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Residential Waste Handling Procedures |
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Back to Residential Waste Hauling This information will provide residential customers with the proper waste handling procedures used by First Piedmont Corporation. Most procedures are based on federal, state or local regulations. Residential customers must have their containers ready for pick-up by 7:00 a.m. on their regularly scheduled day. First Piedmont is in particular areas only once per week and if you fail to have your container ready by the designated time of that week, we will be unable to return until the next week on the scheduled day. Please do not dispose of the following items in containers: 1. Tires. Customers must contact local transfer stations or landfills for a disposal charge per tire and then deliver the tires to the appropriate facility. If tires are found in a customer’s container, the additional disposal cost will be passed on to the customer. 2. Liquids. State regulations require that no liquids be disposed of in any landfill. This means no wet paint or wet paint containers. Paint containers must be completely dried out prior to being put in the 95-gallon cart. Also, any type of oils, milk, soft drinks anti-freeze or other liquids are not allowed in the container. 3. Batteries. Batteries from vehicles, farm equipment or boats need to be disposed of through the location where new batteries are purchased or delivered to the appropriate recycling facility. 4. Dead animals of any kind. 5. Any type of drum, whether metal or fiberboard. Per State Regulations, a drum is considered any container 5 gallons or more. 6. Hazardous or flammable materials including insecticides, poison, paint lacquer, etc. 7. Tree limbs, brush, leaves or grass clippings from clean-ups. 8. Wire. This includes various types of dog-lot wire, yard fencing, cable wire, etc. Wire can become tangled in our trucks and cause extensive damage to our compaction equipment. 9. Large blocks or sheets of wood. Wood should not exceed 2 ft. in overall size. 10. Beds, mattresses, refrigerators, car motors, air conditioners, etc. 11. Construction debris. This includes sheet-rock, masonry bricks, shingles, and steel pipes. 12. Aluminum beverage cans in North Carolina. (Per North Carolina law – Aluminum beverage cans must be recycled.) At the present time, Virginia continues to accept aluminum drink cans, however, we encourage that these items be recycled locally. Additional Information1. First Piedmont Corporation recommends the breaking down of all cardboard boxes to ensure maximum utilization of space in the container. 2. If you have a clean-up project that requires the need for additional disposal capabilities, we can provide roll-off containers that can be used at your home or jobsite. These containers vary in size from approximately 4 ½ feet high (20 cubic yard), 5 ½ feet high (30 cubic yard) to 8 feet high (40 cubic yard). All of these roll-off containers are approximately 22 ft. long and 8 ft. wide. Please contact our office for pricing for roll-off container service.
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