Republic Services of Garden City, ID
Republic Services provides recycling and waste collection services for residential and commercial accounts in Garden City, ID. We offer one-stop shopping for waste removal needs. Although we specialize in recycling and solid waste collection, our services go far beyond just emptying the trash bins.
Garden City, ID customer service, bill pay & collection schedules
Ordering/replacing carts, start/stop service, billing, mailing address changes
Garden City Utility Billing
208-472-2900
General questions
208-345-1265Monday – Friday, 7:00 am – 5:00 pm
11101 W Executive Dr
Boise, ID 83713
Holiday schedule
We observe the following holidays:
New Year’s Day
Memorial Day
Fourth of July
Labor Day
Thanksgiving Day
Christmas Day
- If your pickup day falls on or after the holiday, it will be delayed by one day.
- Holidays falling on the weekend will not delay collection.
How can we help?
Regional facilities
Call the numbers below for current rates, and for a list of acceptable/unacceptable materials.
Landfills
Ada County Landfill
208-577-4725
10300 N Seaman's Gulch Rd.
Boise, Idaho 83714
For more information about the Ada County Landfill and Household Hazardous Waste disposal, please visit their website.
Transfer Station
Boise Transfer Station
208-362-7564
4485 South Curtis Road
Boise, Idaho 83705
Hours: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm, Monday through Saturday
Recycling centers
Recycling centers vary in terms of the types of materials they take. For more information about what materials are accepted at specific centers, please call in advance.
Boise Recycling
4725 Glenwood Avenue
Garden City, ID 83714
Monday to Friday 8 am to 5 pm
Saturday 9 am to 2 pm
Pacific Steel and Recycling
5120 Emerald Street
Boise, ID 83706
Monday to Friday 8 am to 5 pm
Saturday 8 am to noon
Western Recycling and Waste Paper
1990 South Cole Road
Boise, ID 83709
Monday to Friday 8 am - 5 pm
Saturday 9 am - 2 pm
Kid's corner
Trash day maze
Help the truck driver navigate his route to pick up the neighborhood’s trash and recycling. Download
Electronics word search
Our electronics are tangled. Can you help find which electronics are recyclable? Download
Outdoors bingo
Take a walk around your neighborhood with this Bingo sheet. Find four in a row! Download
Take a virtual field trip
Take your students on a virtual field trip of how a recycling center and a modern landfill works. These videos are designed to inform specific lessons in 3rd-5th grade, 6th-8th grade, and 9th-12th grade, but can also be used outside of those lessons to take your students on a journey through the process!
Recycling center video tour
3rd - 5th grade video is featured below
FAQs
Billing & Accounts
Ordering/replacing carts, start/stop, billing, mailing address changes
Garden City Utility Billing
208-472-2900
General questions
Republic Services
208-345-1265
Monday – Friday, 7:00 am – 6:00 pm
11101 W Executive Dr
Boise, ID 83713
Collection Guidelines & Reporting an Issue
- Trash and recycling must be set out by 7 am with the lids closed.
- Place carts 3ft. from other carts and objects (fire hydrants, mailboxes, cars, utility poles) with the handle towards the house and wheels at the street curb. Never block sidewalk access. Make sure carts are in a safe and accessible location with 14’ of overhead clearance.
- All containers must be removed from the curbside within 24 hours.
- All residents will receive a 95-gallon trash cart for automated pick-up (65 and 35-gallon available upon request).
- Weight limits: 95-gallon carts – 330 lbs.; 65-gallon carts – 225 lbs.; 35-gallon carts – 125 lbs.
- Personal trash cans, boxes, bags, or loose items will not be serviced or collected.
- Additional carts are available for an extra monthly fee. To order call Republic Services (208) 345-1265.
- Bag trash to prevent litter from blowing out of the cart.
- Place used motor oil in clear 1 gallon jugs, make them visible to the driver on trash day (up to 2 gallons per week).
