City offices to close on April 15 for spring break
Asheville City government offices will be closed April 15 for spring break.
Department: Sanitation
City of Asheville sweeps into Spring
The City of Asheville is pleased to team up with Asheville Greenworks and other organizations in multiple efforts to keep Asheville green and clean. Register to be a part of the team.
Set-Out Services for Residents with Disabilities
Request for Special Set-Out Service Who is eligible? Residents with physical challenges who are unable to take their trash and/or recycling to the curb on collection day may be eligible for set-out service (‘door-side’ collection) at no additional charge per the City Code of Ordinances. Challenges may be temporary or long-term, and may include hardship cases such [...]
City of Asheville Sanitation collection resumes tomorrow, City offices and Community Centers to open at 10 a.m.
As road conditions begin to improve City of Asheville Public Works staff continue to plow and salt roads through the night on Tuesday. Snow efforts continue on secondary roads (priority 2 streets) and sidewalks. Here are some updates to City services that were impacted by the weather event: City Sanitation collections begin for the week on Wednesday, [...]
City of Asheville offers guidance for Christmas tree, lights disposal
Whether you keep your tree up through the new year or take it down the day after Christmas, there is still the question of how to dispose of it properly. Christmas trees will be collected by the City of Asheville according to the routine brush collection schedule. Residents are asked to remove lights, [...]
City of Asheville rolls out a fresh round of bear-resistant trash carts
Urban bears prowling for a trashcan meal may have to resort to berries in some sections of the City. Following the successful rollout of Asheville Sanitation’s bear-resistant trash cart pilot program in January with 340 initial carts, another 300 of them are now being delivered to residents on the waiting list. An item approved [...]
Place fall leaves in eco-friendly paper bags for collection by Asheville Sanitation
To Asheville residents using paper bags for their fall leaves these past few years, we say thank you and keep up the good work! We’d encourage everyone else to follow their example. Paper bags cost about the same as plastic ones. They’re compostable and more eco-friendly. Below is a guide on how to use them effectively, with [...]
City of Asheville offices to close for Labor Day holiday, ART buses to run on holiday schedule
In observance of the Labor Day holiday, City of Asheville offices will be closed September 6. Here is a look at how City services will be affected. Sanitation collection Due to Labor Day, trash and recycling collection will be delayed by one day as follows the week of September 6: Monday customers will be collected on Tuesday, Tuesday customers [...]
Asheville Office of Sustainability shares results of recent food waste audit
Did you know that in the US nearly 40% of food is wasted, clogging our landfills and costing us over $408 billion annually?! The City of Asheville is working hard to think of solutions to reduce our waste and save our food. The City of Asheville’s Office of Sustainability, in partnership with Sanitation and Buncombe County, [...]
Make spring brush collection a breeze with these tips from Asheville Sanitation
Warmer weather has come, bringing with it spring clean up of brush in many yards. Here are some important guidelines and reminders from Asheville Sanitation: Have brush at the curb no later than 7 a.m. Monday on the collection day of your week. View your schedule or sign up for collection reminders at ashevillenc.gov/AVLcollects or [...]
Celebrate Earth Day by participating in #AVLFoodWasteChallenge
In March, Asheville City Council declared April to be Food Waste Reduction Month. Here is how you can celebrate Earth Day 2021 by participating in #AVLFoodWasteChallenge today! Food waste reduction matters because up to 40% of food in the US is wasted, contributing to negative environmental, economic and societal impacts. Much of this [...]
Recycling day changes to affect 1,400 customers
Starting in January 2021, the recycling week (A or B week) will change for about 1,400 City of Asheville residents. The recycling DAY will remain the same, but the alternating WEEK will change. Residents who will be impacted by this change will receive a sticker on their cart notifying them of their new schedule, and those [...]