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Winfield Solid Waste Facility

Holiday Schedule

The Winfield Solid Waste Facility will be closed on the following dates.

Holiday Date
New Years Day Monday, January 1, 2024
Memorial Day Monday, May 27, 2024
Independence Day Thursday, July 4, 2024
Labor Day Monday, September 2, 2024
Thanksgiving Thursday, November 28, 2024
Christmas Wednesday, December 25, 2024
New Years Day

Wednesday, January 1, 2025

Weekend Schedule

The Winfield Solid Waste Facility will be open on the following 1st Saturdays of each month.

January 6, 2024

July 6, 2024

February 3, 2024

August 3, 2024

March 2, 2024

September 7, 2024

April 6, 2024

October 5, 2024

May 4, 2024

November 2, 2024

June 1, 2024

December 7, 2024




Winfield Dumping Fees

Class Description Price
Class I Residential Household Food Garbage, Commercial Food Garbage, Office Trash, Roadside Litter, CCA-Pressure Treated Wood & Sludge $60.00 per ton
Minimum Charge: less than 60 lbs: $ 2.00 flat fee
Class III Construction & Demolition Debris, shingles, brick Concrete, wood, asphalt, yard trash, rubbish, and furniture. $41.00 per ton
Minimum Charge: less than 60 lbs:$ 2.00 flat fee
Asbestos Friable or Non-Friable Requires 24hr notice to the Solid Waste Department Generators Waste Manifest, Double Bagged in 6ml Bags $180.00 per ton
White Goods & Scrap Metal White Good Appliances (stoves, refrigerators, freezers, washers, dryers, hot water heaters and scrap metals from: Individual Residential Households only: No Charge
Businesses: $28.00 per ton
Brown Goods Electronic Goods,Cathode Ray Tubes found in TV's, Hot Water Heaters, All Computer Components, Microwaves and Conventional Type Ovens. $70.00 per ton
Tires Whole light truck / passenger type tires (Bulk) $165.00 per ton
Whole tires less than 4 (light truck or passenger type only) $ 2.00 each
Commercial Trucks /Heavy Equipment tires $165.00 per ton
Any other waste materials deposit of which will entail additional or unusual labor requirements from Solid Waste Employees $ 5.00 per ton in addition to the appropriate tippage fee
Mobile Home DisposalAll appliances, electronics and food waste must be removed. Tires and wheels must be removed after dropping. The tires would be charged at the tire disposal rate. Axles and tongue can be removed after delivery. Frames will not be returned. 24-hr. notice would be required to prepare a location for easy access for customer to remove tires, wheels, axles and tongue. Cannot accept mobile homes during rainy conditions. Title or proof of ownership (free of liens) required.$250.00 per side

WE ACCEPT THE FOLLOWING FOR PAYMENT: CASH, CHECK OR CREDIT CARDS

Needle Disposal

A safe way to throw away needles Need help in disposing of needles from your home. This guide will help you in disposing of needles, syringes with needles, and lancets that have been used by you or a family member in the treatment at home of an allergy, acute illness, or chronic disease such as diabetes.

The following link will give you additional information from the Florida Department of Health
http://www.floridahealth.gov/Environmental-Health/biomedical-waste/home-management-of-sharps.html

You can download the following informational sheet from the Florida DOH to assist you in preparing your needles for disposal in your household garbage: Informational Sheet.pdf

Solid Wastes

As provided by Resolution No. 2013R-46; effective November 1, 2013; adopted on October 17, 2013.

It is the policy of Columbia County that waste other than normal Class I or Class III waste, as determined by the Solid Waste Director requires calling the Solid Waste Department at (386)752-6050 prior to disposal.

Prohibited Waste Not Accepted:

Residential Household Paints, Pesticides and Chemicals:

Small quantities of paint and chemicals are accepted from individual residential households only no businesses to include latex or oil based paint, household pesticides or cleaners in 1 gallon containers or smaller at a rate of $75.00 per ton. These items are placed in a storage area until such time a Hazardous Waste Contractor comes in and inventories packages and ships to a Hazardous Waste Facility.

 

Waste Collection Contractor: Waste Pro
(386-758-7800)

View map to see your collection day

Columbia County administers the contract for your curbside collection through a company known as Waste Pro, which provides for once (1) a week pickup for household garbage, and yard waste. Be sure that your items are at the curb by 7:00 A.M. on your collection day.

View the details regarding Waste Pro services to Columbia County residents (PDF).
Any additional questions concerning collection should be directed to (386) 758-7800.

 

Waste Pro will observe the following holidays: No Collection on these days.

