Florence Environmental Management
Our Departments maintains safe and accessible roadways for our community, responsibly manages waste for a cleaner environment, promotes sustainability and reduces landfill waste.
Solid Waste Department
The Solid Waste Department provides residential and commercial garbage collection within the corporate city limits.
Street Department
The Street Department is responsible for the construction, repair, and maintenance of streets, alleys, and rights-of-way. They also maintain the department vehicles and provide curbside programs for the collection of household trash and yard debris.
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Florence leaf trucks make short work of even the biggest leaf piles as long as they don’t contain sticks and rocks. Kudos to these residents who raked clean piles that our leaf trucks cleared in under 5 minutes!
Click this link to see areas worked most recently.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/…
Trucks usually make 5-6 runs through the City before spring. If you missed them the first time, they will be back.
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Florence Recycling wants all the paper and cardboard we can get, but the inside packaging like packing peanuts, foam plastic, bubble wrap, air pillows, plastic bags, etc are not recyclable. You can help us deal with the massive amount of holiday recycling by putting all plastic packaging in the garbage cart before you recycle your cardboard boxes. ... See MoreSee Less

Florence Solid Waste, Street, and Recycling was delighted to welcome Blippy Jones as our distinguished guest at the Christmas Parade. We appreciate the efforts of all who helped build the float and especially thank Tim Jones for bringing Blippy to our City! ... See MoreSee Less

We hope your Thanksgiving has been filled with good food and many blessings! As you get ready to start the holiday gift rush, remember today's collection will be on Friday and Friday's collection will be on Saturday.
Have fun out there!
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Leaves are falling faster. Trucks will be working hard to stay ahead of them after the Thanksgiving holiday. You can help keep all the trucks running by following the leaf collection guidelines.
Check the link for the leaf collection schedule. Dates in red show the areas most recently serviced by the trucks.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/…
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Thank you to Council Member Chapel King for treating the Street Department crew to pizza today and to the other council members who sweetened things up with dessert. ... See MoreSee Less

Congratulations to Ronnie McMullen on his retirement after 16 years with the City of Florence.
Ronnie’s joyful spirit has been a gift to all of us and we will miss him. This afternoon we wished him well as he steps into a retirement he absolutely deserves with buckets of ice cream included.
Thank you, Ronnie, for everything you have given to our city. Enjoy every minute.
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Contact Details
Street Department:
256-760-6460
Solid Waste & Recycle:
256-760-6495
Landfill/Scale House:
256-760-6399
Office Hours:
Monday - Friday:
7:00am - 4:00pm
Recycling Drop-off 24/7

