Toter trash carts are improving the way Harrisonburg collects trash!  The Toter trash carts have been delivered to the addresses they service, and our sanitation crews are already seeing a big improvement.  The new Toter system utilizes a Toter trash cart that attaches to a tipper plate, attached to each of the City's sanitation trucks, to lift the 96- or 48-gallon Toter trash carts provided by Public Works for use at each of the serviced addresses.  The Toter program is cleaner, quicker, and has less of a physical impact on our sanitation workers.  We know you have questions, visit the Toter-FAQ [1] page to see answers to some of the most common Toter questions. Do not see your question in the FAQ's [1]?  Email your question to PublicWorks@HarrisonburgVa.gov [2] or call the office at 540-434-5928.

The new Toter trash cart program will offer a wide range of benefits, including:

• Ease of use for citizens
• Improved curb appeal on "trash day" by making sure everyone has a large, uniform trash cart instead of placing bags on the ground
• Creating progress toward the City's Environmental Action Plan [3] goals
• Increased employee safety by reducing the amount of lifting staff has to endure
• Cleaner streets and stormwater systems (thanks to enclosed, lidded trash carts keeping debris out of the City road and stormwater ways)
• Improved collection operations and efficiency
• Enhanced COVID-19 safety

Toters are here! Toter Delivery Flyer - English [4] [388KB]

¡Los Toter están aquí! - Toter Delivery Flyer - Español [5] [742KB]

Toter Delivery Flyer - Arabic [6] [7MB]

Send us your questions at PublicWorks@HarrisonburgVa.gov [2], call us at 540-434-5928, or visit our FAQ [1] page.

Did you know?

Each Public Works Sanitation crew member physically handled more than 1 million pounds of refuse in 2019.