City Of West Palm Beach Sanitation Services Update Due To Predicted Weekend Storm

From the City of West Palm Beach:

August 20, 2o2o

The City of West Palm Beach continues to monitor Tropical Depression 13, which could bring storm surge, rainfall and wind impacts to Florida over the weekend. Please be advised of important information regarding City of West Palm Beach special pickups of yard waste piles and bulk waste removal.

OPERATIONAL UPDATE:

• Special pickup services for commercial and residential customers will be suspended on Saturday, August 22, 2020 through Tuesday, August 25, 2020. Special pickups include billable customer service requests for yard waste piles exceeding 18 ft. x 4 ft. x 4 ft. or bulk removal in excess of three items. Regularly scheduled residential and commercial pickup services remain unchanged.

TIPS

We kindly ask that commercial and residential customers follow these important tips should a major weather event impact our community:

• Please refrain from doing any major yard work until after a storm passes.
• Place out only what is necessary so as not to strain our collection efforts.
• Do not place any debris at the curb after a tropical storm watch/warning or hurricane watch/warning has been issued and before a storm impacts our community. If we have already conducted your normal residential yard waste pickup for this week and you leave additional yard waste prior to your next scheduled pickup, we will not be able to pick it up until after the storm passes.
• Please keep storm drains clean to minimize flooding. Large piles of new vegetation trimming might clog storm drains.

For more information, please call the City of West Palm Beach Department of Public Works Sanitation Division at (561) 822-2075 (TTY: 800-955-8771) or email publicworks@wpb.org.

This press release was produced by the City of West Palm Beach. The views expressed are the author's own.