I've had Apple Valley Waste as my waste management service since I moved here in 2006. I've never had a complaint about the service. Trash and recycling pickup has always been timely and the times when it couldn't be because of snow or ice, a phone message has been sent out letting folks know. The call back service that customer service provides if lines are busy is a nice feature. The folks I've spoken with have always been helpful and polite. I'd like to give a special shout out to Diana who helped me get setup with Big Handy Bags (an awesome service!!!) as well as answering my questions. Diana was a delight to talk with. Ellen read more

Had this service for over a month now and they have not taken my recycling, will not give me a reason why, and will not return messages. I have followed directions closely and cannot find a reason for them to not take my recycling. Customer Service is non existent. read more

Apple Valley was okay for the first year I had them. This year (2026), their service has been VERY INCONSISTENT! They do not proactively communicate with customers and leave you with rotting trash sometimes for three days past the regularly scheduled pick up date. I am dropping them. They do not care for their customers. read more

Awful! Trash pickup was inconsistent. They missed 4 weeks in the past 2 months. I canceled the service almost 3 weeks ago and went with another provider. I am still waiting for them to pick up their cans. I called 3 times. The last time was on Friday, and they said they would get them on Monday. It's now Wednesday, and they are still there. read more

They never ever pick up their phone. Always one ring then straight to voicemail. And when they do answer they always have an attitude. Trying to schedule bulk pickups or even pay your bill is terrible. read more

Getting 1 star because 0 isn't an option. The absolute worst company I have ever dealt with. No schedule what so ever for when or most importantly IF the trash gets picked up. Customer service flat out lies and will blame a new driver on the route on missed pickups, then promises they will be out the next day and never they never show. Right now my neighborhood looks like a NYC trash strike. Just cancelled and my new "green can" service starts next week. read more

Terrible customer service team from the person who answers the phone to the manager overseeing the customer service department... trash pick up is acceptable and fairly consistent... I did encounter a issue with recycling pickup and was put through the ringer by the customer service department.. I am debating on alternative services but there simply isn't much other options... read more

Always pick up our trash with no issue and on time. When I call/text for bulk pick up they make experience easy so I don't have to worry about disposing them. One of the customer service Reps, Amber M was very helpful and friendly. Thanks again! read more

Failed to pick up trash refused to credit week told they'll do a double pick up next week. Don't know how that's suppose to help only average 3 bags per week, not the first time, also neighbors add bags to ours but the company fails to address it. read more

I sent up a new service with Apple Valley Waste in August and my rep was very helpful but there was an issue with setting up the account. The rep got ahold of someone named Daniel at the Baltimore location and not only did Daniel call me right away and fix whatever the issue was, but he also stated my dumpster would be delivered the same day and it was! I have never spoken to someone at a company that wanted to ensure I as the customer was not only taken care of but also completely satisfied. He reached out to me yesterday just to make sure I was still happy with the service and if there was anything else he could do to support my business. Amazing! read more

They stink more than the trash that gets left out and not picked up EVERY time. We have spent $300 for essentially worthless service. They have missed pickups 3 times in the span of 3-4 months that we've been at our residence. When did come out, they LITERALLY left a bag that was out on the ground (due to the can being full since THEY were the ones who missed the pickup and it had to go into the 2nd week.) **Instead, they SERIOUSLY left a note on our can saying to not leave trash on the ground. Umm..it was one bag and that's because the can was full. But they are going to take the time to leave a note and not get the bag, OR the other can that was right beside the large trash can. Bags have never been left out like that before. So I don't know if they were trying to be pissy and make a point of no garbage on the ground but it's been horrendous and so dumb and petty with them. If you try to call them, you can't get a hold of the main office. Instead it's a call center. When we asked to get a hold of them directly since we had already called in 2x's for trash to be picked up after the miss, the lady simply said she'd email them. Yeah, ok... Absolutely horrible, horrible service. read more

their customer service is nothing like it used to be. Billing is awful and very confusing, and when you call, they can't even explain it ! i recently tried to place my service on a seasonal hold and what a fiasco. was not given credit for the last two paid months of the year, and then was billed for another 6 weeks of service because service couldn't be placed on hold unless I paid a yearly fee and then they could put credit on my account !!!! So you want to use my money for free ????? Canceled my service that I've had for over 25+ years and went with the competitor. A whole lot cheaper and none of that crazy billing stuff about prepay to place service on hold. If there was a rating lower than 1 star, I'd have selected it ! read more

