Garbage
Rollcart Guidelines and Contents
• All garbage and refuse must be in plastic bags before being placed in rollcart. (Microwaves, vacuum cleaners, and TV's should be put out with your regular garbage but not in the rollcart. See E-Waste/E-Cycle information towards the bottom of the page.)
• Always place the lid back on the cart when you deposit trash to keep rain and neighborhood pets out.
• Do not place items such as Poisons, Acids, Caustics, Explosives, Construction Materials (i.e. concrete, wood, bricks, etc.), Furniture, Oils, Gasoline,
*Paint, & Paint Thinner, Kerosene, Toxic Substances, etc., in the rollcart.
*Remove the lids from paint cans and mix with kitty litter or concrete, and let the contents completely dry. Once in a solid state throw into the rollcart with the household garbage.
Collections
• On your day of collection, roll your cart to the street side in front of your house, but DO NOT PLACE IT IN THE STREET.
• Our collection day begins at 7:00 a.m. and will usually end around 4:30 p.m. Carts should be placed at the street by 7:00 a.m. on collection days and removed by sunset on collection days.
• On your day of collection, roll your cart to the street side in front of your house, but DO NOT PLACE IT IN THE STREET.
• During bad weather in the winter months - especially in snowy and icy conditions - the Sanitation Department will attempt to operate normally, and each resident may choose whether or not to roll out their cart. If collection is postponed entirely, detailed announcements will be made via local media stations and this website.
• Handicapped residents may make a written request to the Public Works Department for special pickup consideration at their home without placing their garbage at curbside. (A physician statement is required.) The Sanitation Department will then make a determination as to whether a pickup is warranted and act accordingly.
Caring for Your Rollcart
• The Cart is owned by the City, but cleaning, routine upkeep, and protecting it from being stolen is the users responsibility. Do not mark, write on, paint, cut, or alter the cart in any way. Take care of it, don't abuse it, and it will last a long time.During the week, between collections, store your rollcart away from the street side.
• The City maintains ownership of the cart at all times, so if you move - either within the City or outside the City - notify the Public Works Department.
• Each cart has a serial number which is recorded by residence, so do not trade carts with your neighbors.
• If your cart is stolen or damaged call the Public Works Department at once. Stolen, damaged, or abused carts are replaced at the property owner's or the responsible agent's expense.
• The cart must not be used for any other purpose than storing and collecting garbage.
Other Sanitation Services
Bulk Junk Items
Bulk junk items such as stoves, refrigerators/freezers and washers/dryers (only with doors removed or chained*), sofas, chairs, tires, etc., can be placed on curbside to be picked up. However, there may be a small fee for some items, specifically tires and appliances.
*Please Note: SECTION 16-3-1010. Failing to remove doors from abandoned airtight containers.
Any person who abandons or discards any icebox, refrigerator, ice chest or other type of airtight container of a capacity sufficient to contain any child and who neglects prior to such abandonment to remove the door, lid or other device for the closing thereof and any owner, lessee or other person in charge of property who knowingly permits any abandoned icebox, refrigerator, ice chest or other type of airtight container to remain thereon accessible to children without removing the door, lid or other closing device therefrom shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days. (HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-94; 1954 (48) 1479.)
Container Service
The Sanitation Department also operates a container service for local businesses and apartments. For further information call the Public Works Department at 864-653-2053.
Contractor Debris
The Sanitation Department will not remove contractor generated debris such as tree surgeon waste, shingles, building materials, cross ties, or special waste.
Cardboard Pickup
The Sanitation Department picks up cardboard boxes on Friday mornings for residents. Call 864-653-2053 at least 24 hours in advance to place a work order. Place the cardboard out on Thursday night, broken down, lain flat, and stacked neat. Place all packing material in a trash bag.
Cardboard Boxes for Businesses are picked up by the City of Clemson. Call 864-653-2053 should you need to be added to the cardboard list or have a problem with your existing service.
E-Waste/E-Cycle
It is Against the Law to dispose of computers, computer monitors, televisions, printers, and any other type of electronic equipment as well as parts of any of these items in the landfill. These items must be recycled. Place these items curbside. We will have a special pick up for all E-Waste that will be marked by the GPS System on your regular Sanitation pickup day.
Utility Services
Used Oil
Used oil can be placed at curbside on the same day as your regular garbage pick up. Please place the container beside your roll cart. Please keep the outside of the container clean. Make sure lids are secure to prevent spillage.
If you need an oil recycle container, request one by calling the Public Works Department 864-653-2053. This container is placed under your vehicle to allow the oil to drain directly into it as it drains from your vehicle. Turn the oil filter upside down in the oil recycle container to allow the oil to drain from the filter. Once it has drained, wrap the oil filter in a plastic bag, and sit it on top of the oil container at the curbside. The container will be picked up and an empty one will be left in its place, if one is available on the recycle truck.