I have been with Red Oak for most of the years since we moved here in Suwannee ga and despite of changes and services has changed over that period still have good costumer service, anytime I call in work hours they respond immediately and resolve my issues; which Is great because i don't want to deal changing services. read more

WORST EVER DISPOSAL COMPANY!!! Half the time they do not show up on their designated day and several times they have not even shows up for the week. After many complaints from many home owners nothing has changed. We are currently looking for an alternative company. Do not use if you have a choice! read more

Worst customer service. Called multiple times to get missed trash pick up. Neve happened until following week. Called & requested credit. Told no problem, it will be reflected on next bill. Next bill comes, no credit. Call in & they say that happened to long ago, we can't adjust the bill now. WTF. Ask for supervisor, she calls me back (i was surprised), she says well it was picked up the following week. read more

CALL AT 8 AM for customer service. They will actually answer the phone! Cancelled our service today due to horrible customer service, constantly having to call to get recycle picked up. They never call back when you choose option for next available representative to call you back. They do not respond to online requests for service through their website. read more

Terrible service. Our HOA made use switch to advance disposal services. We had zero issues with our previous provider. Now our trash and recycle containers are consistently picked up late. Our trash and recycle were supposed to be picked up on Wednesday. They picked up my trash today but the recycle has still not been picked up. The neighborhood stinks, and when I call in their automated system says my recycle was picked up Wednesday morning, which isn't accurate. There is no self service option or easy way to report a missed pick up. If I wasn't being forced to use advanced disposal as my provider I would cancel. read more

The crappiest service ever. They always forget to pick up my trash so I have to schedule a "special's pick up. The neighbors around me have already changed over to a different company and I will be doing the same. I was told that my account was suspended and I had to pay BEFORE the due date in order for them to pick up my trash. I currently owe a negative amount on my account and yet, they still refuse to pick up my trash. Terrible customer service. Oh they picked my recycling but not my trash. Ridiculous read more

The merger with Waste Management has been the worst here in the Cumming, GA area. I have called to see what is going on but after a lengthy hold time they don't have any reason why recycling hasn't been picked up other than the "route was delayed". They now haven't picked up for two weeks in a row and another 3 out of the last 6 weeks - while they have increased rates. Our quarter is up at the end of May and we will be changing (and as a subdivision) since we are all experiencing the lack of service / communication. Do yourself a favor and look at another provider. read more

I am posting again as it has gotten worse. I cannot even give a one star because it is that bad but I don't have a choice. Also, FYI to everyone Waste Management has purchased Advanced so we ware. This is my email to Advanced Wow... that's all I can say! WE have been customers for many years as has 95% of our neighborhood and we have been satisfied for many years. 6 yes 6 times in the past two months you all have not picked up our neighborhood recycling on trash day. At least 4 of those times you picked up the next day. Two weeks ago you picked up two days late at 6:30 AM on a Saturday which is against noise ordinance for Forsyth County. This week you skipped out neighborhood all together for recycling. If this is a preview of Waste Management I can guarantee that you will lose this whole neighborhood. This is not the service we have become use too and you all should be embarrassed. read more

Customer Service ranks with the like of AT&T. Absolutely horrid. You cannot get anyone on the phone or get a response in email. Their message states they will reply promptly. Their promptly must mean something different than mine... like when I feel like it or "never". They are good at trash pick up but large item pick up is a joke. They will not do it; does not matter what you put out there they will find a way to ignore you. Attempting to resolve any issue over the phone other than pay the bill, you will have better luck spitting in the wind. read more

I don't like to write bad reviews but it got to the point that the service was just horrible. They did not pick up the trash for the whole month of April. I've been calling them on the weekly bases with no good results. I finally canceled the service because it is very obvious that this company doesn't care about their customers at all. Overall, ever since they merged with Waste Management the service has been awful and Customer Service is no help what so ever! read more

