GARBAGE COLLECTION SERVICES
Garbage, Recycling &Yard Waste
YARD WASTE COLLECTION FOR 2012 WILL BEGIN
ON MONDAY, APRIL 2, 2012
Christmas Trees will be collected from
Monday, January 9, 2012 through Friday, January 20, 2012
on your regularly scheduled collection day.
Kent County Garbage, Recycling & Yard Waste Collection "Guidelines"
Kent County Garbage, Recycle & Yard Waste Collection "Schedule"
Garbage Collection: Residents receive weekly garbage collection, including "Bulk Item" service.
Recycling Collection: Residents receive weekly recycling collection.
Yard Waste Collection: In 2010 the State of Delaware implemented a "Yard Waste Co-Mingling Ban" that prohibits all residents from co-mingling yard waste with household trash. Yard waste is defined as "plant material that comes from lawn maintenance and other gardening and landscaping activities. This includes grass clippings, leaves, tree branches and limbs, brush, shrubs and bushes, Christmas trees, weeds and mulch.
Weekly Yard Waste collection occurs from April through November each year. There is no yard waste collection during December, January, February or March.
Yard Waste Collection will begin on Monday, April 2, 2012 and end on Friday, November 30, 2012.
Some communities voted for NO "Yard Waste Collection". Residents in these communities are responsible for disposal of their yard waste at the "Sandtown Landfill" or other yard waste disposal location or through a private lawn service company.
If your community does not have "Yard Waste Collection" residents may request the service be added. For information on how request
"Yard Waste Collection" for your community please contact the
Department of Public Works at (302) 744-2429.
To find your collection day, please view the SCHEDULE.
For complete information about these services, please view the GUIDELINES.
For a list of holidays and how they affect the Garbage, Recycle & Yard Waste service, please view the HOLIDAY LIST.
COUNTY SEWER SYSTEM
The Department of Public Works, Engineering Division and Wastewater Facilities Division are responsible for the Design, Construction and Maintenance of Kent County's Regional Sewer System, and operation of the Kent County Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility and associated pump stations and sewer lines. To learn more about each Division, please select from the menu options provided.
UNDER THE SINK GREASE TRAP CHANGES
IN 2012
In early 2007, the Kent County Levy Court approved a change in the Kent County Code that requires all under the sink grease traps be converted to include an automatic grease recovery system. A link to a list of manufacturers of these types of traps can be found on the fats, oils and grease (FOG) page.
PUBLIC NOTICES
All Public Notices for the Kent County Department of Public Works can be found on our Public Notice page.
PUBLIC WORKS - FEE SCHEDULE
The Kent County Department of Public Works "Fee Schedule" (including Sewer Impact fees) can be viewed by clicking on the link below.
Public Works Fee Schedule
SEWER ADVISORY BOARD (SAB)
THE NEXT SEWER ADVISORY BOARD (SAB) MEETING IS SCHEDULED
FOR WEDNESDAY, February 1, 2012
SAB Meeting Agenda
SAB Minutes - Meeting Date December 7, 2011
The Sewer Advisory Board meets on the first Wednesday of each month at
5:00 p.m. in Room 220 A&B at 555 Bay Rd., Dover, DE 19901.
The agenda for the next scheduled meeting will be available on the Monday of the week preceding the meeting at 5:00 pm and can be found on the Public Notice page.
Information on the members of the SAB and it's mission can be viewed by clicking on the link below.
Sewer Advisory Board Information
SEWER EXTENSION PROCEDURES
Procedures for extending the Kent County Sanitary Sewage District No. 1 can be obtained by clicking on the link below. Any Sewer District Extension request that s scheduled for a Resolution Introduction to Levy Court and a Public Hearing can be viewed, along with their corresponding maps, on the Public Notice page.
Extending Kent County Sanitary Sewage District No. 1
LICENSED SEPTAGE & GREASE HAULERS LIST
The current list of licensed septage and grease haulers for Kent County is now available by clicking the link below. In order to haul septic tank wastes (septage) and grease to the Kent County Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility, a hauler must be licensed and permitted by both DNREC and Kent County. Currently, grease cannot be hauled to the treatment plant until the new receiving stations are on line sometime in the new two months.
Licensed Septage and Grease Haulers
CURRENT COUNTY SANITARY SEWER DISTRICT MAP
The most current map of Kent County Sanitary District No. 1 can be obtained by clicking on the link below.
Current Sewer Map
SEPTIC TANK INFORMATION
We have added a new set of pages that will help you understand how your septic tank system operates, the proper way to maintain your system, how it can fail and what to do if it does fail. To go there, click on the link below. In addition, we are including a new Septic Tank Best Management Practice (BMP) Manual, which can be downloaded from this page.
Septic Tanks Septic Tank BMP Manual
Director of Public Works: Hans Medlarz, P.E.
(hans.medlarz@co.kent.de.us)
Assistant Director of Public Works//Engineering Division: Diana Golt, P.E.
(diana.golt@co.kent.de.us)
Environmental Program Manager: Jim Newton, P.E., BCEE
(james.newton@co.kent.de.us )
Assistant Director of Public Works/Facilities Management Div.: M. Richard MacDonald (dick.macdonald@co.kent.de.us )
To send an e-mail to the above persons, copy the e-mail address into the "to:" section of your e-mail program or use Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express and click on the e-mail name
Environmental
139 Milford Neck Road
Milford, DE 19963
302-335-6000 302-335-0365 (Fax)
or
Engineering
555 Bay Road
Dover, DE 19901
302-744-2430 302-736-2100 (Fax)
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Comments and suggestions should be sent to james.newton@co.kent.de.us
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