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The City of Madera provides all residential customers with a GRAY garbage container and a GREEN yard waste container.
The GRAY garbage container is only for household garbage. Use your GRAY garbage cart for household garbage only. Please do not fill it with extra-heavy items such as large quantities of dirt, rocks, concrete, asphalt, lumber or construction debris. Do not fill it with bulky items such as furniture or appliances. Do not put hazardous waste, televisions, hot ashes, or other flammable materials in your container. Do not place yard waste in your garbage container, place it in your green yard waste container see section below.
Use your GREEN yard waste container for all of your yard trimmings and grass. Acceptable materials include: grass clippings, prunings, and leaves. The following materials are unacceptable and must be placed in your GRAY garbage container: household garbage, food waste, large tree branches, palm fronds and yucca plants. If you continually place unacceptable materials in your green waste cart you may be subject to a fine.
The City randomly does audits and tracks additional containers. If any part of your container is broken please call the Solid Waste and Recycling Division at 661-5418.
Do not over fill your containers. If you would like an additional garbage or yard waste container please call the City Finance Department at 661-5454. The City randomly does audits and tracks additional containers. If any part of your container is broken please call the Solid Waste and Recycling Division at 661-5418. If your GRAY or GREEN container is missing the City can provide you with your serial number to help locate your container. Please call the Solid Waste and Recycling Division at 661-5418 for further information. |
In order to assure service, containers must be placed at the curb or in the alley the night before your day of service. The garbage truck has automated arms that grab your container to empty it. You must leave three (3) feet of distance between each container and any other object such as telephone poles, mailboxes, and vehicles. |
The City of Madera Municipal Code requires that containers must be removed from the street or alley within 12 hours of service and stored on your property.
Annette Kwock, Solid Waste/Recycling Coordinator
1030 S. Gateway Drive
Madera, CA 93637
Phone: (559) 661-5406
Fax: (559) 661-0760
akwock@cityofmadera.com
Solid Waste and Recycling