ECUA’s First Trash Pickups Will Be Today, Saturday In North Escambia

January 2, 2009

ECUA’s residential trash service began Friday in North Escambia.

Emerald Coast Utilities Authority sanitation service will assume collection of all routes currently collected by Allied Waste in North Escambia. Customers whose residential garbage was picked up by Allied Waste on Thursdays hadtheir final, twice-weekly pickup Fridayday. Customers with Friday pickup will have their final, twice-weekly pickup on Saturday.

ALL ECUA customers, including North Escambia customers, will begin receiving once weekly garbage, recyclable and yard waste pickup beginning Tuesday, January 6. For customers in the North Escambia, the pickup day will be Tuesday. The collection service includes once weekly garbage pickup, once weekly pickup of recyclables, and once weekly yard waste pickup. In addition, bulky waste pickup service is available, free-of-charge, once each calendar month. Residential garbage service rates are being reduced to $17.99 a month, effective January 1, 2009.

Most ECUA customers who have registered for recycling have received their recycling container, and those who have not yet received their container can expect delivery by January 10, according to an ECUA news release.

“ECUA will be working on January 2-3 to distribute as many recyclables containers as possible. Let’s see how things look after that. I hope that we will see that many customers’ requested cans will be provided by the end of day Saturday,” Larry Walker, ECUA District 5 member, said in a posting on NorthEscambia.com in response to a story that few, if any, North Escambia residents have had their recyclables container delivered.

Customers who have not registered for recycling can do so by emailing ECUA at support@ecua.org and requesting service, calling ECUA Customer Service at 476-0480 or visiting www.ecua.org, printing out a request form and mailing it.

The ECUA sanitation service does not include residents in the Town of Century. Century residents will continue to be served by Allied Waste under an agreement with the town.

Comments

13 Responses to “ECUA’s First Trash Pickups Will Be Today, Saturday In North Escambia”

  1. William Jones on January 11th, 2009 9:44 pm

    All I want to know is went is the trash pick-up day for customers that live on Community Drive. My trash stay out for a whole week in a half before it was picked-up. We are not pleased with your new trash pick – up.

  2. Tina Gilley on January 8th, 2009 1:12 pm

    Have not received any notification that trash provider was changed to ECUA. I live in north Escambia. My trash was out on Tuesday and was not picked up. I called AWS about the no pick up and found out about the provider change. Tried calling ECUA at least 10 times with no answer…..IT ISN”T the recycle program that is causing your telephone problems. IT is customers dissatified with the change.
    No notification of Provider change
    Pick up once a week (in my case not at all) changed to once a week
    And if I pay on line with credit card there is a charge. There was no charge at AWS
    Very dissatified

  3. leonard hiller on January 8th, 2009 10:41 am

    I would like to know what my pickup day will be and I do not understand the recycle is. what do I put in the recycle bin and what do I out in the grbage bin, I did not receive a letter from ecua as ti the change. I think as a oaying customer I should have received a information letter thank you xxx treasure court, pensacola, fl.32506

  4. Samuel on January 6th, 2009 8:37 am

    We live in gated community on 97, north of Ransom Middle School, this past Saturday pickup did not occur.

  5. William on January 4th, 2009 7:15 am

    New Resident –

    ecua.org provides a garbage in North Escambia.

  6. New Resident on January 4th, 2009 7:04 am

    We’ve just moved here and would like to get garbage pick-up. Who do we contact to sign up for the service?

  7. Brad on January 3rd, 2009 10:44 pm

    Garbage picked up. No Gray Recycle can. Drove past ECUA off Pine Forest Road and Godwin Lane in Pensacola, New Year’s Eve and they had lots of cans stacked up.

  8. bratt resident on January 3rd, 2009 9:59 am

    My regular pickupday is Thursday. I did not get picked up Fri. and so far not today.

  9. William on January 3rd, 2009 9:43 am

    Bratt resident –

    If your regular pickup day was Thursday, it should have been picked up Friday. If you regular day was Friday, they should get it on Saturday. My regular day is Thursday and they did get my can Friday. Still no recycling can though.

  10. bratt resident on January 3rd, 2009 9:41 am

    Did anyone get a pickup from ECUA? I have had my can out since Thurs. and no one has picked it up yet. I thought it was supposed to be picked up by ECUA.

  11. carolyn on January 2nd, 2009 8:55 am

    Thank you.

  12. William on January 2nd, 2009 8:52 am

    Carolyn —

    ECUA will use your old BFI/Allied can for trash. If you have signed up for recycling service, you’ll get a new can for that.

  13. carolyn on January 2nd, 2009 8:48 am

    Will the E.C.U.A. use the same regular cans?

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