Trash & Recycling

Listed below are the general rules for Bliss Environmental Services Inc. the City's contractor, follows when it provides collection service to qualified properties with in the inside district of the City.

Please contact the City at 339-7778 with general questions.

• Collection: Waste is collected between the hours of 7:00AM and 6:00PM. 
   
• Holidays: If collection days are changed due to a holiday. Waste Management, the City's Contractor, will run an advertisement in the Rome Daily Sentinel for two consecutive days prior to the holiday. The advertisement will appear on page 2,3 or 4. 
   
• Garbage: Residential properties can place a reasonable amount out for collection. It must be properly contained and the containers cannot exceed 50 pounds. Commercial properties are limited to eight regulation containers per collection. 
   
• Recyclables: All groups of recyclables properly placed out for collection will be collected each week or per collection. No limit on the amount place out for collection. 
   
• Bulk: one bulk item (i.e. couch, mattress, table, refrigerator, car or small truck tire, etc.) will be collected each week. The item must be of weight and size that two men can carry. 
   
• Construction and Demolition Debris: Up to one cubic yard ( 4ea. 50 gallon trash containers) will be collected per week. Containers cannot weight more than 50 pounds. Lumber or metal cannot exceed 4 feet in length and must be bundled. Any material generated by a contractor is not acceptable. 
   
• Collection Concerns: All collection concerns relative to  Bliss Enviromental Services ,Inc. should be reported directly to .Bliss Enviromental Services at 245-1717. They maintain a written log of concerns. Please remember to inform  Bliss Enviromental Services that the call pertains to collection services in the City of Rome. 
   
• Green Waste: The City, provides this service during the months of April - October. The start and end dates and specific rules are announced in the Rome Sentinel in the spring and fall.