IMPORTANT NOTICES
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BLUE BINS
Blue bin yard waste will be picked up in the first week of each month beginning June 1. The blue bins will need to be along the drive, in front of the clubhouse as the trucks will not go around the circle. The yard waste pile at the clubhouse will be picked up on an as needed basis.
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THE CITY OF BRADENTON NEEDS YOUR HELP – LET’S RECYCLE CLEANER!
We want to produce consistently cleaner loads of recyclable materials.
Here’s how:
10 recycling “convenience centers” will be strategically located around the city and will be accessible 24 hours a day, seven days a week. They’ll be locked so for recycling only. They have slots for cardboard – although NOT greasy pizza boxes – and places in which to deposit clean cans and plastic, but NOT plastic bags. Your recycling needs to be clean and dry.
Here’s why:
Two main reasons – one, we don’t have the manpower to continue curbside pickup alongside trash and yard waste pickup. Two, about 60% of the recycling we pick up curbside is contaminated. Batches from separate houses co-mingle in the trucks; if your recycling is 100% clean and dry and enough of your fellow residents are not as careful, the entire load can become contaminated with greasy pizza boxes, unclean cans, or plastic bags. Contaminated loads are sent to the landfill instead of being processed at the recycling plant. We believe that citizens who choose to continue recycling at the convenience centers are more likely to contribute clean recyclable goods, and the loads are much more likely to be uncontaminated.
Note: Your bill has never included a separate charge for recycling.
Here’s where:
1. East end of San Ortebello Drive adjacent to our elevated water tower.
2. 100 22nd St. NE in parking area adjacent to city lift station
3. 1000 24th St. E. adjacent to the Dream Center
4. Cordova Lakes Dead End at 38th Ave. W./61st St. W. (will replace yard waste container there)
5. 17th Ave. W. Park at Wares Creek, adjacent to lift station
6. Lewis Park parking lot, 3120 1st Ave. W.
7. Palma Sola Causeway, 9800 SR 64 W, adjacent to solid waste dumpster
8. 28th St. W. Park @ 2718 13th Ave. W., at opening in split rail fence
9. & 10. Red Cross Building Loop Road 2905 59th St. W. – two containers
We will provide photos of the sites when the containers are deployed.
Here are those sites pinned in a Google map.
Here’s when:
Curbside recycling was indefinitely suspended beginning June 3, 2022. Your blue recycling bin has been repurposed by our staff for yard waste use. After we have success with our first group of 10 10-cubic-yard recycling containers, we will consider ordering more. We want to produce consistently cleaner loads of recyclable materials.
2023 Solid Waste Holiday Schedule
The City of Bradenton will be closed on the following holidays. If your pickup day falls on one of these days, please note the alternate pickup days noted below.
NEW YEAR’S DAY – SUNDAY, JANUARY 1, 2023
No change in service.
Offices closed Monday, January 2, 2023MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY – MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 2023
No change in service
Offices closed Monday, January 16, 2023PRESIDENT’S DAY – MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2023
Monday’s pickup will be on Tuesday; Tuesday’s pickup will be on Wednesday. No change in service on Thursday and Friday.
Offices closed Monday, February 20, 2023MEMORIAL DAY – MONDAY, MAY 29, 2023
Monday’s pickup will be on Tuesday, and Tuesday’s pickup will be on Wednesday. No change in service on Thursday and Friday.
Offices closed Monday, May 29, 2023INDEPENDENCE DAY – TUESDAY, JULY 4, 2023
Tuesday’s pickup will be on Wednesday. No change in service on Thursday and Friday.
Offices closed Tuesday, July 4, 2023LABOR DAY – MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2023
Monday’s pickup will be on Tuesday; Tuesday’s pickup will be on Wednesday. No change in service Thursday and Friday.
Offices closed Monday, Sept. 4, 2023VETERANS DAY- FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2023
No change in service.
Offices closed Friday, Nov. 10, 2023THANKSGIVING DAY-THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2023
Thursday’s pickup will be on Friday; Friday’s pickup will be on Saturday.
Offices closed Thursday, November 23 & Friday, November 24, 2023CHRISTMAS DAY- MONDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2023
Monday’s pickup will be on Tuesday; Tuesday’s pickup will be on Wednesday. No change in service on Thursday and Friday.
Offices closed Monday, December 25 & Tuesday December 26, 2023NEW YEAR’S DAY- MONDAY, JANUARY 1, 2024
Monday’s pickup will be on Tuesday; Tuesday’s pickup will be on Wednesday. No change in service on Thursday and Friday.
Offices closed Monday, January 1, 2024***