Winter Garden issues schedule for recycling cart pickup

Residents should put their blue upright bins by the curb on their designated week.

By Amy Quesinberry Price
| 9:02 a.m. January 9, 2025

West Orange Times & Observer
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Curbside recycling was suspended effective Jan. 4 in the city of Winter Garden, and the city has issued a schedule for picking up all recycling carts over the next few months.

Residents should place their recycling cart by the curb and leave it there until it’s removed. If the cart isn’t removed within the scheduled timeframe, residents can call (407) 656-2256 to arrange a pickup day.

Residents whose recycling day was Monday need to have their carts out this week (Jan. 6 through 10). Those with a Tuesday recycling day need to place their carts out Jan. 13 through 24. Wednesday recyclers will place their carts Jan. 27 through Feb. 14.

Those with a Thursday recycling day need to place their carts out Feb. 17 through 28. Residents who recycled on Friday will leave their cart at the curb March 3 through 21.

WHAT TO EXPECT

• The city will continue to offer twice-a-week trash collection.

• Cardboard boxes will be picked up on the regular yard waste/bulk collection day.

• The city will continue to collect (free of charge) and recycle large electronics and appliances (call to schedule) and repurpose yard waste.

• The city will continue to concentrate on community environmental events, such as the free annual document shredding event where the shredded paper is recycled.

• Fees have never been charged to residents for recycling services; therefore, there will be no decrease in the monthly garbage fee.

• If needed, a second trash container may be requested for an additional disposal fee of $24.32 per month.

PERSONAL RECYCLING

Although the city of Winter Garden has suspended curbside recycling, there are personal recycling alternatives to process household recyclables. City officials suggest taking acceptable recyclables to local retailers and Orange County drop-off sites or contacting private recycling companies.

AMT Recycling, 531 Susan B. Britt Court, Winter Garden, is a private company that accepts cardboard and paper.

These Orange County sites in Orlando will accept plastic bottles, jugs, tubs Nos. 1 through 5, metal cans, glass bottles and jars, cardboard (broken down or flattened), and paper:

• Orange County Landfill, 5901 Young Pine Road

• Porter Transfer Station, 1326 Good Homes Road

• McLeod Transfer Station, 5000 L.B. McLeod Road

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Amy Quesinberry Price

Community Editor Amy Quesinberry Price was born at the old West Orange Memorial Hospital and raised in Winter Garden. Aside from earning her journalism degree from the University of Georgia, she hasn’t strayed too far from her hometown and her three-mile bubble. She grew up reading The Winter Garden Times and knew in the eighth grade she wanted to write for her community newspaper. She has been part of the writing and editing team since 1990.