Welcome to the Sanitation Division
of the Public Works Department |
After July 1, 2010, if a resident of the City of Greenville wants to start refuse service at the curbside rate or chooses to switch to curbside service, they must purchase their refuse container from the City of Greenville Public Works Department.
Residents can continue to use rollout carts that were purchased from another vendor prior to July 1, 2010. New residents or existing residents with new service must contact Public Works at (252) 329-4522 to have the cart checked for compatibility to enable the Department to convert these residents to curbside service. Public Works will be placing a sticker on the cart to indicate that the cart is eligible for curbside service.
The Sanitation Division provides garbage and recycling collection to single family and multi-family residents as well as bulky trash collection and mosquito/rodent control. Landfill requirements mandate solid waste be separated into three types of collection: Bulky Trash, Garbage, and Recyclables. Bulky trash includes: large tree limbs cut 5 to 6 feet in length and no more than 4" in diameter; limbs, hedges, and bushes should be piled separately from other trash. Leaves, grass, pine straw, and other fine vegetative material should be piled separately. All discarded furniture, boxes, paper, etc. should be piled separately for collection. The City of Greenville will not pick up building material. All items for collection should be placed by the curbside as close to, but not in, the street as possible. These items are picked up separately as required by the Pitt County Landfill. For information concerning Pitt County Landfill, call (252) 902-3350.
Household garbage is collected once weekly from the back yard with a maximum of three (3) containers with tight fitting lids not to exceed 32 gallons. Optional curbside service using a City rollout cart is available. For information on how to obtain a City rollout cart, call (252) 329-4522.
Recycling is collected once weekly from the backyard with a maximum of three (3) containers not to exceed 32 gallons each with tight fitting lids. A City recycling decal must be placed on each container. These decals can be obtained from the Public Works Department at 1500 Beatty Street or contact us at (252) 329-4522 to request a decal(s) be mailed to you. Residents with curbside service must bring recycling containers to the curb on their scheduled service day. A City rollout cart may also be utilized for recycling but must still have a recycling decal affixed to the side of the cart and brought to curbside. At this time, recycling is not mandatory but strongly encouraged! Thank you residents for helping to save our environment.
For more information, please click on the links below:
Service Day of Pick Up
2010 Holiday Sanitation Schedule
Resident Guide to Public Works Services
Quick Guide to Recycling Centers
Holiday Recycling Tips
Frequently Asked Sanitation Questions
Multifamily Recycling Proposal
Public Works Guidebook July 2010