It is important that you have your trash outside for collection by 7:00am on Mondays and Thursdays.  Trash should be placed outside of the garage door inside lidded cans.  Trash cans inside, or behind, the garage door will not be picked up.  All trash inside trash cans MUST BE bagged. 

While some residents place trash at the curbside, this practice is discouraged for aesthetic reasons. 

Homeowners on Turnberry Drive and Turnberry Court, with porticos under the steps, may leave the trash cans in their porticos for pick-up.

Recyclables pick-up is a Montgomery County provided service and are picked up on Tuesday. 

Should you have any questions about what you should recycle or any associated matters and to request your recycling container, please call the Montgomery County Government at (240) 777-6410. 

Recyclables are to be placed at the curb by 7:00am on Tuesday in the blue container provided by the County for that purpose.  Please put your plastics in the bottom of the container and your newspapers either inside a paper bag or tied with a string, on top.  Boxes must be flattened, tied with string, and placed at curbside.

Potomac Disposal, Inc. is under contract with Avenel to remove the residential household waste four (4) times each week (Monday, Wednesday, Friday, & Saturday) from the large containers stored in the four (4) enclosures in Pleasant Gate.  There are a number of things that you can do to make this effort work better.  They are:

1. Always put your household waste inside one of the large containers.  When you set your trash on the top, the lids cannot be opened by the next user.  Potomac Disposal, Inc. is not responsible for your loose trash – only emptying the containers!!  All trash inside trash cans MUST BE bagged.

2. DO NOT put recyclables in the large container.

3. Pick up any trash that you drop in or around the enclosures.

Recyclables are newspapers, cardboard boxes, aluminum, glass, and plastic.  The recyclables are to be placed in the blue bins provided by the County and the bins must be placed at the curb by 7:00am. Be sure to put your house number on the bin, using a black marking pen. Bins must be removed from the curb before the end of the day. Please put your plastic containers, glass jars, bottles, cans and foil products in the bottom of the container and newspapers, either inside a paper bag or tied with a string, on top.

Recyclables are newspapers, aluminum, glass, and plastic.  Please do not put household waste in the recyclable container – Montgomery County will not dump the container if they find household waste inside the container.  Should you have any questions about what you should recycle or any other associate matters and to request a recycling container please call the Montgomery County Government at (240) 777-6410.

Appliances such as refrigerators, freezers, stoves, washers, and dryers will be picked up on the recycling pickup day, which is Thursday.  You will need to call Montgomery County Government at (240) 777-6410 no later than 9:30am on Wednesday if you wish to have your appliance picked up Thursday.  The appliance must be placed at curbside by 7:00am on the scheduled Thursday; for safety reasons you will need to remove the doors from any refrigerator or freezer prior to setting it out for removal.  Call Montgomery County at (240) 777-6410 to schedule a bulk item pick-up.  For up-to-date information and rules regarding County provided pick-ups, please refer to their website at www.montgomerycountymd.gov/solidwaste.  You may wish to make arrangements to have your old appliance(s) removed by the company that delivers your new appliance(s).

These items include, but are not limited to, televisions, sofas and furniture, computers, mattresses and frames, construction debris, roof trusses, carpeting and carpet padding, bicycles, tires, microwaves, or any other related bulk items.  Should you have the need to dispose of these items, please contact Potomac Disposal, Inc. at (301) 294-9700, or you may also contact the Montgomery County Division of Solid Waste Services at (240) 777-6410 to schedule a bulk item pick-up.  For up-to-date information and rules regarding County provided pick-ups, please refer to their website at www.montgomerycountymd.gov/solidwaste

Potomac Disposal, Inc. will not accept any items requiring special handling such as hazardous materials.  Potomac Disposal, Inc. will also not accept items whose size, composition, or placement may damage their equipment during operation.  These items include, but are not limited to: metal components, mortar, brick, cement blocks, plasterboard, steel doors, pallets and other large wood frame items.

The Association cannot pick up and dispose of hazardous materials or other items as described in the above paragraph.  Call the Montgomery County division of Solid Waste at (240) 777-6410 to schedule a bulk item pick-up.  For up-to-date information and rules regarding County provided pick-ups, please refer to their website at www.montgomerycountymd.gov/solidwaste.

If you have any questions regarding proper disposal procedures, please contact the Avenel Community Association main office at (301) 299-5916.