Unincorporated Kings County residents are served by Mid Valley Disposal. All carts must be at the curb by 6:00 a.m. on collection day, set at least 3 feet apart with lids closed and not blocked by parked vehicles, so the automated truck arm can service them.
Residential solid-waste service in unincorporated Kings County is provided by Mid Valley Disposal, the County's franchised hauler. Per Mid Valley Disposal's published service rules, residential collection runs from 6:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and all containers must be placed curbside by 6:00 a.m. on the scheduled collection day. Carts must be set at least 3 feet apart from one another, with the lids closed, and must not be blocked by parked vehicles or other obstructions so the automated side-loading truck can lift them. Residents receive a three-cart system: a trash container, a recycling container, and an organics container. Service observes six holidays (New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas); when a holiday falls on a weekday, collection that week is delayed one day. Improperly stored or overflowing containers that become a nuisance (for example, attracting vermin or scattering refuse) can also be addressed by the County Code Compliance Division under the nuisance and solid-waste provisions of the County Code, which requires a license to collect or dispose of solid waste (County Code Ch. 13, Sec. 13-2). For missed pickups, cart sizing, or extra-cart questions, residents contact Mid Valley Disposal directly.
Carts set out late, blocked by vehicles, or with open/overfilled lids may be skipped by the automated truck. Containers left at the curb between collection days, or overflowing refuse that attracts pests, can be cited as a nuisance by the County Code Compliance Division following the standard inspection-then-warning enforcement process.
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