Public Works Department - Sanitation
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Tom Positano
Sanitation Superintendent
305.895.9870 extension 14009 |
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The City of North Miami provides garbage pickup twice a week to residential
properties - Mondays and Thursdays, or Tuesdays and Fridays. Residents are encouraged
to put the containers out at the street curb the night before after
7:00 PM to avoid missing the pickup. For information on pickup dates
or additional information, call the Sanitation Division at 305.895.9870.
| Bulk Trash Pickup |
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General bulk trash pickup is scheduled weekly and consists of garden cuttings, tree limbs, and household trash (such as wood boards without nails) all of which must be less than five (5) feet in length. Furniture and appliances, such as refrigerators or stoves are also picked up. Sanitation workers do not pick up concrete, building materials, rocks or scrap iron. For specific dates and pickup areas, call the Sanitation Division at 305.895.9870. There will be a charge of $15.00 for every cubic yard exceeding 6 cubic yards.
To dispose of household chemicals, oils, batteries and other household hazardous waste
materials please call Miami-Dade County at 305.597.1768.
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Commercial and multi-family dumpsters should be placed within a front rear or side
yard setback on the property. Dumpsters are not permitted in the Public right-of-way. All dumpsters must have enclosures around them, which are built according to City specifications. Those specifications are available by contacting the Building and Zoning Department at 305.895.9820. For any questions regarding the Sanitation Codes please cotact Sanitation Code Enforcement Officer Erin Barber at 305.895.9875.
| Automated Sanitation Service |
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Garbage Rules:
- Place garbage in plastic bags before placing into your garbage can/cart.
- Drain all liquids from food containers before placing it in garbage bags or your recycling bins.
Bulk Trash Pickup
What is bulk Trash?
- Furniture
- Appliances
- Tree Trimmings (less than 5’ long and over 50 lb.)
- Leaves and grass cuttings (placed in plastic trash bags)
Bulk Trash is not…
- Building/construction materials
- Hazardous chemicals
- Shopping carts
- Paint, oil, grease, etc.
Where do I put my Bulk Trash?
All large Bulk Trash items and piles should be placed at the front swale area (curbside) no more than 24 hours before your Bulk Trash service date. There will be a charge of $15.00 for every cubic yard exceeding 6 cubic yards.
See map for your service dates. Bulk trash items (such as tree trimmings) that fit within the new 96-gallon garbage cart may be placed in the cart for pick-up during regular garbage service dates.
Bulk trash is picked up once a week.
If your garbage or recycling cart is lost or stolen, you will need to make a police report. Please call North Miami Police Department at 305.891.0294 and provide case number to Sanitation Division 305.895.9870 for replacement.
Please contact the Sanitation Division to report damaged containers or missing lids at 305.895.9870.
Recycling Pickup
North Miami Households to earn rewards for recycling
For your convenience, the City of North Miami has a curbside recycling program.
Earn rewards for recycling? It’s true. North Miami residents will see their recycling turn to "points" by participating in the RecycleBank rewards-based recycling program. The City has partnered with RecycleBank, to bring residents a unique program that credits households with points that are valid for redemption at various local and national retail partners. The program is available to all single family homes in North Miami that have curbside recycling service.
Each household is being issued a new 95-gallon recycling cart, which is the same size as the current garbage cart. With the new single-stream recycling plant in Miami-Dade County, residents are now able to recycle more items than in the past. Items such as magazines, junk mail and phone books, will be accepted along with the traditionally recycled plastics, newspaper and glass (see list of items below). The goal is to reduce the amount of waste in our households by recycling more.
Each household will earn points with every curbside recycling service by North Miami’s Sanitation Division. The amount of recycling materials are easily measured and then converted into RecycleBank Points that can be used at hundreds of local and national rewards partners. RecycleBank is simple to implement, market-driven, and proven to work; saving municipalities money and rewarding families for their environmental stewardship. North Miami is the first city in the Southeastern United States to become a RecycleBank partner.
How to register
North Miami households that receive curbside recycling service should have already received an activation mailer from RecycleBank. You must activate your account, either online or by phone, in order to start earning reward points. If you have not received your mailer with the activation instructions, please call RecycleBank at 1-888-727-2978.
Businesses can still register as reward partners
If your business is interested in being a reward partner in North Miami’s RecycleBank program, please contact Sandra Newfield, Community Partnership Representative at RecycleBank at snewfield@recyclebank.com.
For more information on RecycleBank, visit www.recyclebank.com.
Household Brochure - RECYCLE for the Planet REWARDS for the people.
How do I Recycle?
Place your filled recycle bin in the front swale area (curbside) of your home by 7:00 a.m. on your scheduled recycling pickup-day. All items should be rinsed out. Remove tops from bottles and jars.
Currently we recycle:
All 3 colors of glass, aluminum, plastics and newspaper.
Materials accepted:
- Aluminum food and beverage containers
- Glass food and beverage containers - brown, clear and green
- Ferrous (iron) cans
- PET plastic containers with symbol #1 - narrow neck containers only
- HDPE natural plastic containers with the symbol #2 – narrow neck containers only (milk and water bottles)
- HDPE pigmented plastic containers with the symbol #2 – narrow neck containers only (detergent, shampoo, bleach bottles, etc.. without caps)
- Plastic with symbols #3, #4, #5, #6, #7 narrow and screw top containers
Acceptable fibers include:
- Newsprint
- Old corrugated cardboard
- Magazines
- Catalogs
- Cereal boxes
- Telephone books
- Printer paper
- Copier paper
- Mail
- All other office paper without wax liners
Materials not accepted:
- Lead acid batteries
- Dry cell batteries
- Microwave trays
- Mirrors
- Window or auto glass
- Light bulbs
- Ceramics
- Porcelain
- Plastic unnumbered
- Plastic bags
- Coat hangers
- Glass cookware / bakeware
- Household items such as cooking pots, toasters, etc...
A few simple rules help when recycling items: remove food from waste items (for example, rinse out juice cartons, ketchup bottles, etc.), remove caps from plastic bottles.
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