We have had this company 4 just over 2 years. Their price doubled in that time with no notification. Customer service is non-existent. Even sales does not respond to opportunities. Their business model is to screw their customers with unannounced rate increases that keep them just below their competitors. I will compare prices on a regular basis and change the first chance I get just because of their poor business practices. read more

Terrible customer service. Go with someone else. Problems over and over again. They skip our house all the time

What can I say......when they are good they are good; but for some unknown reason they just skip our house and one or two of the neighbors now and then. One the great side if you call and complain nicely they will come back by. I don't get it lol???? read more

What are we consumers to do? I've used Advanced for some years now and never had a complaint. But they were bought last year by Waste Management, a company that is almost universally hated for its horrible customer service and unreliable pick up. WM has now ruined Advanced. They may pick up on Thursday, Friday, or Saturday, or they may not pick up at all. And when they do, the6 leave my bin in the middle of the drive, out in the street and with the lid open so that it fills with rain. Now imagine every house in the neighborhood has trash bins out in the street. It's a safety hazard! So, there is now only one other company that services my area. But what am I to do if I switch to it and it also is bought by WM? Come on Cobb County, go back to county garbage service so we don't have to depend on these scammers! When I lived in SC waste disposal service was included in your property tax pi's once annually, and either the county or the city government provided the service. read more

Had this service for years and they've gone downhill in a hurry. Horrible consistency in trash pickup, lucky if they pick up yard waste at all. Call to complain and they lecture you that you did something wrong. (I pack yard waste in Lowe's bags like 99 percent of the rest of the neighborhood.)When a company has 1 star reviews consistently you'd think management would step in and say, "maybe we do suck and need a change". Nah, the bubbas running this one are clueless. read more

For a trash company, they are absolute garbage. They miss pickups, no one is able to resolve anything and they promise callbacks that never come. They are so bad to the point that I am dropping my service and getting Waste Management (even though they have purchased Advanced Disposal) just so I can get regular service. I honestly think they don't really care about their customers at all. read more

0 stars is even more appropriate. This company is absolutely horrible at customer service and they do not care. They started out as Community Waste Services, merged with Advanced Disposal Services, and are now merging with Waste Management. Each time the cost has gone up and service has gone down. Just this year costs have increased 20%. I emailed their customer service portal, after 8 days no response, tried calling and having a call back when available (never got a return call), and now have been on hold for 33 minutes. Someone finally picks up and they say that the beverage refrigerator I have has to be red tagged before they will pick it up. NO WHERE on their website does it indicate, so I now I get to start the entire process over. Republic Services is the only other option here and they are even worse. If someone....anyone... started a service at the same price with better service customers would come in droves. read more

This company is trash. Absolute trash. Their website said service would be pushed back a day due to Memorial Day, but they came on the usual day - Tuesday. I called THAT DAY at 10:30 am and requested a call back due to heavy call volume. Waited over 2 hours and never got a call. Called again and sat on hold for 45 minutes. Hung up and called like I was calling to set up new service. Spoke to someone who said they'd have someone out the next day - Wednesday. End of Wednesday I called again. Same thing. Sat on hold forever and ended up just hanging up and calling like I was scheduling service. I was told they technically have until Thursday. So I call around 1:30 Thursday and go through the long hold time again. 45 minutes on hold after pressing the proper buttons on the phone tree. Finally hang up and call back like I'm setting up new service. Got a person in 3 minutes! Asked to speak to a manager. I was told again that they'd be out today (Thursday). I spoke to a manager, expressing my issue with the long hold time and insisted someone come get my trash TODAY because there's flies and it stinks!! I was told they have until 6:00 pm to come get it. Here it is 5:40 pm Thursday and guess what -- my trash is still on the curb!!! I tried to call customer service again but they are closed. We just moved here and started service with this company. This is the worst service I've ever received from a trash company. We will definitely be changing. read more

