HOME/ GENERAL/ OUR SERVICES/ BEYOND THE CURB/ CONTACT/ ONLINE PAYMENT Residents RESIDENTIAL SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE MDS Services for Residents Standard residential services are provided to the City of Monterey using a 35 gallon brown or black wheeled cart for garbage, a 64 gallon green wheeled cart for yard waste, and a 64 gallon blue wheeled cart for recycling (35 gallon wheeled recycle carts are available for those who request them) (Service Guide). The monthly service charge for standard service is $21.85 per month. There are several variations to this basic service that allow customers to select containers that best meet their needs. Learn more about services and billing. Discounted services are available for some eligible residential customers (Review Discount Service). We also offer motor oil collection (see HHW). Please call or email our office to request an oil recycling container. Household battery collection is also now available. Please scroll down to see the details, rules and restrictions. Multi-family units can rent 64 and 96 gallon wheeled carts or use large dumpster containers ranging in size from 2 to 6 cubic yards for garbage. Multifamily recycling usually involves using 64 or 96 gallon recycle carts. Residential services – large item collection This service is offered to residential customers only (available to Multi-Family for a fee, please call for details) Large items such as appliances and furniture can be picked up upon request for standard residential customers (offered to multifamily customers for a fee). Many items are collected at no additional charge. However, some items (refrigerators, TVs, computers, etc.) require special handling at the landfill and are charged at the landfill's special handling rates. Up to 4 large items can be pick up per appointment, and four appointments are allowed per year. All you have to do is call 372-7977 to schedule the appointment and place the items out on the curb on the date given by our staff by 8:00 a.m. How to set out your carts - the correct way and the incorrect way Below is some information on how to properly set out your carts. Please set them out as described: Place out all carts by 6:00 a.m. on your collection day Place cart either on the streets edge, in the gutter, or on the curb. Allow 18 inches on all sides of the each cart. Do not place under trees or street signs. Do not place carts where they are obstructed by vehicles. Please place carts with the lids opening towards the street. Please do not tie the lids shut. English What Goes Where Game Need help? Privacy | Terms of Service | Cookie Policy List of Materials Powered by How to use the garbage cart - weekly service Please put these items in the brown garbage cart: Okay for garbage 6-pack rings (please cut) Auto Glass Binders (plastic) – Please note these can be given to thrift stores for reuse. Carbon paper Cat or dog waste and litter (bagged) Cigarette Butts Cotton Balls Computer Disks Contaminated Paper, such as paper plates or food waste Deodorant Casing Diapers Drinking glasses Extension Cords Feminine Products Foam (all types) Food and snack waste (Try composting!) Fireplace Ash (Bagged) Hangers (dry cleaners will take back hangers) Hoses Ice cream wrappers Laminated items Leather Light bulbs (no fluorescent) – see Hazardous Waste page for disposal options Metallic wrapping paper Mirrors Rope Packing peanuts (bagged or take to a shipping store for reuse) Paper clips Photographs Plastic plants Plastic Bags/Film Plastic Q-tips Records, tapes, CD's Rubber bands Rubber/neoprene Rugs/mats Shoes (unwanted or can’t be donated) Shower curtains, liners Sponges Straws, Stir sticks (plastic) Stuffed animals, toys Styrofoam Tape Tempered Glass (Corning, Pyrex) Textiles (unwanted or can’t be donated) Toothpaste tubes Transparencies, microfilm, negatives (acetate) Utensils (plastic) Vacuum cleaner bags & dust (Must be bagged) Window Glass Wood (treated) How to use the yardwaste cart - weekly service Please put these items in the green yard waste cart: Okay for yard waste recycling brush flower cuttings flowers garden trimmings grass trimmings house plants lawn clippings leaves plant and shrub trimmings prunings tree limbs up to 3 inches in diameter should be cut to 3-foot lengths wood chips DO NOT INCLUDE: rocks and concrete sod and dirt building materials large tree trunks and stumps greater than 4 inches in diameter or more than 3 feet in length palm fronds cactus ice plants cat and dog waste or litter lumber/treated wood EXTRA YARD WASTE - Extra yard waste is not collected in any container other that a Monterey City Disposal Service supplied yard waste cart. Additional yard waste carts can be obtained from Monterey City Disposal Service for an additional $6.52 monthly charge. We cannot pick up yard waste in bags as bags are considered a contaminant. Contaminated yard waste will be picked up as trash and you will be billed $12.55, or it will be left on the curb. How to use the recycling cart - weekly service Please put these items in the blue recycling cart: Please do not bag items (Except Shredded Paper) Books Boxes, Packages Carbonless Paper Cardboard Catalogs Cereal boxes Colored/Construction paper Computer paper Copy paper Coupons Detergent boxes Egg cartons (paper only, no Styrofoam) Envelopes Frozen food boxes Gift wrap (non-metallic) Gift wrap Tissue Paper (non-metallic) Junk mail Magazines Manila folders Newspapers and inserts Office Paper Paper (adhesive/post its) Paper bags Paper packaging Shredded paper (In a clear plastic bag only) Telephone Books Glass Containers Rinsed; all colors (lids, caps OK) Bottles/Beverage containers Jars Wine Bottles Plastic Beverage Containers only; empty; rinsed with arrows numbered 1 ,2,4,5, or 7. (lids, caps OK, but removed) Bleach bottles Buckets Detergent bottles Household cleaning containers Milk jugs Salad dressing bottles (empty & clean) Shampoo/Conditioner bottles Water jugs Aerosol cans (empty) Aluminum cans Aluminum foil (clean) Aluminum pie plates (clean) Beverage cans Food cans (clean) Pet food cans Steel cans Tin cans *PLEASE NOTE: Not all items with the "recycling symbol" are acceptable. Only materials that are marketable are currently recyclable. Please call and ask if you have questions about materials not listed. DO NOT RECYCLE: Ceramics, plastic bags or film plastic, window glass, plastic bags, paper towels, tissue, drinking glasses, aseptic cartons, juice boxes, milk cartons, lightbulbs, food, garbage and organic or green waste materials, Styrofoam or polystyrene packing peanuts, metal pipe or plumbing fixtures or appliances, insulation, or hazardous waste. Note: The list above are common recycling contaminants. It is not practical to provide a list of every possible material that we are unable to divert for recycling. Please call and ask if you have questions about materials not listed. Automated collection As in most cities, the City of Monterey has transitioned to automated residential collection vehicles. There are several advantages to an automated collection vehicle. One of the most significant advantages is that it greatly reduces the physical impact that refuse and recycling collection has on the collection personnel, which will allow our employees to work long past what was common for manually collection vehicles. Another advantage is that these trucks are designed so that they no longer have to use high engine revolutions to service the accounts, which equates to less noise, less emissions, and lower fuel consumption. Currently there are three of these automated collection vehicles in use in the City of Monterey. For these automated collection vehicles to operate most efficiently, the carts need to be placed at the curb or streets edge on the proper manner, as described above. Monterey City Disposal Service, Inc., 10 Ryan Ranch Road, P.O. Box 2780, Monterey, CA 93942 Tele: 831.372.7977 SERVING THE COMMUNITY...PRESERVING THE ENVIRONMENT BACK TO TOP Copyright 2016 - Monterey Disposal Service . Powered by Squarespace