“In the fall, we see an increase of yard bulk waste and, in spring with tax returns, we see an increase of toys and furniture,” Barkley says. It’s difficult to manage, I feel, if a private hauler is doing it.”īulk items included in Macon-Bibb County’s services are large yard waste items, such as tree limbs that must be cut down to a yard in length and a certain diameter vining material and other items that cannot be contained furniture mattresses and toys.īarkley says 60 to 70 percent of residents have a bulky waste item on the curb weekly, but the amount a resident uses the service depends on the season and location. “It’s hard to price, want to make it really limited, and you have to have a constant rate for that service or a higher rate. “It all depends on what you have in your contract with your provider, but I found municipalities do a better job with bulk collection,” Barkley explains. When Kevin Barkley, director of the solid waste department, took over the department, he decided Macon-Bibb County should be responsible for bulk collection services. It serves about 50,000 residents in Georgia.

Macon-Bibb County is a consolidated government formed in 2014 by the Georgia city of Macon and surrounding Bibb County. This method has worked for Key West, Florida, and for Macon-Bibb County, Georgia. When the amount of bulky waste surpasses a certain number of cubic yards, municipalities begin to charge more. Municipalities often offer a certain amount of bulky waste collection with the sanitation fee that is included in a resident’s monthly bill. When a resident puts bulky waste on the curb, the municipality or the contracted waste hauler often is charged with collecting it.Įvery municipality and waste hauler has its own method for handling bulky waste.

Old furniture, appliances, debris from home remodeling and large tree branches-these are items that are too large to fit into a curbside cart or container and are known as bulky waste.

Bulking and cutting waste