RESIDENTIAL WASTE COLLECTION
Phone: 919-894-5864
Rates
Curbside Pickup (weekly) &
Curbside Recycling (every other week): | |
Rear yard trash service (weekly) &
Rear yard recycling service (every other week): |
$23.25 per month |
Senior Backyard Pickup: |
$14.25 per month* |
*If all household occupants are seventy (70) years old or over
Disabled Backyard Pickup: |
$14.25 per month** |
**If all household occupants are disabled
Extra Trach Cart: |
$11.07 per month |
| (Waste Industries provides one cart at no charge) |
|
Extra Recycling Bin:
(Waste Industries provides one bin at no charge) |
$2.90 per month |
Download our Policy Brochure
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Residential Containers
It’s the responsibility of the occupant to provide an adequate number of proper containers for residential waste collection.
Residential containers shall be portable receptacles of standard galvanized metal, plastic or fiberglass with watertight construction with tight fitting covers and handles. The size of the receptacles shall not be less than 10 gallons or more than 33 gallons capacity.
It is not necessary to put garbage in a plastic bag, but we encourage you to do this, both to help the collectors and ease your job of keeping the container clean. When garbage is in a plastic bag, please remember to put it inside the container so dogs or other animals won’t rip the bag and scatter the garbage in your yard.
Loose garbage outside of the container will not be picked up.If you have a container that you do not want emptied, please mark it clearly. Under no circumstances will the town pick up more than 3 containers from any residence at any one stop. Residents may request special pick-ups other than regular route times which shall be picked up at the convenience of the Public Works Department and a charge of $50.00 shall be charged to the resident per partial or full flatbed truckload.
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Please locate containers at the rear or side of your house or next to the street where the collector can easily get to and empty the containers. If you put the container inside a small fence, please make sure it has a door or gate on the side so the collector can safely remove the container horizontally. Garbage will be picked up at only one (1) location at each residence. If you have a dog, please put the garbage container where the dog will not attack or threaten the collector.
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Yard Waste
No limbs will be picked-up unless they have been cut into lengths of 4 feetor less and shall be no larger than 4 inches in diameter (distance through the limb). Limbs from 4 inches to 10 inches in diameter will be accepted if in lengths of 2 feet or less. Limbs shall be neatly stacked behind the curb (not in the gutter or roadside ditch) with all sawed off ends of the limb to be placed facing the same direction.
All leaves, grass clippings, pine straw, pine cones, shrub clippings, etc. shall be placed at the curb for collection weekly (if possible). Leaves, pine straw and grass clippings that are bagged will not be picked up. Do not mix yard waste with household garbage.
During the period of November 1st to February 1st the Town of Benson will be operating its leaf suction equipment. Leaves should be piled behind the curb (not in the gutter or roadside ditch) and should be free of sticks, rocks, and other debris, which can damage the town's suction equipment. No leaves or trash shall be burned in street gutters or roadside ditches. The town will not collect trees, limbs and general debris left from the land clearing operation. The town will not collect cuttings left by hired tree surgeons or any person hired to cut or trim trees.
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The town will not collect any type of construction materials. Construction materials consist of: any type lumber, sheet rock, shingles, bricks, blocks, mortar, sand, steel, tin, iron, aluminum siding, vinyl siding, wire, pipes, gutters, doors, or windows. In case of large construction jobs the owner may rent a dumpster from commercial contractors for a nominal fee.
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Recycling
RECYCLE PICK-UP EVERY OTHER THURSDAY
Place recycling bin curbside before 6am on pick-up day.
RECYCLE THESE MATERIALS
newspapers with inserts
aluminum and metal cans
magazines (slick shiny pages not over 1/4 inch thick)
plastic bottles with a neck (except motor oil and pesticides)
glass-clear, green and brown
mixed paper(copy paper, notebook paper, office and computor
paper, junk mail, shoe, soap and cereal boxes)
Click here for information on recycling and other waste collection outside of the Benson Town Limits.
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Other Collection
The town will collect appliances such as stoves, water heaters, refrigerators, etc. only on Wednesdays of each week. Any citizens desiring to have an appliance picked up must call the Public Works Department or Town Hall at least 24 hours prior to the desired collections time. The town will not collect any appliance until all doors have been removed as required by NC General Statute.
The Town maintains a manned collection site at 500 North Market Street on Wednesday from 8:00am to 5:00pm and on Saturday from 8:00am to 1:00pm for citizens to dispose of household furniture such as tables, couches, dressers, chairs, beds, mattress, springs, lamps, and rugs.
Citizens who are cleaning out rental property, storage buildings, barns or attics must bring all above items to the collection site on these days or may request a special pick-up. A valid Town of Benson sticker must be displayed on the windshield of your vehicle to use the manned collection site. Material from outside Benson City Limits will not be accepted.
The Town will not collect:
– Any hazardous material such as: batteries, oil, paint, paint thinner, gas or chemicals
– Recyclable corrugated cardboard
– Tires (except during the clean up weeks designated twice a year)
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