Waste Pro\u2019s summer pickup hours will end Sept. 30 and the regular pickup time of 6 a.m. will resume Oct. 1.<\/p>\n
The city of Cape Coral reported that it contracts solid waste removal services to help keep the streets clean and safe. Each residence is provided with a tan bin for household waste and a green bin for recyclables. The bins are city property and must remain with the dwelling.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Trash day:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Trash collection services run Monday through Friday.\u00a0Check your area\u2019s trash day at CapeCoral.gov.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Garbage, recycling, yard waste and bulk waste are collected on the same day.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Service will not occur on New Year\u2019s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving or Christmas. When the holidays fall on a weekday, trash service will be delayed one day from the holiday for the remainder of the week.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Bins should be at the road\u2019s edge, with wheels and handles facing the house.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Bring your bins in from the road when it\u2019s not your scheduled trash day.<\/p>\n
Extra garbage and recycling:<\/p>\n
\u2022 When your garbage bin is full, extra garbage should be placed in plastic bags next to the cart.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Extra recycling should be set out in a clearly labeled cardboard box.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Cardboard should be broken down and placed in the recycle bin.<\/p>\n
Yard waste:<\/p>\n
\u2022 The city provides collection of residential horticulture waste, including trimmed branches and limbs from trees and shrubs, grass clippings, fallen fruit, leaves, weeds, and palm fronds.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2022 Small yard waste accumulations under 50 pounds should be bundled, tied, neatly stacked or placed in approved bags or garbage bins within 3 feet of the curb or street edge.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Loose palm fronds should be stacked neatly with all fronds facing the same direction, and yard waste must not block pedestrian or vehicular traffic.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Residents should not place waste on property that is owned or occupied by others without permission.<\/p>\n
\u2022 When a resident hires a company to trim trees or provide other landscaping services, the service provider is responsible for disposing of the residue and rubbish resulting from the work. They may not leave anything behind for the city solid waste contractor to collect.<\/p>\n
Residential bulk waste collection:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Bulk items should not be stacked.<\/p>\n
\u2022 All items need to be placed within 3 feet of the road.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Any item that can fit in a trash bin should be placed in the bin.<\/p>\n
\u2022 \u201cMove-Outs\u201d are not part of the normal bulk pick-up process and must be scheduled for removal.\u00a0Note: A fee may be imposed.<\/p>\n
\u2022 When a resident hires a company to work on fences or provide contractor services, the service provider is responsible for disposing of all residue and rubbish resulting from the work. They may not leave anything behind.<\/p>\n
Bulk waste drop-off:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Residents can drop off bulk waste from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday at the North Cape Government Complex, at 1200 Kismet Parkway. The site\u00a0can be accessed from Northwest 14th Avenue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Waste Pro\u2019s summer pickup hours will end Sept. 30 and the regular pickup time of 6 a.m. will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":410637,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-410636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410636\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/410637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}