- No tires, liquids, hazardous waste, or vehicle batteries are allowed in trash or recycling carts. See FAQ on HHW for more information.
Please call Republic Services at 208-345-1265.
Please call Republic Services at 208-345-1265.
New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day
During holiday weeks, if your normal collection day falls on or after the holiday, your collection will be delayed by one day. Holidays falling on the weekend will not delay collection.
Customers who qualify under the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) may receive free carry-out service. Other customers may sign up for carry-out service for an extra monthly charge.
To order carry-out service, please call Republic Services at 208-345-1265.
Recycling Questions
- Recycling pick-up occurs on your trash day, every other week. For collection dates visit our
See Schedule page , enter your service address and click the View My Schedule button. - Place recycle cart curbside by 7 am.
- All customers will receive a 95-gallon no sort recycling cart. Additional 95-gallon recycling carts are available for an extra monthly fee.
- Recyclable items may be mixed in the cart (see the "What can be recycled?" FAQ).
- No glass, polystyrene/Styrofoam®, or yard waste in the recycling cart.
- Leave recycling loose in cart or use paper bags to contain materials.
- No plastic bags.
- Flatten or cut down boxes to fit in the cart. The lid must be able to close.
- Cardboard boxes (broken down to fit in cart)
- Frozen food & cereal boxes (no liners)
- Construction paper
- Envelopes (cellophane window ok)
- Office waste paper (any color)
- Magazines & catalogs
- Computer & fax paper
- Phone books
- Newspapers
- Paper bags
- Junk mail
Plastics
- Bottles and Jugs. Must be marked with #1 or #2 recycle symbol.
- Lightweight water bottles
- #5 plastic food containers
- No clamshell containers
- No plastic bags or other soft plastics
Cans
- Aluminum and tin cans (must be empty and labels are okay).
Hefty orange energy bag
- Plastics with #4-#7
- Plastic bags, caps, dairy tubs, flatware, packaging, lids, cups (no #1), chip and candy wrappers, pouches, straws, foam, shrink wrap, air packs, tubes, deodorant tubes.
- Tie bag and place in recycle cart
- No paper
- No clamshell containers
Please place these items in your trash cart, read the HHW FAQ or call us for questions on how to properly dispose of items you're not sure about.
- Soft or flimsy plastics
- Plastic clamshell containers
- Food waste
- Yard waste
- Glass
- Polystyrene/Styrofoam® packaging
- Chip and candy wrappers
- Hazardous waste containers
- Food contaminated paper (pizza boxes, plates, coffee cups),
- Wax-coated cardboard
- Milk and juice paper cartons
- Tissues, napkins, and paper towels
Non-recyclables contaminate recycling loads, and need to be removed during the sorting process. Some items may also contaminate clean recyclable items (ex. pasta sauce jar with sauce still in it, can soak into clean office paper which is then no longer recyclable either).
If our drivers notice a lot of contamination in your recycle cart or bin, we may not be able to service it as recycling and may tag it to have it serviced as trash (in which case you may be charged).
Christmas trees are recycled the first full week in January.
- Cut trees and branches into 4ft. pieces and place curbside on your collection day.
- Trees must be stripped of all lights, ornaments, tinsel, and stands.
- Flocked trees will not be recycled.
Acceptable compostable materials:
Leaves, branches, shrub trimmings, garden debris, grass, pine cones and needles, fruit and vegetable trimmings, coffee grounds/filters, tea leaves/bags, and eggshells.
Materials that cannot be composted:
Compostable bags/plates/bowls/utensils, plastic bags, pet waste, dairy, bread/grain/pasta, fats/oils/grease, meat/fish/bones, rocks or dirt.
Compost collection occurs weekly, year-round, on the same day as your trash.
Fill the compost cart first. Overflow of up to 10 paper leaf/yard waste bags per week will be accepted.
Additional compost carts are available for a small monthly fee.
