Ashford Community

New Trash Collection Dates and Guidelines for 2010

2010 Trash service is provided by VF Waste Services. Collection days are Mondays and Thursdays for all areas of the neighborhood.

In order to help keep our neighborhood looking nice, please follow these guidelines:

Trash should be placed at the curb by 7:00am on the scheduled pickup day (Mondays and Thursdays), but no earlier than 6:00pm the night before.
Containers must be removed from the curb by 10:00 p.m. on the day of collection and stored out of public view.

Cans should be no larger than 40 gallon capacity, and not heavier than 45 pounds.

Brush/tree trimmings should be no longer than 4 feet, tied in bundles not more than 18 inches across. Weight limit is 40 pounds.

Trash will not be picked up on the following holidays:

New Years Day
Good Friday
Thanksgiving Day
Christmas Day

Heavy Trash Pick-up
Heavy trash pickup is the 2nd pickup day of the week, and must be placed by the curb. Residents can dispose of items such as furniture (but not extremely heavy or large), small sofas and couches, appliances, mattresses, thin wood doors, small amount of fence boards, small televisions, lightweight bathtubs, a very small amount of bundled carpet, etc. Please limit your heavy trash items to no more than 3 items per home on each scheduled heavy trash day. Appliances containing refrigerants must have a tag attached to them certifying that a qualified technician has removed the refrigerant.

Please recycle as much of your yard trimmings as possible. There is a national movement afoot by city municipalities to either limit the amount of yard clippings picked up for disposal, or increase garbage charges. If we get in the habit of recycling our clippings, it will be easier to adjust to future restrictions if they should come to pass, as well as doing something good for our flower beds and lawns!

A note of thanks to homeowners who are mindful of keeping their garbage cans out of public view at times other than scheduled pickup days. Also a note that items that are placed at the curb (bundled limbs, etc) should only be done so as close to the time of pick up as possible.

VF Waste Services
(713) 787-9790

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For issues related to Trash service, please contact: Lee Doehring