Lodi Guidelines
Lodi Service Guidelines
Residential Service
Recycling
Green Waste
Single-family Residential Service
All single-family residences and duplexes (two units) will be provided with the following services on your scheduled pickup day:
- Recyclable materials (64-gallon green cart)
- Green waste (96-gallon grey cart)
- Household trash (brown cart)
Place all carts at curbside by 6:00 am on your scheduled collection day. Lids must be closed, and the lid opening must face towards the street. Carts should be placed side-by-side at least 2 feet apart and 3 feet away from parked cars or objects. As a courtesy to your neighbor, promptly remove carts after service.
Maximum Weight Limits
96-gallon carts: 250 lbs.
To avoid exceeding the weight limitation of the cart, or causing possible damage to the cart or collection vehicle, do not place rocks, concrete, bricks or dirt inside carts. Any items placed within the cart must fall out easily when the cart is being serviced. Please do not overfill or tightly pack items into the cart.
If the cart exceeds the weight limitation, the driver will attempt service and will notify the resident of the problem by leaving a Non-Collection Notice attached to the cart. However, if we are unable to empty the cart, the cart will be tagged and marked as “overweight.” It will then be the responsibility of the resident to make the correction and contact Waste Management for service.
Resident Responsibility for Cart
Each resident is responsible for the proper care and security of the trash and recycling carts. Customers will be charged to replace carts that are damaged or destroyed other than through normal usage. Please contact Customer Service for cart replacements.
Prohibited Waste
Do NOT place the following materials in your carts:
- Hazardous Waste (products labeled toxic, poison, corrosive, flammable, or irritant)
- Paint
- Oil
- Automotive batteries
- Tires
- Hot ashes
- CRTs
- Infectious waste (including used needles)
- Dead animals (weighing more than 10 lbs.)
If these materials are found in the cart, it will be tagged with a Non-Collection Notice and will not be serviced. It will then be the responsibility of the resident to make the correction and contact WM for service.
Holiday Schedule
Our office will be closed for business on the following holidays: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
Collection Service holidays are Thanksgiving and Christmas. If the holiday falls on a weekday, services will be delayed by one day for that week only. Your regular collection schedule will resume the following week. There will not be any interruption in service if the holiday is on Saturday or Sunday.
For example: If the holiday falls on Thursday then Thursday’s collection services will be provided on Friday and Friday’s collection services will be provided on Saturday, and so forth.
Each household is provided with a 64-gallon green recycling cart for recyclable materials. There is no need to sort cans, bottles or paper; they all go in the same cart.
Acceptable Materials for Recycling Cart
Paper Products:
- Newspaper
- Mixed color paper
- White paper
- Cardboard
- Junk mail
- Magazines
- Telephone books
- Paper bags
- Cereal & food boxes
- Egg cartons
- Shoe boxes
Metal Containers:
- Aluminum cans
- Steel cans
- Tin cans
- Food cans
- Empty aerosol cans
- Pie tins
Plastic Containers:
- Bottles & containers (Labeled #1-7)
- Plastic milk containers
- Plastic bags
- Detergent containers
- Plastic film
Glass Containers:
- Clear, brown & green food & beverage containers (with lids removed)
Non-Acceptable Materials for Recycling Cart
- Hazardous waste
- Yard waste
- Animal waste
- Window glass
- Diapers
- Mirrors
- Ceramics
- Clothing
- Napkins
- Carpet
- Food waste
- Pizza boxes
- Tissue paper
- Light bulbs
- Wood
- Liquids
- Electronic Waste
Green Waste Recycling
Place loose green waste materials in the grey cart. Set cart out for collection on your collection day. DO NOT BAG YOUR GREEN WASTE. Please make sure the lid is closed and the opening faces the street.
Acceptable Materials for Green Waste Cart:
- Grass
- Weeds
- Green plants
- Tree limbs
- Wood chips
- Dead plants
- Brush
- Garden trimmings
- Leaves
Non-Acceptable Materials for Green Waste Cart:
- Branches more than 5 feet in length, more than 6 inches in diameter or weighing more than 50 pounds
- Tree stumps
- Bamboo
- Soil
- Dirt
- Rocks
- Concrete
- Asphalt
- Plastic bags
- Animal waste
- Palm tree branches
- Yucca plants
- Ice plants
- Painted wood
- Treated wood
Composting
Compost your food scraps and yard trimmings to make your garden grow! For more information, click here.
Vouchers
Each year, Waste Management sends out vouchers for our customers to be able to bring up to two (2) yards of refuse to the Lodi Transfer Station. Please call Customer Service for questions.
Dollar Dump Day
Each year, Waste Management has a Dollar Dump Day event for residents to bring up to two (2) yards of refuse to the Lodi Transfer Station and dump it for only one dollar ($1). Please call Customer Service for more information. You will receive a notice with the calendar kits in December or keep an eye on Lodi News Sentinel for dates.
Holiday Tree Recycling
One Saturday every January the Boy Scouts collect holiday trees for donations. Please contact Customer Service for the date. If this date is missed, all extra trees must be placed in the gray green waste container for service.
Bulky Waste Pick-up
Every neighborhood will have one Bulky Waste Pick-up scheduled in the spring of each year. You will receive a notice with the calendar kits in December, or keep an eye on Lodi News Sentinel for our Bulky Waste ad.
Acceptable Bulky Items
Examples of bulky items are: furniture, appliances (refrigerators must have freon removed), wood waste, tree branches, scrap wood, debris from building remodeling, clothing. WM accepts up to six 32-gallon bags or about one yard; all materials must be bagged, boxed or bundled.
Bulky items cannot exceed eight feet in length, four feet in width or weigh more than 150 pounds.
Non-Acceptable Bulky Items
Household hazardous waste (such as paint, oil and batteries), spas, piano, camper shells, cast iron bathtubs or items requiring more than two persons to safely handle.
Household Hazardous Waste
Household hazardous waste is any product labeled toxic, poison, corrosive, flammable, combustible or irritant. HHW includes items such as paint, batteries, oil, and pesticides. These products, if mishandled, can be dangerous to your health and the environment, and therefore should be disposed of in an environmentally friendly manner. Also, these materials should never be discarded in a sink, storm drain or in your regular trash.
The County of San Joaquin sponsors annual HHW drop off days at the Lodi Transfer Station. The date of this event will be posted in the Lodi News Sentinel.
Additional Services
Additional Recycling Programs
Safe Needle Disposal
Waste Management offers a safe, confidential and cost-effective medical waste disposal to several of the communities we serve. The MedWaste TrackerSM provides individuals, companies and institutions a way of disposing used hypodermic needles, lancets, test strips and other small quantity medical waste. Each system includes a specially designed sharps container and a postage-prepaid shipping container ensuring your medical waste will be delivered safely by the U.S. Postal Service to a certified medical waste resource recovery facility.
Ink Cartridge and Cell Phone Revenue Sharing Program
Used ink cartridges and cell phones can be recycled and can generate income for your community. Waste Management will match proceeds generated from recycling ink cartridges and cell phones and use the proceeds to fund community-based activities. Contact Customer Service for a special recycling bag and instructions.
Additional Services Available Upon Request
Roll-out/backyard Service: On your regularly scheduled collection day, Waste Management will retrieve your carts from your backyard or other designated location for servicing and return them to their original location after servicing. Contact Customer Service for fee information for this service.
Temporary Bins, Roll-Off Containers & Storage Bins: Contact Customer Service for more information about these additional services.
