sod or concrete
• Large appliances or furniture
• Hot ashes or hazardous materials (liquid paints, petroleum products, etc.)
• Construction debris; tires
• Any large items which prohibit the container lid from closing

If you have any questions regarding residential or commercial service, please call the Transfer Station at 928-777-1116 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Rates for Residential and Commercial Service

Service	Rate
City Code requires all residences and businesses within the City of Prescott City Limits to be serviced by the City’s Solid Waste collection service.
Residential garbage and recycling service (includes one 68-gallon garbage container and 68-gallon recycling container)	$14.50/month
Additional garbage containers	$5.80/month
Additional recycling containers	No charge
Commercial curbside service (includes two 68-gallon garbage containers)	$19.50/month
Commercial dumpster garbage service	$3.36/cubic yard
Commercial dumpster recycling service	$1.68/cubic yard

Holidays

Your trash pickup schedule will only be affected if Thanksgiving, Christmas or New Year's Eve fall on a weekday, which will result in a 1-day delay, otherwise your trash pickup schedule will not be affected.

Spring Cleanup

The City of Prescott Solid Waste Division provides a Spring Cleanup in April to help dispose of items too big for regular trash pick up:

• Monday routes will be picked up Monday, March 31 – April 04
• Tuesday routes will be picked up Monday, April 07 – April 11.
• Wednesday routes will be picked up Monday, April 14 – April 18.
• Thursday and Friday routes will be picked up Monday, April 21 – April 25.

All items must be placed on the curb Monday by 7:00 a.m. of the pick up week, bagged, boxed, and/or bundled, no longer than 4 feet and not weigh more than 75 lbs.

Items we will Not Pickup

• Tires
• Oil
• Auto batteries
• Household hazardous materials
• Demolition debris
• Appliances without the certificates.

For information, please call 928-777-1116.

Christmas Tree Collection

Christmas trees will be picked up the week of January 5th.

For information, please call 928-777-1116.

Transfer Station

The City of Prescott Transfer Station is located at 2800 Sundog Ranch Road, just north of Prescott Lakes Parkway, off Highway 89 and is open from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday. Items accepted include: household garbage, construction debris, brush, furniture, appliances, yard waste. Items that are NOT accepted at the Transfer Station include: tires; household hazardous waste (pesticides, turpentine, etc.); paint; anything containing asbestos; appliances that contain CFC's (freon) unless accompanied by certificate from a licensed professional that the freon has been evacuated and compressor removed; car batteries; any toxic or hazardous material. For any questions regarding the Transfer Station please call 928-777-1116.

Transfer Station Fees

Prices at the Transfer Station are calculated by the weight of the items disposed of. There is a $5.00 minimum charge, with the following fee schedule:

• Vehicles under 10,000 pounds GVW (Gross Vehicle Weight) — $57.25/ton ($2.86 per 100 pounds)
• Vehicles over 10,000 GVW — $62.98/ton ($3.15 per 100 pounds)
• Clean inert debris (concrete, asphalt, dirt, rock) can be disposed of for $15 per ton
• Appliances can be disposed of for $3.00 per appliance
• Used motor oil is accepted at no charge
• Empty and flattened cardboard boxes and glass bottles can be deposited in the recycling dumpsters located at the Transfer Station at no charge
• Tires can be disposed of at the Yavapai County Tire Yard that is located just south of the Transfer Station. The first five passenger tires per year are free. There is a charge for additional tires or heavier tires. For more information please call Yavapai County Public Works at 928-771-3183.

Appliance and Used Motor Oil Drop-Off Site

The Transfer Station operates a site for the disposal of motor oil drained from residential cars or pickups. Up to five gallons at a time may be brought to the Transfer Station at 2800 Sundog Ranch Road. There is no fee for this service.

For a $3.00 fee, appliances such as washers, dryers, hot water heaters, and stoves are accepted and recycled. Refrigerators, air conditioners and freezers are also accepted for the $3.00 fee, however, they must have all CFC’s (refrigerants) evacuated prior to acceptance and must be accompanied by an invoice from the licensed professional who completed the evacuation. Please call the Transfer Station at 928-777-1116 for details.

Recycling

The City of Prescott provides blue recycling containers for each household with a green garbage container. We offer two sizes for recycling-32 gallons and 68 gallons. All recyclable material must be placed in the container. These materials will be collected once a week on the same day regular trash collection is scheduled. For easier identification and collection, place the container at the regular collection point with a minimum of 3 feet between the trash container and the recycle container. Please wait until your recycle container is nearly full before placing it out for collection. In order to reduce the amount of material blowing around, please place all recyclables in a garbage bag before placing them in the containers. The items do not have to be separated, only bagged. If you have questions or comments regarding recycling, feel free to contact us at 928-777-1116.

What Can I Recycle?

• Aluminum
  Aluminum cans, pie plates, frozen dinner pans, foil and food containers.
• Metal
  Steel food cans, metal lids, EMPTY aerosol cans, wire clothes hangers.
• Newspaper, Paper, Junk Mail
  Self-sealing and window envelopes are okay.
• Magazines
  Glue-bound and stapled magazines are okay. No paperback or hardbound books.
• Chipboard
  Packaging or facial tissue boxes, dry food boxes, such as cereal, cake mixes (remove liners), shoe and gift boxes. No bar soap, detergent or frozen food boxes, or beer or soda carriers.
• Cardboard
  Flattened, corrugated and clean. The cardboard must be cut to a size no larger than 20" x 30". All cardboard must fit inside the container.
• Plastics
  All Number 1 through Number 6 plastics (the number is on the bottom or side of the container). Remove and throw away all lids. No plastic bags. No styrofoam.

What Can't I Recycle?

• Glass
  Glass can be recycled at the City of Prescott Transfer Station, which is located at 2800 Sundog Ranch Road, just north of Prescott Lakes Parkway, off Highway 89. There are three bins located outside of the Transfer Station gates to accommodate after-hours recycling. Recycle clear, green and brown food and beverage containers only, rinsed out, with caps removed. Labels are okay. NO window glass, glassware, tableware, ceramics or light bulbs.
• Paperback or hardbound books
• Bar soap, detergent, frozen food, beer, soda boxes
• Grass, yard and/or food waste
• Plastic bags
• Styrofoam
• Unrecyclable caps and lids