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Trash Service
Each year the POA solicits bids for trash service to include free heavy trash pickup and free curbside recycling. You may use your own trash cans, or rent them from the trash collector. Trash pick up days are every Monday and Thursday. The current contract is with WCA. WCA took over our accounts from Five Jab. Please contact them for your service, and individual billing. Tell them you are a Thousand Oaks resident for our special rate of $ 20 a month. Bulk Trash such as large pieces of furniture, stoves, water heaters, or large yard debris should be disposed of on "bulk trash" day. Please call WCA for the next bulk trash day. If one person cannot lift it, or its too large to fit in a normal trash truck, its probably "bulk". Smaller trash that will not fit in your bin (boxes, small tree limbs, etc) should be placed next to it, on trash day. Please do not leave trash cans or trash out on non-trash days.
- Trash days: Every Monday and Thursday
- Thursday is recycling day (see below about recycling)
- Up to three trash cans (96 gallons max)
- You may use your own cans, or rent them for $2 per can per month.
- Free Reycling pick up every Thursday.
- You must set up your own account.
- If Monday or Thursday is a holiday, then service is only once that week.
WCA Waste Corporation - (281) 766-1914
Recycling
Curbside recycling is not required but the service is free. Sorting is also not required, but a separate container must be used for your recyclable items. Pickup is every Thursday. Contact Five Jab to get a blue recycling container.
The following may be placed outside on Thursday in your BLUE recycling container provided by Five Jab:
Paper: newspaper, magazines, paper, phone books
Cardboard: corrugated cardboard boxes, cereal boxes, beer/soda boxes, shoe boxes
Containers (glass/metal): aluminum cans, steel cans, glass bottles, glass jars, empty aerosol cans, aluminum foil, metal pots and pans, copper, scrap metal (nails, screws, gutters)
plastics (#1-#7): milk, soda, juice, shampoo, pet food containers/bottles
Magnolia Parkway Elementary:
Paper: A "Paper Only" recycling dumpster is located at the school. No cardboard.
Montgomery County Community Recycle Center
Located on 31354 Friendship Drive in Magnolia.
Open Saturday 8-5 and Wednesday 7-11 am
Hours will expand depending on the interest & demand.
Paper: newspaper, magazines, cardboard, household cardboard (cereal boxes, etc), phone books, white paper. Keep cardboard & paper separate.
Lead-acid (car) batteries: Accepted and recycable tires for a fee of $2-5.
Also Montgomery County at 1118 Pruitt Rd. (Wed 9-6 & 3rd Sat 9-2) takes household chemicals, paint, pharmaceuticals, fuels & oils, etc. Also partially-used items (lawn furniture, etc.) It also looks like they recycle computer parts!
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