Trash and Recycling
TRASH HAULING
WASTE PRO
Please note that effective October 1, 2010, the Town no longer utilizes Waste Management as its trash hauler. The Town has engaged the services of Waste Pro for its trash hauling needs. You should not notice any interruption in services.
Please place trash cans just outside your garage door on Tuesday and Friday BY 7:15 a.m. for pick-up. Placing cans and recycling bins just outside the garage door presents a nicer appearance in the community.
Town staff is working with the Waste Pro's Operations Manager to ensure that garage door to garage door service is provided by Waste Pro personnel. In the event Waste Pro neglects to pick-up your garbage by 5:00 p.m. on designated service days, please contact Town Hall staff at 581-2770. Additionally, please contact staff with any other complaints or problems you experience with Waste Pro services. In the event a problem arises outside Town Hall operating hours, you may call Waste Pro Management directly at 772-595-9390 for trash issues.
Pursuant to the terms of a Franchise Agreement effective October 1, 2010, Waste Pro bills the Town of Orchid directly for residential and commercial solid waste pick-up services. Yard waste removal services are not included as one of Waste Pro's services to Town residents and club facilities under the Franchise Agreement.
Under the current billing arrangement with Waste Pro, residents and homeowners do not need to call Waste Pro with requests to begin or end garbage pick-up services. The Town notifies Waste Pro whenever the certificate of occupancy has been issued on a new home. Waste Pro personnel know to look at each home as they pass through Orchid to see if trash has been left for pick-up.
