Category: Garbage & Waste
Keep Coral Gables Beautiful Cleanup Scheduled For February 28
The City of Coral Gables’ Keep Coral Gables Beautiful initiative will hold its next cleanup event on Monday, February 28th at 5:00PM. The volunteer event is an opportunity for the community to come together and help keep Coral Gables clean…
Recycle Your Christmas Tree
Beginning on December 27, 2021, the City of Coral Gables is offering free Christmas tree recycling to Coral Gables residents. Recycling your tree helps to preserve landfill space and provides the opportunity to repurpose this valuable resource as mulch and…
This Week In Coral Gables
Here is a list of important dates with events taking place in the City Beautiful this week. December 1st – Trash Pit Warnings & Fines On December 1st, the City will officially begin warning and placing fines on households that…
Recycling Drive-Thru Event This Saturday
Keep Coral Gables Beautiful will host a Recycling Drive-Thru Event on Saturday, Nov. 6 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the parking lot behind City Hall. Residents can bring old electronics and large cardboard boxes for recycling, dispose of household hazardous…
Opinion: Keep Our Garbage Services As They Are
It is garbage fee season in Coral Gables, the time when the City Beautiful graciously bestows upon all its residential property owners an invoice for the privilege of engaging in the most basic of government services: collecting our waste. Therefore,…
Solid Waste Workshop Scheduled For July 7th
On Wednesday, July 7th, the City of Coral Gables will be holding a community workshop to discuss the City’s solid waste services. For years, Coral Gables has dealt with issues with solid waste services, raining resident complaints on City Hall….
Recycling Schedule Changes Coming June 14th
The City of Coral Gables has always prided itself in providing first class garbage, trash and recycling services to residents. The services come at a cost of over $860 a year per household. Residents have been hit with numerous delays…
City Holds Earth Month Recycling Event
By: Marlin Ebbert, Sustainability Board Chairman Last Saturday, April 24th, the City of Coral Gables and the City’s Sustainability Board held its bi-annual collection event at the City Hall parking lot and at the First United Methodist Church parking lot….
City On Sanitation: Pardon The Delays
For the past couple of weeks we have faced challenges in the Sanitation Division that have impacted trash, waste and recycling pickups. The Division has been understaffed due to the impact of COVID-19 on our team. Once a team member…
How To Recycle Your Christmas Tree
The City of Coral Gables is offering free Christmas tree recycling to Coral Gables residents. Recycling your tree helps to preserve landfill space and provides the opportunity to repurpose this valuable resource as mulch and ground cover in natural park…