Costs

Weekly Household Garbage Service

• Garbage must be placed inside city-issued garbage carts.
• All garbage must be bagged; no loose trash is permitted in the receptacle.                                                               
• Carts must be placed at least two feet apart from one another.
• Carts must be placed in the correct orientation, at least three feet from any obstructions to allow for service; the opening should face the street, and wheels should be away from the street.
• Carts should be placed by the street by 6:00 a.m. on the pickup date.
• Lids must be fully closed, and carts must be placed away from obstructions.
• Household hazardous waste, lumber, scrap metal, or car parts may not be placed curbside for collection

Yard Waste

• Yard waste is picked up every other week, on the same day as your routine garbage pickup.
• Up to six (6) cubic yards (9’L x 6’W x 3’H; see the image below) of tree limbs, sticks, shrub clippings, and other debris may be placed curbside each biweekly period.
• Leaves and grass clippings must be bagged.
• All limbs must be less than five feet (5’) in length, and less than six inches (6”) in diameter.
• If any unacceptable waste is mixed in with otherwise acceptable yard waste, the entire pile will not be picked up until the unacceptable waste is removed.

Unacceptable Yard Waste

• Fencing, railroad ties, landscape timber, plywood, furniture, decking, construction material, electronics, appliances, etc.
• Leaves or grass clippings that are not bagged.
• Material generated by a construction firm, contractor, or professional landscaping/tree service.
• Material generated from the clearing of a lot.