Service...None! Follow Up...None! Attitude...Poor! Employees...Pitiful! Trucks...Dirty! Q...But is your bill paid? A....Yes, three months in advance! Q...But did you have cans out by 6 am on scheduled day? A...Yes, the cans out now have been there for over a week! Obviously by the many other complaints this company has a staffing problem. The appearance of this situation is that ADVANCED DISPOSAL SERVICES DRIVERS ACTUALLY RUN THE COMPANY. read more

Nobody ever answers the phone even during business hours. I have called six times had two representatives trying to get my old owners trash cans taken. Nobody will take the trashcan. The old owner and I have both separately paid removal fees and still nobody will come. Nobody answers the phone in the online features don't work. Better off burning your trash than dealing with these people. read more

Extremely frustrating to deal with. I scheduled a bulk pick up for an out door chair, originally I was going to put it in a big box, but decided place it beside the trash can not in the box as the box was very large and unmanageable. They did not pick Up since it was a box, yet I have 3 neighbors that placed the exact same type chair out with their trash and didn't call for a bill pick up and they took theirs. It as if they just enjoy being difficult! Terrible to work with. read more

they have owed us $19.55 since July 1st. they are the worst company around. We just want our money that is owed to us.

Waste Management has horrible service, regularly misses pick ups, increases rates annually with no explanation, and their "customer service" people are unwilling to help at all. One star is generous. They are a terribly run company and have no interest in their paying customers. read more

This company claims to have 6500 trucks. Well they must not have any one to drive them. Because no one picks up your trash. I have called numerous times over the past few years for missed pick up. They promise to come back out never do. Poor customer service you will wait n hour to talk to someone. Do not hire this company read more

Zero stars would be more effective but I know a rating has to be given. Like the person recently posted, I too have not had service for almost 2 weeks now. Our recycling is backed up soo much and we have literally had to call EVERY. SINGLE. WEEK. SINCE DECEMBER just to get someone out here to pick our recycling up. If we are trying to make the world a better place by "saving the environment, then why does this company make it so damn difficult. We have now placed 3 missed pickups and nothing has been done. We keep getting the delayed route crap too. Don't believe it. Every single week a route is delayed and NEVER COMES. Do yourself a favor go somewhere else for trash and recycling services. read more

I hate hate hate yelp. I also hate being that bitchy entitled person that leaves yelp reviews... BUT I can't get in touch with anyone at the company and I've been letting the frustration build for MONTHS. Wtf is going on at this company? The garbage people have absolutely shattered and broken my trashcan and it is never even right-side up after pickup. Honestly, that's not even a big deal, but it is always sitting in my driveway sideways with garbage EVERYWHERE. The last few weeks they've taken my top bag out and thrown it in the driveway and then dumped the trash and naturally left the can sideways in the driveway. I mean duuude.. they left a sticker on my trashcan a few years back about leaving it on the other side of my driveway and I make a point to leave it on the correct side now. I respect the shit out of our garbage people, but I'm not sure what has happened in the last few months. It is completely absurd, again, not a review leaver... I just don't know where else to vent this. Please please make some changes yall, I used to fully appreciate and respect this company and its hard workers. I am looking for a switch now as this is nuts. read more

Stay away! Terrible service, high prices and no support from the staff. They constantly leave my can in the middle of the drive way or road. Now they change their holiday pickup schedule with no notifications and you can't reach anyone to get trash picked up. Will not be renewing with them after current bill cycle. read more

I switched from Red Oak Sanitation to Advanced Disposal Services North Atlanta because the customer service at Red Oak was flat out non-responsive and, except for the recycling team, their pickup service providers were deliberately inconsiderate. What a difference so far. Advanced provides essentially the same service for about the same price, but in contrast, their customer service has been great. Basically, all I wanted to do was pay my bill, have them pick up as advertised, and leave the containers upright and on the driveway instead of dumped on the grass. Advanced Disposal seems more than happy to do that and I don't have to put up with burned in grass spots anymore! Perfect service and I'm a happy customer. read more

