Solid Waste/General Services

News

• NEW! - The City of Clearwater Solid Waste Department will be closed on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 26th, 2009. View the updated holiday collection schedule here.



• Clearwater's Solid Waste Department now offers a monthly Electronics Collection Day.

Department Overview

The department's responsibilities include providing Solid Waste and Recycling services to the citizens of Clearwater, and Building Maintenance, fleet maintenance, and radio service to City departments.

Our responsibility for garbage removal consists of commercial collection, automated residential collection, residential manual collection of yard waste and trash, manual collection of garbage in areas not conducive to automation, and a container maintenance section.

Solid Waste/General Services also provides a full-service citywide recycling program. The program consists of residential curbside/curbsort recycling collection for 27,000 single-family residences, multifamily recycling service for all complexes (comprising 26,500 units), a comprehensive commercial collection program serving 470 businesses, the operation of a multi-material dropoff center, the processing and marketing of recyclables for the purpose of returning the income therefrom to the recycling program, community service programs, special projects (such as Christmas tree recycling), and an extensive education and promotion program.