How to manage waste before and after a hurricane or storm
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Learn how to stay prepared and manage your waste before and after a storm.
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Add AddressAs hurricane season approaches, it's essential to be informed and prepared. WM is committed to supporting your community with safe, timely and efficient waste collection services before and after a storm. Here’s how you can help ensure a smooth recovery process.
After the Storm: Dispose of Waste Safely
To ensure efficient and safe collection, separate your waste into the following categories:
Regular household waste: food waste, recyclables and items unrelated to the storm. These will be collected as soon as it is safe to resume service.
Storm debris: tree limbs, damaged fencing, soiled carpeting, appliances and other storm-related materials. Place these in separate piles at the curb.
Separating waste properly will allow us to collect household garbage more quickly and safely and help prevent odours and other safety hazards from affecting your surrounding area. Separation is also necessary to allow other firms to collect storm debris in accordance with arrangements made by local municipalities, counties or FEMA.
WM will resume pickups as soon as local authorities confirm it’s safe for trucks to operate, starting with accessible areas and expanding service as more streets are cleared of obstacles.
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