The City of Trinidad contracts with 3P Trash Service to collect garbage and recyclable materials. Garbage is collected once per week. On your trash day, simply move the cans to the street by 7:00 a.m. Please move your cart back off of the street after the trash has been collected.
All household garbage must be bagged and placed in garbage can.
If you have some trash that does not fit in your cart, 3P Trash will pick up bagged trash that is set out with the cart.
Green waste (leaves, pine needles, grass clippings, etc.) will be picked up on your regular trash day. If they will not fit in the cart, they can be bagged and tied together for quicker pick up.
3P Trash will also collect heavy trash that is too large to fit into your cart. Heavy trash includes old appliances, furniture, junk, tree limbs, etc.. Please note these special requirements:
There will be a $10.00 charge per item. This is not intended as a means for disposal of large piles of general waste or building materials. You may bring anything on the protocol list below. No items will be allowed that are out of compliance.
Household Appliances, (Refrigerators must have Freon drained and tagged by a certified technician), Hot water heaters must be drained, Furniture, Grills must be emptied of ash or briquettes. No propane tanks.
Wood, nails, sheetrock, or drywall, windows, insulation, stone, tree trunks, water softeners, tires, steel or cast iron building materials, carpet, tile, paneling, doors, masonry debris, roofing materials, pool filters, lawn mowers, concrete, dirt in large quantity.