Place kitchen scraps in a paper bag to contain potential liquids. A layer of clean cardboard (no tape or packaging material) or a paper bag on the bottom of your cart will prevent organic material from sticking and will make cart cleaning easier.
Business & Industrial Services
Republic Services offers customizable commercial recycling programs to businesses, non-profit organizations, churches, schools, and multi-family complexes (apartments, condominiums) in all the municipalities we serve. Republic Services will meet with interested commercial businesses and organizations to perform a free waste consultation and to develop a specific recycling program. Here are just a few of the things that we will help you consider and implement:
- Space: We work with you to identify a practical location where recyclables can be collected.
- Access: We help you find the appropriate place outside the building where Republic Services collection trucks can easily pick up the bins, carts, or dumpsters.
- Materials: We will assess the types of materials and the quantities that you would like to recycle.
- Commitment: We help educate and engage company management, facility staff, and employees to create a successful recycling program.
Service Options:
Republic Services offers the following collection options to meet your organization's specific recycling needs.
Wheeled Carts (95 gallons)
Business recycling is simple! Similar to residential recycling, cardboard, mixed paper, newspaper and magazines, tin cans, aluminum cans, and rigid plastics labeled #1 or #2 can all be recycled in a single recycling cart. Wheeled carts are a great option for businesses that do not generate a lot of waste. Businesses can have up to five carts, depending on their recycling needs. Recycling carts are collected once a week.
Green Dumpsters (3, 6, and 8 cubic yards)
These containers are best suited for larger companies who want to recycle mixed paper, corrugated cardboard, aluminum, tin, and plastic.
Roll-Off Boxes (20, 30, or 40 cubic yards)
These containers are best suited for construction and demolition sites. Since about one-third of the waste destined for landfills comes from construction and demolition debris, cities are increasingly looking to contractors to take a proactive role in diverting waste from landfills. Republic Services can tailor a job-site recycling program to fit your needs. For the purpose of recycling, Republic Services requires single commodities to be assigned to specific containers. Also since Republic Services records all transactions involving a project, paperwork and compliance are effortless on the part of either the developer or the contractor. Learn more about how Republic Services can help your building project become LEED compliant.
Items accepted:
- Newspapers, magazines, and catalogs.
- Aluminum and steel (tin) cans: Empty, Clean, and Dry (labels okay).
- Mixed Paper: white or pastel paper (No neon-colored paper), paperboard (i.e. dry and frozen food boxes) with liners removed, phone books, envelopes, computer paper, paper bags.
- Plastics: #1 and #2 rigid plastics; Discard caps from bottles; No filmy plastic, grocery bags, vinyl, or Styrofoam.
- Corrugated cardboard: Flatten and cut boxes to 4' x 4' or smaller segments.
Items NOT accepted:
- Paper plates & cups
- Styrofoam/Packaging
- Tissues
- Paper towels
- Napkins
- Food-contaminated containers as well as milk or juice cartons
- Pizza boxes and foil-lined items like cookie and chip bags
- Plastic Bags - e.g. dry cleaning, grocery & carrot bags
- Paint & other cans with caution words on labels
- Glass
To discuss your industrial waste disposal needs, please call Republic Services Customer Service at 208-345-1265.
The following materials can be recycled or diverted in Idaho:
- Brick
- Cardboard
- Concrete (without metal)
- Metal
- Paper
- Plastic
- Sheetrock
- Super sacks
- Wood
- Wood pallets
Other materials on a case-by-case basis.
Special & Household Hazardous Waste
Do not throw hazardous waste in with your garbage.
EnviroGuard vehicle: Boise City's EnviroGuard vehicle services six collection sites every month for city residents. Each site is open one day per month from noon to 7:00 p.m. To locate the site nearest you, call 208-384-3901 or visit:
Hidden Hollow Landfill: Ada County residents may take household hazardous materials to the collection facility located the Hidden Hollow Landfill off of Seaman's Gulch Road. The facility is open Fridays and Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Call 208-577-4736 for details.
