Tupelo Garbage Collection Rescheduled Due to Severe Weather Conditions

TUPELO, Miss. (Press Release) — Following discussions with county and municipal officials, some Waste Management services may be delayed or rescheduled due to severe weather conditions following yesterday’s tornado. These conditions include fallen trees, storm debris or low or down power lines.

Waste Management will provide garbage and trash collection to our valued residential and commercial customers where road safety and conditions dictate safe operations. However, some streets and other areas may not be safe for operations due to residual storm effects. Those areas will be serviced as soon as safe operation is available.

“As part of our storm management procedures, Waste Management has conducted our post-storm observations and discussed the situation with local officials. After this consultation, we believe it is now safe to resume our collection and disposal operations,” said Kevin Shackelford, district manager, Waste Management of Tupelo. “We at Waste Management understand the tornado and severe storm weather has created a great deal of challenges for the residents and businesses in Tupelo and surrounding areas. We are focused on providing safe and environmentally sound collection and disposal services to all of our valued customers, and we appreciate the cooperation and patience of our valued customers as we collectively work to meet the post-storm challenges presented by this severe storm weather.”

Normal household garbage and trash must be disposed of safely and efficiently. All household garbage and trash should be placed curbside separate of storm debris. Residents should be reminded of the distinction between the household garbage and trash that Waste Management will collect and storm-related debris, which will be collected by other service providers.

“Waste Management will continue to collect household garbage and trash, such as food refuse, diapers, newspapers and other waste produced. Waste Management is not collecting storm debris. Items such as rugs, furniture, sheet rock, wood fencing, tree limbs, bags of clothing, refrigerators, household appliances and roofing materials are considered storm debris and other service providers will be collecting that storm debris,” said Shackelford.

Consumer Information — Separating household garbage and storm debris

As families return to the areas affected by the tornado, Waste Management strongly recommends that all residential customers separate their household garbage; such as food, diapers and regular household waste; from debris created by the storm and its aftermath. Waste Management asks that customers bag their household garbage and place it at the curb.

Storm debris, including refrigerators, household appliances, tree limbs, carpet and carpet padding, and wood fencing, should be placed in a separate pile or piles from your household garbage. This will allow storm cleanup contractors to identify and collect that storm debris. The storm debris clean up services are contracted separately by municipal, parish and county agencies. This storm debris collection is separate from the household garbage and trash collection service that is provided to our valued customers by Waste Management.