I needed to know about what the dump takes and what they don't. I spoke to Donita and she was so very helpful. I was unaware that I could schedule bulk pick ups and more importantly, other than the flat screen tv, it was free! This was so very helpful, as I really did not have the money to pay for it either at home or at the dump. She was really great and you don't get a lot of customer service that measures up to what she provided to me. read more

I have requested that my extra trash receptacle be picked up three weeks in a row. The Custome Service Representative has ensured me that the Operations Manager has been notified and has reported that it was accomplish twice now. Awaiting response once again to see when and if this will be accomplished. I have also requested the contact information of the Operations Manager's Supervisor. We shall see if they will provide this to me. read more

when I think everyone, especially Amber, mock, and Ruth, for being so kind over the phone and sympathetic because of the loss of my mom, taking the time to listen and reacting very quickly, when I thank all of the workers We're good how are you? that pick up my trash they do an excellent job with cleaning everything up hats off to you guys that work so hard and get up early especially during the cold weather. Be safe out there. credit is due , know that someone recognizes what you do. !!!! thank you again for your good service. read more

Multiple times AVW have dropped the ball and not collected our trash. Their teams are messy and frankly lazy. After we take the time and separate our trash and recycling; AVW just collects it all into the same truck. I am honestly not surprised that people are getting other providers: I am glad we moved away so we don't have to deal with their incompetence anymore. read more

Apple Valley Waste took over our collection maybe 4-5 years ago. Their price continues to increase and service decreases! When they p/u neighbors trash 3ft from mine, and do not get mine (yes my bill is paid), their excuse is we have a new guy! No refund...just we will get it NEXT week! It was already a day late being picked up and there was no text, email or post stating a delay. Sadly, they know they are the only service provider in Morgan County, so they can charge what they want, and provide subpar service and get away with it. If I were younger and able to take my trash to the landfill myself, I definitely would! read more

I am happy with apple valley waste. Great service and great customer care. Would recommend to anyone.

Quite literally the worst garbage company I have ever seen. They are inconsiderate, unreliable, and only want your money. If you use their services, you should expect to be woken up every time they come to take your trash by them banging your cans and slamming things around. You can expect that any loose trash, like tissues, water bottles, or literally ANYTHING, that falls from your cans will be left on the ground because they don't pick it up once it hits the ground. You can expect that if there is a holiday on Monday, your trash pickup on any other day that week WILL NOT HAPPEN. They don't care that your pick up is Wednesday and the holiday was Monday, you can expect your trash not to be picked up that week. They have no regard for their customers, they take so much of your money and have nothing to show for it. Do yourself a favor and AVOID APPLE VALLEY WASTE AT ALL COSTS. I'm pretty certain that the positive reviews are from bots and people who work there because, as you can tell from the reviews, that are just as trash as the garbage they pick up when they feel like it. **THEY CHARGE FOR RECYCLING AND DONT ACTUALLY RECYCLE** read more

They don't even deserve a 1 star, a zero is more like it! Terrible customer service! Had trouble with them picking up our recycle and saying it was not out! Recycle was today and can has been out since last night and still outside and not emptied! And the company specifically told me both cans will be picked up today because I canceled service! Still outside! Going with Panhandle on recommendations from neighbors! read more

I have had no issue with their pickups.. but the rate hikes in the past 4 years have sent up a red flag. I bought my house in June 2018 and it did take them several weeks to get me my trashcan, and that was after I called them about it. I was paying ~$73/quarter, and they have increased several times in recent years... most recent notice was my march invoice saying it is now over $93/quarter. I get the gas price increases in past year, but this was a $5/quarter increase for that, if they want to blame it on gas costs. I sent them several messages on their site, with no response whatsoever, and I am now looking at joining their competition! read more

