Refuse Collection

Refuse Collection
Please keep these guidelines in mind when setting your garbage out for collection. For the collection schedule please refer to the maps section of this website.

• Refuse should be placed on tree lawns no earlier than 6:00 p.m. the night before and no later than 7:00 a.m. the morning of scheduled collection day
• City is not responsible for collections of automobile parts or building materials such as dirt, stone, explosives, etc.
• Branches, brush, etc. must be cut to 4 foot lengths and bundled
• Carpet must be rolled, bundles and tied, no longer than 3 feet
• Doors must be removed from refrigerators or freezers
• Grease from a cooled cooking fryer should be dumped into a filled trash bag(s) and then disposed of through standard collection. The other waste material will absorb the grease and will help to avoid a potential leak.
• Latex paint is not considered a hazardous material. It can be dried up with kitty litter, oil dry or paint hardier and then disposed of through standard collection. Oil based paint should be disposed of at a household hazardous waste round-up.

Rubbish Collection Forms

2012 Holiday Collection Schedule
Please note following Holiday's when collection will be altered.

• Memorial Day, May 28^th – Delayed by one day all week
• Independence Day, July 4^th – Delayed by one day after Holiday, collected July 5, 6, & 7
• Labor Day, Sept 3^rd – Delayed by one day all week
• Thanksgiving Nov. 22^nd – Delayed by one day after Holiday, collected Nov. 23 & 24
• Christmas Dec. 25^th –Delayed by one day after Holiday, collected Dec. 26, 27, 28 & 29