Holiday Date
New Years Day Monday, January 1, 2024
Memorial Day Monday, May 27, 2024
Independence Day Thursday, July 4, 2024
Labor Day Monday, September 2, 2024
Thanksgiving Thursday, November 28, 2024
Christmas Wednesday, December 25, 2024
New Years Day

Wednesday, January 1, 2025

Garbage collection on these days will be made up with collection falling one- day later. Example: Monday May 30, 2023 – Memorial Day will be collected on Tuesday, June 1st. Tuesday’s collection will be on Wednesday the 2nd and Wednesday’s collection will be on Thursday the 3rd and Thursday’s collection will be on Friday the 4th and Friday’s collection will be on Saturday the 5th.


Recycling Department

For your convenience there are three drop-off locations in Columbia County

The locations are:

  1. Branford Highway- 508 SW State Road 247, Lake City, FL. 32025
  2. Fort White- 242 SW George Glen, Fort White, FL. 32038
  3. Winfield Solid Waste Facility- 1347 NW Oosterhoudt Lane, Lake City, FL. 32055

What's Recycled in Columbia County?

How can you help the county recycle?

Any questions concerning recycling please call the Winfield Solid Waste Facility at 386-752-6050.

Thank You for all your help in keeping our County on the right path: Rethink, Reset, and Recycle.


Mosquito Control Department

The Florida Department of Health released a Mosquito Borne Illness Advisory

The Florida Department of Health released a Mosquito Borne Illness Advisory for the entire state of Florida specific to malaria. The statewide advisory was released to bring awareness to the importance of mosquito prevention and protection for residents and visitors to Florida, especially with Fourth of July celebrations upcoming.
The Florida Department of Health Issues Mosquito-Borne Illnesses Advisory | Florida Department of Health (floridahealth.gov) regarding the Malaria.
Printable materials:
(PDF) Mosquito-Borne Illnesses (floridahealth.gov)

Drain and Cover

Visit the Florida Department of Health for more information.
View the page to find your mosquito control schedule.

There are more than 75 mosquito species in Florida, individual counties may have 40 species, fewer than two dozen species throughout Florida are important enough as pest or vectors to warrant control, however, and in given locality, this number is usually less than five.The first step in determining which mosquitoes poses a nuisance, or is an economic or health-related pest or vector. A nuisance mosquito bothers people, typically in and around homes or in a recreational area. One definition of a health related mosquito problem is the ability of a mosquito to transmit infectious diseases. In Florida, this definition includes only mosquitoes that spread dog heartworm, St. Louis Encephalitis and Eastern Equine Encephalitis. However, any mosquito that bites or annoys people can be considered a health problem, particularly for individuals that are allergic to mosquito bites or which suffer from entomophobia, (i.e. A fear of insects).

Habitat/Source Reduction

Mosquito habitats and ways individuals can protect themselves from mosquito attack. Source reduction is usually the most effective of the techniques available and is accomplished by eliminating mosquito breeding sites.

Containers

This can be a simple as properly discarding old containers which hold water capable of producing Aedes aegypti, A.e. albopictus or Culex spp. Containers such as flower pots, cans and tires are excellent habitats for mosquitoes to breed. A container breeding mosquito problem can be solved by properly disposing of such items, covering them or tipping them over to ensure that they do not collect water.

Water

Small man-made ponds, storm water or waste water retention areas are also excellent breeding habitats, effective control include period drainage, providing deep water sanctuary for predator / larvivorious fish, minimizing emergent and standing vegetation and maintaining steep banks.

Swamps

Environmental laws greatly restrict habitat manipulation in these areas, making permanent control here difficult, which can produce Culex, Anopheles, and Culiseta species of mosquitoes.

Temporarily Flooded Locations

Pastures and agricultural lands are enormous mosquito producers, frequently generating huge broods of mosquitoes, (Aedes, Psorophora and Culex). Improved drainage is one effective tool to generate source reduction.

Mosquito Control Treatments Provided

Adulticiding

Columbia County provides for spraying the county using various chemicals to kill adult mosquitoes, and are generally applied using a truck mounted ULV spray unit.

Larviciding

Columbia County provides for the chemical treatment of larval mosquitoes (either I-IV Instar) by applying chemicals to roadside ditches, swales, retention ponds, treatment ponds and small bodies of water, man-made ponds. Most currently used larvicides, when applied properly, are efficacious and environmentally safe, both to aquatic animals and humans.

Spraying Requirements

Florida Statues on mosquito surveillance are concerned only with the monitoring of adults. According to these statues, before adulticides can be applied, a monitoring program must detect an increase in the population above a predetermined baseline. Or by using a techniques known as Landing Rates, landing rates are determined using this technique comprises a count of the number of mosquitoes that land on a person in a given amount of time. This is useful for evaluating activity for day biting, and container breeding mosquitoes, which are common around homes. Also used is telephonic service request, which citizens can call the Mosquito Control Department at 386-752-6050 to log a complaint and request mosquito control services.

Download
Solid Waste Franchise Collection Application Form

Questions? Call Solid Waste Department at
386-752-6050