I have used this service for several years with great reliability and accountability. Recently, the service has been unreliable. From we are short staffed, to it's a holiday, to the roads were bad. I do not want my garbage setting from week to week without being picked up from my home! For years service was stellar. Now, not so much! Why? One invoice they were responsible and gave a credit for no pick up service. This time ...sorry Charlie....not a great experience! read more

I live in rural Jefferson County West Virginia. Apple Valley Waste has provided trash and recycling service to our home for over eight years now. There have been regular but manageable issues for years, and we just lived with it. Today, only about a third of my recycling was picked up, they left the rest of it in my front yard, and I was absolutely baffled. I tried to call, and it took me quite a while to get through to a person. When I did finally speak to a person, they notified me that I have always had a "one can limit" for recycling. When I pointed out that this had never been an issue before in over eight years, including times when I had an entire winter's worth of recycling out on the first nice day of the season, the person continued to regurgitate that that must've been an error on the part of the drivers, and that they had all been fired. I made it clear that it wasn't a one time thing where we had put out lots of recycling, it was a regular thing, as we don't put out the recycling every single week because sometimes the weather doesn't allow for it. I was escalated to a supervisor, who regurgitated the same kind of company bureaucracy, saying that it's policy and it's beyond their control. I continued to call nonsense, because it literally *never* happened before today in 8 1/2 years. When I pointed out that I had never even been issued this *can* that they were referring to, that I had only ever been issued small recycling bins, they said they would drop off a can. It would be one thing if they simply said their policy changed, and they were straightforward and honest about it. That kind of gaslighting where they tell you that your experience couldn't have possibly been true, and the policy it always been there all along? Yeah, no. Our rates certainly have gone up, but the service has gone down down down down down. It used to be possible to get through to someone directly in the office, and now they have some crappy answering service that doesn't know anything. We are actively seeking to move out of this area, and I honestly can't wait to never have to deal with this horrible company ever again. At this point, it would be easier to simply take our recycling to a grocery store that has recycling inside than deal with this nonsense. Apple Valley Waste sucks, they are truly the worst. read more

Very poor customer service and service! I contacted them to let them know I would no longer be needing their service for trash due to moving. I also asked them to schedule pickup for the bulk items I had as well as the remaining trash after I moved. I paid my bill for February and March, and I contacted them on March 8, 2024, to say stop service as of March 31 and to schedule bulk pickup. They contacted me saying bulk pickup would be March 14 that Thursday, and my final bill was due April 8. Paid final bill March 30. As of March 30, nobody came to pick up my bulk items or trash. I contacted them to let them know nobody picked up. No response. I again, 3rd time, contacted them, and no response. Took my money for final bills and got no service. It's as if they don't care as long as they get paid and fall off the face of the earth with no response. This isn't the 1st time I called for bulk items since being with Apple, and it was not picked up, and trash was not picked up. And to pay and not get services expected. Unacceptable!! read more

Been with apple valley for a year and all the sudden my trash is not getting picked up. When I call them it takes a week for a supervisor to call me back. Then a Karen tells me it's my fault. F them. read more

Just moved to the area. Never been more dissatisfied with garbage disposal. Customer service has such a "who cares"/bummer dude attitude. Missed trash pickups, wait times of over 20 mins for "customer assistance" Flat out awful. read more

If I could leave ZERO STARS, I would. Used this trashy trash company for the past four years due to no other option. Company had weird, unpredictable hours and left trash strewn about our yard and driveway every single time. Apparently they came in the night and stole the red trash can I KNOW we purchased from them in 2016. Called just now and spoke to the rep about the matter, and she said very condescendingly they "don't sell their trash cans." I know it's a lie and that we purchased the trash can. This is (was) the most crooked, unreliable company I've ever worked with. Good riddens---My business (and everyone else's in my neighborhood) has now gone to their competitor. 10 THUMBS DOWN. read more

You all want to hear something funny it took them eight weeks to bring me a trash can but when I cancelled my service it only took them three days to come pick up the trash can shaking my head if they only reversed this strategy they may not be losing so many customers read more

