Knowledge Base

The city is divided into four residential sections. Trash and recycling collections are made weekly in residential areas. All residential customers must have a city-provided “Big Blue” container in order to receive weekly refuse collection. All trash for weekly collection must be in the blue container. The Solid Waste Management Division collects refuse in the blue containers weekly from the curb or alley, depending on your location. No trash collection will be made from private non-city issued trash containers. (Dumpster service is provided by private contractors.)

The city also offers recycling to all of its residents on the same day as regular trash pickup. This program provides each household with two 18-gallon recycling bins to be used on a weekly basis. One week citizens will place glass bottles, cans and plastic containers in the bins for collection. The next week bins filled with mixed paper — newspapers, junk mail, chipboard boxes (for example, cereal boxes and cake mix boxes) and corrugated cardboard — will be picked up. This co-mingled recycling program enhances recycling efforts and allows all residents to have the ability to take care of the environment.