Garbage map/schedules can be picked up at the City Clerk's Office or download here: ​

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Residents are provided with a 95-gallon garbage cart (black/green lid) and a 95-gallon recycling cart (light blue lid).Garbage pickup is weekly while recycling pickup is bi-weekly.

 

Garbage stickers can be purchased for $1.75 per sticker at the City Clerk's Office. One sticker can be placed on each additional garbage bag needed to be picked up beyond what can fit in the carts.

 

Additional garbage/recycling cans can be rented and paid for through Midwest Disposal for a fee. This is separate from your city service and will be billed directly from Midwest Disposal. Please contact Midwest Disposal at 815-804-3004.GARBAGE COLLECTION

 

Items Accepted: Kitchen waste, paper products, non-recyclable packaging, mixed paper and other odds and ends. All waste must be contained in provided cart.

 

Items not accepted: are loose trash, dirt, stone, rocks, hazardous materials, liquids, yard waste mixed with garbage, large auto and truck parts, tires, televisions, computers and other electronics, kitchen and laundry supplies, paint, engine and machine oils.

 

Bulk Items: Midwest Disposal will pick up two bulk item per week. Residents are asked to call Midwest Disposal 24 hours in advance to notify them of the bulk item(s) to ensure enough personnel are available to dispose of the items.

 

Additional bulk items must have a sticker, which can be purchased for $2.75 each at the City Clerk's Office. Bulk items consist of things such as a piece of furniture mattress/box spring (must be wrapped and taped with plastic) toilets must be separated and placed in plastic bags and taped (if dark bag mark - toilet)carpeting (cut into 2ft lengths and tied). ​​​

 

RECYCLING COLLECTION

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Recycling Schedule click Here

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Recycling Guide click Here

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NEWSPAPER/MIXED PAPER Anything that comes in the newspaper. Magazines/telephone books/catalogs/junk mail/envelopes. Brown paper grocery bags. Typing, computer printout paper, note paper. Frozen food trays and boxes. Chipboard, i.e. cereal boxes (liner removed). Gift boxes, small boxes (unwaxed), paper tubes. Corrugated boxes. (Please remove packing peanuts and all plastic materials from shipping boxes) Wet strength carrier stock. Office paper, school paper, annual reports. MLS books, NCR forms (Please remove plastic covers and steel binders from all office paper/files)​

 

ALUMINUM CANS Please rinse, and if possible, flatten aluminum foil and pie plates

TIN/STEEL and BI-METAL CANS Cookie tins or other decorative food tins. Empty aerosol cans. Please remove labels. Please rinse, and if possible, flatten.​

GLASS BOTTLES AND JARS Clear, brown, green and blue. Please rinse. You do not need to remove labels.

PLASTICS 1 PET 2 HDPE 3 PVCV  4 LPDE  5 PP  and 7 OTHER​WHAT IS NOT ACCEPTED INSIDE YOUR RECYCLING CONTAINER- Plastic bags, sheets, film, Tarps, Motor oil, insecticide or herbicide containers, Styrofoam blocks, Packing peanuts, Expanded foam and clear polystyrene (#6 plastic), Food-covered items, Food waste, Waxed paper, Wax cardboard, Fabrics, Wood, Tissue paper, Carbon paper, Hard cover books, Paper towels, Paper plates, Pots and Pans, Wire, Toys, Greasy pizza boxes, Aluminum siding, Window glass or mirrors, Ceramics or Pyrex dishes, Light bulbs.​

 

MIDWEST DISPOSAL SERVICES HOLIDAY SCHEDULE

There will be no curbside garbage pick-up on New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving or Christmas Day. When your pick-up falls on or after one of these holidays, your pick-up will be one day late during that week.​