My mother is 91 years old. Just about everytime they pick up the trash, they leave the empty can in the middle of the road with the lid open to fill up with water! We've called the office multiple times to no avail. I'm canceling my service as soon as I find a replacement. The office tells me they've told the driver everytime what's the point? read more

Got rate increase and still never know when they are coming must be COVID-19 blame it on something

Got home around 8:15 am on Tuesday 12/31/19 after going out for breakfast. They had already been by and did the pick up for my development. They never come that early. They usually come between 11 am and 1 pm. I do not set my trash out the night before because of animals getting into it, so I set it out Tuesday morning. I missed the pick up. Why don't they let the customer know if they are going to be early? read more

We have been with them for years, and never a complaint. The last several years the price has went up so much. We were paying $88.20 the last bill. We paid $72 last November. The service has been being delayed, not knowing when they will come now. I tried cancelling on the phone, and they make you do it on line. Sad to leave, but we got a place $40 cheaper a quarter. read more

My girlfriends house was caught in a divorce settlement the house sat empty for 9 months. She recieved a bill for the past due amount for said 9 months after moving back in. We called apple vally waste and asked is there any contract agreement under trash services? They replied " NO you are not under contract". So how can you charge for 9 months of trash that you didnt pick up if there is no contract? AVW responded we charge the same as a water bill or electric bill. Well then why wasnt it cut off after 1 month of non payment? Monopoly, crooks! read more

they did not show up often especially during the winter time. I was constantly getting voicemails, saying they didn't have enough people to help pick up. When I wanted to cancel, they told me I couldn't cancel without telling them what my next Trash Company Pl. was going to be and show an actual receipt of payment to new place. Then when I called and I told them that I needed to cancel and I wasn't going to tell them when my next company was going to be, they told me it was policy. I went back-and-forth with five emails then I called to speak to a supervisor and she said she was not available. She'll have to call me back. I called the police because everything seems fishy. They said I'd have to take them to Civil court. When I spoke to other people in neiborhood , they had numerous issues with them as well. Were they continued to charge them even though they moved out and they had to go to court. read more

APW is despicable. We missed 2 payments because of unemployment. Our service was suspended, so our property became a "junkyard" of sorts. We paid the arrears off and had one pickup of one container then were billed over $200. Customer Service was uncaring, unhelpful, rude, and robotic -- no humanity whatsoever. They said we have to pay for the unsuspended time. We refuse to pay for services not rendered. We quit, and they promptly removed their four containers off our property after I wrote them a letter. We had to write them in order to cancel. DO NOT EVER USE APPLE VALLEY WASTE. THEY ARE LESS THAN A ZERO RATING AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED! read more

Customer service is terrible. Promised a call back. Never heard back from the snippy CSR.

Since March ...its now almost July, I have to call and ask why our trash and several neighbors have not been picked up. They accuse you of not putting it out on time. Mine is out before dark the night before. It takes several calls, emails, each week to get service. In the meantime our trash is overflowing, animals get into it. I even wrote to corporate office...no response. Writing to BBB next. Horrible service! read more

The customer service representatives were nice but unfortunately my problem was not resolved. Our community has trash pick up on Wednesday's after the pick up I noticed piles of trash on multiple streets from where the truck had compacted and trash had fallen out. I contacted Apple Valley Waste on Thursday and was told I would get a call back. I didn't. I called again Friday and was told they would be right out to clean it up again nothing. It is now Monday I called again and this time was told I would have to wait until Wednesday for them to clean it up. We are a big community with a lot of children. There is glass screws and other waste everywhere!! I will be switching to another company. I am also encouraging our whole community to do the same! read more

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They pick up 2 large items per month and recycle plastics and metals = win/win.

They consistently pick up trash, however they could do much better with recycling. This is not an isolated event, but they don't show up until late in the afternoon to pick up recycling. If it is a windy day forget it, the bottles are all over the neighborhood. I have to call them to ask if they are going to pickup but always put on hold and no one picks up. I leave notes for them and usually someone gets back to me. Another thing that is troublesome is that I've seen them use regular trash trucks to pickup recycling. I wonder if this is really being recycled??? read more