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Refuse
and Recycling Program
The
Village's five-year refuse hauling contract with Allied Waste
took effect on March 19, 2007. Under this contract, Allied picks up trash, yard waste
and recyclables for all residents in the Village. Pick up day
is Monday for all residents west of the Fox River, in Season's
Ridge, and in the area generally west of Lewis Street and south
of Hartway Drive. Pick up day is Wednesday for all other residents.
Residents
may put out 2 cans or bags of trash along with unlimited recycling
each week. One kraft bag or bundle of yard waste may also
be discarded each week without a disposal sticker. Additional
cans, yard waste bags or additioinal items such as furniture, appliances, etc. will require a disposal sticker
that may be purchased at the Village Hall or local stores (Montgomery
Market Place and Jewel). Brush and leaf pick-up
will also be conducted by the Village at no charge from April
to October based on a schedule published in the Village newsletter
each spring. Click here to view the Garbage Program Brochure.
Program
features
- The price of disposal stickers was set at $2.25
each, effective
January 1, 2010.
- Refuse containers must not exceed 33 gallons
in size or 50 pounds in weight.
- One
yard waste bag or bundle will be picked up per week unstickered.
Any additional bags or bundles of yard waste must have a disposal
sticker affixed. Yard waste may not be put in garbage cans.
- Allied Waste will deliver a recycling
container at no charge to newly constructed homes upon request
to Allied. New 25-gallon recycling containers may be purchased
at the Village Hall for $17.
- Recyclables,
including newspaper, junk mail, cans, bottles, plastics and
cardboard, may all be placed in the same recycling container.
- Furniture, mattresses, appliances, window a/c units, etc. require a waste sticker to be attached to each item.
However, these items will be picked up at no charge during
the annual Spring and Fall Clean-up (see below).
- For the safety of Allied Waste employees, please wrap broken glass in papers. Do not place it loose in plastic bags.
Home medical supplies such as hypodermic needles must be placed in special sharps containers. Call Allied Waste at (630) 892-9294 for more information.
- Residents
are billed for the monthly fee that the Village
pays to Allied. This charge is itemized on the bi-monthly
water
bill.
The fixed fee effective January 1, 2010 will be $15.25.
Special
features
A special Senior Citizen Option allows seniors aged 65 and older
to "opt out" of the monthly billing and instead purchase
special 14-gallon trash bags at a cost of $1.31 per bag. Under
this program, all furniture, appliances and yard waste must be stickered.
An optional Backdoor Service is also available to seniors
and residents with disabilities to eliminate the need to transport
refuse containers to the curb. This Backdoor Service will cost
an additional $10.50 per month, which will be added to participants'
water bills as a separate charge. Applications for these programs
and additional details are available at the Village Hall.
The Village will provide a Spring Clean-up Service and a Fall Clean-up Service each year, during which residents may discard
unlimited amounts of trash, yard waste, large items and appliances
without affixing refuse stickers. The dates for these special clean-ups will be announced
in the Village newsletter.
Need additional information?
An informational brochure was delivered to each home in the
Village during March 2007. This brochure is also in the New Residents packet that is available to
all
new residents when they move into the Village. Additional brochures
are available at the Vilage Hall or online. Residents who
still have questions after reading the brochure may contact
Allied directly with questions at (630) 892-9294.
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