Acceptable materials
Acceptable materials include solvents, pesticides/herbicides, paint/stain/varnish, batteries, automotive products (including gasoline and oil), yard/garden products, fluorescent light tubes, and much more. Call 208-384-3901 for details.
Prohibited materials
Explosives, ammunition, radioactive items, and biomedical waste (i.e. sharps) are not accepted. Call 208-384-3901 or 208-577-4736 for information.
Dumpsters
Republic Services offers a full range of service options and equipment to efficiently and economically meet your waste collection needs. Front-end loader containers work best for businesses that generate low-density waste materials that can be compacted, such as office waste and food products. We maintain an inventory of containers in a variety of sizes and offer flexible collection scheduling.
- Debris boxes, from 3 to 40 yards, are available for household remodeling, landscape projects, site clean-up, construction & demolition, and other projects.
- Rates for roll-offs vary depending upon box size and filled weight.
- Please call Republic Services Customer Service at 208-345-1265.
5 Benefits of Republic Services Dumpsters
Sanitary: all waste is kept in a single, closed receptacle until collected by automated trucks.
Reduces fire hazard: depositing waste in a closed, all-steel container helps diminish the likelihood of accidental fires.
Saves labor: workers dump wastes into a large, conveniently located container. No bags to fuss with, no mess to clean up.
Aids pest control: with waste enclosed in a covered steel container, insects, rodents, and other pests are less likely to be attracted.
Versatile: with containers available in a wide variety of sizes, Republic Services can meet your every waste disposal need.
Whether you are an insurance agent and need a single 3 cubic yard container dumped weekly to set next to your office, or a huge building project needing multiple 40 cubic yard debris boxes, Republic Services has the solution for you. We have been solving trash problems cost-effectively for over 40 years.
Container Specifications
The following are the container and enclosure specifications for our standard commercial containers. If your trash management needs are not met by the standard containers below, please call 208-345-1265 to speak with a customer service representative.
- Three Cubic Yard Container:7' x 4' x 4' footprint, 12' x 12' enclosure requirement
- Six Cubic Yard Container:7' x 6' x 5' footprint, 18' x 12' enclosure requirement
- Eight Cubic Yard Container:7' x 6' x 8' footprint, 18' x 12' enclosure requirement
Required Clearance
- 26' of overhead clearance to service containers
- 50' in front of containers with clear access
- 16' wide minimum driving lanes
Bulk, Brush, Appliances, Yard Waste
Residents can drop off trash, appliances, tires, wood, construction debris, and yard waste at the Republic Services’ Transfer Station (located at 4485 South Curtis Road in Boise) for a fee.
Metal items can be dropped off free of charge.
See the Boise Transfer Station rates under the regional facilities section on this site for a list of transfer station rates. Many items are free.
Cut tree limbs, hedge trimmings, or other wood waste into sections less than 4 feet. Tie bundles 18 inches or less in diameter and set out in compact piles weighing 60 lbs. or less.
Contain grass clippings, leaves and other debris in your cart or trash can weighing 60 lbs. or less.
Please no sod, dirt, or rocks.
Seasonal clean-up events
Unlimited clean-up weeks
The third full week in May and the first week after Christmas, Garden City and Republic Services conduct a special Clean-Up Week. During this time, residents may dispose of large items and extra garbage at no extra charge. For more information on specific dates, call Republic at 208-345-1265 or refer to your recycling calendar.
Garbage Collection Requirements:
- Trash and recycling must be set out by 7:00 am.
- All containers and recycling bins must be removed from the curbside within 24 hours.
- No hazardous materials, fluorescent light tubes, paint, or vehicle batteries are collected curbside.
- Make sure drivers have safe and clear access to containers.
- Do not set trash containers close to obstructions such as mailboxes, fire hydrants, parked cars, or utility poles.
- Do not block sidewalks.
- Do not overload containers or pack so tightly that trash is difficult to remove.
- Place wheeled cart at the curb with lid hinges pointing toward the house.
