Are you familiar with St. Petersburg City Ordinance 27-277 Unlawful Disposal of Refuse Class IV? This ordinance states: “It shall be unlawful to deposit garbage, industrial waste, garden trash, tree trimmings, non combustibles or rubbish on the premises of another or upon any street, alley, park, or other public property, or in any canal, water, waterway, rock pit, pool or lake within the City, or in any garbage or rubbish container which another person shall have paid the collection fee.” This is followed up by 27-296.3 Unlawful Practices: “It is unlawful and a violation of this article for any person to do or permit to be done any act which is in violation of this article. Such a prohibited act is punishable by a fine of $500.00 per incident. An incident is deemed the removal of materials from a single place.” Translation: If you dump something, you could be slapped with a hefty fine.
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What kind of junk appliances and e-waste are you holding onto? We’re talking about things like old TVs, cell phones, computers, monitors and just about anything else you need to plug in to power up. All of that is consider electronic waste which means you can’t toss it out with the rest of the trash. The good news is that you could drive over to the St. Petersburg Value Fair Market parking lot where a mobile unit will collect all that e-waste from you. The bad news is this event happened back on November 2nd. Does this mean you’re stuck with your e-waste? Not at all if you call Junk King Sarasota today.