Waste Collection
Natural Gas Natural gas is delivered to customers in Wake Forest by PSNC Energy, www.psncenergy.com. To set up service call ☎ 877-776-2427.
Telephone, TV, Internet For high-speed internet, cable, phone service and digital TV, contact one of the providers below. Please note that new telephone numbers may be assigned either a 919 or 984 area code. The new 984 area code overlays the 919 area code. For local calls, you must use all ten digits of the telephone number. Dialing a “1” or a “0” before the number is not necessary.
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using a 48-gallon cart. Our program has been cited nationwide for its high customer participation rate and rate of recycling. Yard waste is collected by Town of Wake Forest crews and the town contracts with Republic Services to provide garbage and recycling service. For detailed information about garbage, recycling and yard waste collection in the town limits visit the town’s website or pick up a copy of the Resident’s Guide to Garbage, Recycling & Yard Waste Pick-Up brochure at town hall. You can request a copy mailed to you by calling ☎ 919-435-9570.
CenturyLink. 14111 Capital Blvd. ☎ 888-723-8010 or 919-554-2445. www.centurylink.com Windstream Communications. ☎ 866-445-5880. www.windstream.com Time Warner Cable. ☎ 866-489-2669. www.timewarner.cable.com Verizon Wireless at Wake Forest. 11804 Galaxy Dr.
☎ 919-556-3664 or 800-837-4966. www.verizonwireless.com ATT. 10760 Wakefield Commons Dr. Ste. 107. Raleigh. ☎ 919-543-6422.
Sprint. www.sprint.com
Waste Collection Important Contacts Town of Wake Forest Public Works Department.
234 Friendship Chapel Road. ☎ 919-435-9570.
www.wakeforestnc.gov/residents-publicworks_ sanitation.aspx Wake County Recycling & Waste Disposal. www.wakegov.com/recycling
Residents that live in the town limits receive weekly curbside collection service for garbage, recycling and yard waste. You do not need to apply for new service. However, if you need rollout carts when you arrive at your new home, please call the Public Works Department ☎ 919-435-9570. You should have two carts—one for garbage and a smaller one for recyclables. Wake Forest was the first municipality in Wake County to offer roll-out comingled curbside recycling
About Your Rollout Carts: Each residence receives
one rollout garbage cart and one rollout recycling cart. To order extra rollout carts call the Public Works Department at ☎ 919-435-9570. The annual fee for each additional garbage cart is $127.68/yr. and each additional recycling cart is $41.52/yr. If you move, leave your carts in the garage or behind your home. Proper positioning of the carts: When you place the carts at the curb, please leave four feet of space between the carts so that the arm mechanisms of the collection truck can reach the cart. Carts should be placed away from light poles, mailboxes and fire hydrants. Live outside the city limits? Residents outside the
Wake Forest city limits can choose to contract with Republic Services or Waste Industries for residential trash collection services. Visit their websites to set up service: www.republicservices.com or www.
wasteindustries.com
Wake County provides two trash and recycling drop off locations in Wake Forest for residents that live outside the town limits and that do not receive