Category Archives: Town of Edisto Beach

Town of Edisto Beach New Yard Trash Requirements

Posted 7/5/19:  Please note that the Town of Edisto Beach has new regulations regarding the pickup of yard trash effective July 2, 2019. See below for the details:

Sec. 66-43. – Residential containers, storage and requirements.

No containers other than authorized residential containers shall be used to store garbage or refuse, except for yard waste bags or other containers for purposes of collecting yard waste, for public collection within the town. Lids or covers of such containers shall be kept tightly closed and watertight at all times other than when refuse is being deposited therein or removed therefrom. Refuse may be stored for collection in the following manner:

(1) Garbage and household trash shall be stored in authorized residential containers.

(2) Yard trash shall be placed in neat piles at curbside adjacent to owner’s property or at the property line nearest the street with the following limitations:

a. Materials are not to be placed on an adjoining lot whether vacant or otherwise.

b. Leaves, pine straw, pampas and grass clippings, small shrubbery clippings, etc., must be placed in yard waste bags or other containers. Such loose material placed at the curb, not in a yard waste bag or other container, will not be collected.

c. Brush, limbs, and shrubbery trimmings that are not containerized must be neatly stacked and bundled together in a consistent manner and bound by string or twine. Each bundle shall:

  1. Not contain any brush, limbs, or shrubbery trimmings greater than six inches in diameter.
  2. Not contain any brush, limbs, or shrubbery trimmings greater than five feet in length with all small limbs trimmed from larger limbs.
  3. Weigh no more than 30 pounds each.

d. No garbage or construction debris (building materials) may be mixed with yard trash. Such mixtures will not be picked up.

(3) Appliances and certain other household items such as stoves, refrigerators, water tanks, washing machines, furniture, bedding, and air conditioners, shall be removed by the town or its authorized contractor provided that such items are placed at curbside for such collection.

Message From Town Hall RE: Insurance and Irma

This message from the Town of Edisto Beach: “If you are uninsured and had major damage due to Hurricane Irma (over 40% of home value) please contact Town Hall.”

Deborah Hargis, Municipal Clerk

Good News on Trash and Debris Removal

The Town Administrator, Iris Hill, has informed the MPOA that trash and debris removal in the Ocean Ridge community has been approved by the appropriate governmental agencies and will begin shortly, possibly as soon as this weekend. As result, it is important that our residents prepare now for the removal of their trash and debris and follow the guidelines below.

FAILURE TO FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES WILL RESULT IN THE CONTRACTOR NOT PICKING UP YOUR TRASH AND DEBRIS AND YOU, AS THE HOMEOWNER, WILL THEN BECOME RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS DISPOSAL AND MAY BE CITED BY THE TOWN AND THE MPOA IN THE FUTURE SHOULD YOU FAIL TO DISPOSE OF IT IN A TIMELY FASHION.

THE GUIDELINES, AS MANDATED BY FEMA, THE TOWN OF EDISTO BEACH AND THE MPOA, ARE AS FOLLOWS:

1)  HOUSEHOLD TRASH AND DOWNED TREES AND YARD DEBRIS MUST BE SEPARATED AND BE IN SEPARATE PILES. HOUSEHOLD TRASH INCLUDES ALL HOUSEHOLD ITEMS DAMAGED BY WATER, APPLIANCES, INSULATION, CARDBOARD BOXES, BIKES, BEACH CHAIRS AND UMBRELLAS, FURNITURE, MATTRESSES, DRYWALL, AND ALL OTHER CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS THAT SUSTAINED WATER DAMAGE. 

2)   ALL BAGGED YARD DEBRIS MUST BE IN PAPER YARD BAGS. YARD DEBRIS IN PLASTIC BAGS WILL NOT BE PICKED UP. 

3)   CANS OR CONTAINERS CONTAINING HERBICIDES OR FUNGICIDES, PAINT, SOLVENTS, OIL, DRYWALL COMPOUND OR OTHER LIKE CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS WILL NOT BE PICKED UP. YOU ARE REQUIRED TO DISPOSE OF THOSE MATERIALS ON YOUR OWN. PLEASE REMOVE ALL SUCH ITEMS FROM THE TRASH AND DEBRIS PILES THAT YOU HAVE CREATED. OTHERWISE, THE TRASH OR DEBRIS WILL NOT BE PICKED UP. 

4)  NO TVs, COMPUTERS OR OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICES WILL BE PICKED UP. AGAIN, THE RESIDENT IS REQUIRED TO DISPOSE OF THOSE ITEMS ON THEIR OWN AND THEY SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM ANY TRASH OR DEBRIS PILES. OTHERWISE, THE TRASH OR DEBRIS WILL NOT PICKED UP. 

IN ADDITION, THE TOWN OF EDISTO BEACH HAS ISSUED FURTHER GUIDELINES WHICH CAN BE REVIEWED AT http://www.townofedistobeach.com/new-debris-sorting-information.

ALL QUESTIONS RELATING TO THIS NOTICE OR THE GUIDELINES SET FORTH SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO HORACE KINSEY AT SOUTHERN COMMUNITY SERVICES (843-869-4300).