Their garbage pickup is fine but they cannot get their recycling pickup together. They often don't pick up on the scheduled day or I have had them get my neighbor's recycling, right next door to me, and then skip mine. read more

Really bad service . Left trash . Going with another company. . This just keeps getting worse. read more

WORST SERVICE EVER. We live in Gwinnett County and have no choice of trash providers. We have to use them. It is always something- either they don't pick up at all on the entire street, or don't pick up yard waste, or carelessly leave bins out in the road. When you call customer service you are put on hold for at least half an hour, finally giving up and leaving your number to be called back. Sometimes you get a call back, sometimes not. read more

I payed for lawn bag removal 4 weeks ago Advanced Disposal took my money. I had to call them every week and I put a note on the bags stating it was payed for and they refused to pick it up. I eventually had to call and ask for a refund. read more

Awful service. Not only does the call center not have any idea what they are doing, the actual service guys are a joke as well. I immediately canceled my service after being treated as an insignificant individual. Advanced Disposal doesn't treat their paying customers as such and they do not care about a customer's concern. I eventually spoke with a supervisor and she was very rude and unapologetic. Don't expect much out of this company. Please avoid at all costs. I am happy to pay more for better service as Advanced Disposal's service is abysmal. If you are in the Cumming/Forsyth area, contact Red Oak. read more

If there was ever a reason to READ THE REVIEWS before giving a company your business, THIS IS THE COMPANY.....Do yourself a favor and use virtually ANY other service, as none could possibly be more incompetent, uncaring and just plain pathetic. In discussing this with my new service I just employed, I was told that he had hired away several top employees who were so UNHAPPY with ADVANCED DISPOSAL, they just up and qui and he has since hired them. WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU? Word is that Waste Management Company is looking to buy Advanced Disposal, though I am not sure what this will mean for improved service if/when this buy-out occurs. read more

I have been a customer of Advanced Disposal for 3 years. I am about to cancel my service for the following reasons: 1. A "Live" person never seems to answer the phone. You either can hold for ever or leave a call back number. I have left my number many times and no one ever calls back. 2. I log in quarterly to pay my bill on line. If you don't log in more frequently it locks you out and you have to call the office for a reset pin, therefore, see note #1 above. There are too many companies to choose from to have to deal with this. read more

Never had a problem until recently, have not had my trash picked up in 3 weeks. After reading these reviews I'm a little nervous about trying to cancel my service tomorrow and request a refund for my last payment. read more

The other day I cut down a bush in my yard. I placed everything outside with my garbage cans. Advanced refused to pick up the branches. The bush was a Holly Bush. My wife called advance up and the lady said they would send someone out to pick up the branches. In the morning I cut all the large pieces of branches off and disposed of them. All that was left was a 3' high pile of bushes. After sending someone all the way out to my house, which I was not aware of since they were to lazy to come to my front door, to advise me they would not take the branches. I received a recording call saying I had to bundle up the branches in sections no longer than 4' and tie them up. I could load this pile onto a truck in 2 minutes. This is a very lazy company, and their customer service stinks. Gary Z read more

just go elsewhere, like all other reviews say their customer service is horrible and theyll pick up your trash on whatever day the feel like it read more

Trash service by a trash company. Cancelled services cause they refuse to pick up trash and recycling every week. Tried to call and was on hold for over an hour without getting someone. Not dealing with this. Disputing payment with my credit card provider for not providing service that I pay for. Let this trash company deal with my credit card company since it's clear they don't want to do their job and pick up my trash. They actually tried to raise my rate when I got the new bill. Now why would I pay more for something you don't even do in the first place. read more

Every time they come and pick up our trash, they do not get everything out of the trash can. When they place the container bag on a ground, they just throw it anywhere in the road. This container was brand new 3 months ago and now, the wheel is coming off and the top is broken. read more