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Residential Garbage Collection Policies

Curbside pickup at a cost of $9.50 per month and Waste Industries will furnish my residents with a cart.

Everyone in my household are seventy (70) years old or over and are entitled to backyard pickup at the price of $9.50per month and Waste Industries, will furnish my residents with a cart.

Everyone in my household is disabled and is entitled to backyard pickup at the price of $9.50 per month and Waste Industries, will furnish my residents with a cart.

Backyard pickup at a cost of $15.50 per month and Waste Industries, will furnish my residents with a cart because resident does not meet the above requirements.

One extra cart an additional cost of $9.50 per month and total of $19.00 per month and Waste Industries, will furnish my residents with a cart.

Residential containers

It’s the responsibility of the occupant to provide adequate number of proper containers for residential garbage 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 to dogs or other animals won’t rip the bad and scatter the garbage in your yard. LOOSE GARBAGE OUTSIDE OF CONTAINER WILL NOT BE PICKED-UP.

If you have a container which you do not want emptied, please mark it clearly.

Under no circumstances will the town pick-up no more than 3 containers from any residences at any one stop. Residents may request special pickups 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.

Where to put containers

Please put 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.

Yard Waste

No limbs will be picked-up unless they have been cut into lengths of 4 feet or 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 left 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. Debris such as sticks, rocks, etc. are damaging to the town’s suction equipment. No leaves or trash shall be burned on 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 surgeon or any person hired to cut or trim trees.

Construction Material

The town will not collect any type of construction materials. Construction material 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 dumpster, from commercial contractors, for a nominal fee that will be delivered to the site.

Recycling

The Town of Benson now offers voluntary recycling bins at the drop off site located at 208 N. Elm Street between the Town of Benson Police Department and our Electrical Department (formerly the Town of Benson Fire Department). The following items are allowed for recycling: plastic, newspaper, aluminum and cardboard items. PLEASE DO NOT PUT HOUSEHOLD WASTE IN THIS RECYCLING RECEPTACLE.

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 Work 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 will not collect any hazardous material such as: batteries, oil, paint, paint thinner, gas or chemicals.

The Town will not collect recyclable corrugated cardboard.

The Town will not pick up any tires except during the clean up weeks designated twice a year.

The Town will maintain a manned collection site of 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 that are cleaning our rental property, storage building, barns, attics must bring all above items to collection site on these days or may request a special pick-up as outlined in number 6 under Residential Containers of this brochure. A valid Town of Benson sticker must be displayed on the windshield of vehicle to use the manned collection site.

Material from outside of City Limits will not be accepted.

If you have any questions about our collection services, please call the public works department at 894-5864 or the Town Hall at 894-4953.

Garbage is collected by:
Waste Industries