§ 18-33. Preparation for collection  


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  • (a) Residential and commercial solid waste, including miscellaneous refuse, may be mixed and placed in a common container. Yard waste and recyclables are prohibited from being mixed with other waste.

    (b) Residential refuse and garbage shall be wrapped, packaged, and/or bundled and drained of any liquid.

    (c) Recyclable material such as glass, plastic, bottles, paper, tin and aluminum cans may be comingled and placed in one recycle cart. Loosely shredded paper must be placed in brown paper bags.

    (d) To the greatest extent practicable, the recyclable materials separated from solid waste shall be clean and kept free of contaminants such as food, product residue, oil or grease, or other nonrecyclable materials. Cardboard must be broken down to slide out of the recycle cart.

    (e) Branches, limbs, and cuttings from trees, shrubs, and the like shall be cut in less than eight-foot lengths when set out for collection. No brush will be picked up by the village when generated from vacant property or new building construction if said property is owned by a home builder or developer or from any contracted job. If said brush is not disposed of properly by the owner or contractor, the village will dispose of it and charge the property owner the actual cost.

    (f) Bulky material, white goods, or other materials too large to be deposited in the collection containers provided by the village, such as appliances, furniture, building and demolition waste, excavated material, including, but not limited to, sand, clay or other earth, and broken concrete, bricks and rubble will not be taken on regular scheduled collection. Large quantities of construction and/or demolition waste shall be disposed of as provided for in section 18-38(e). The village will designate the first full week of each month of the year for village-wide additional garbage, rubbish and bulk waste and brown goods collection. During this week the village will collect up to one cubic yard of garbage, rubbish, deck and building debris, and brown goods without charge. The term "brown goods" means furniture, mattresses, etc.

    (1) Additional waste placed at the curb such as excess garbage, rubbish, decks, building debris and brown goods of one cubic yard during the first full week of each month will be picked up at no charge. Outside the designated pick-up time, a fee will be charged as follows:

    CHARGES FOR SOLID WASTE COLLECTION SERVICES IN EXCESS OF
    NORMAL WEEKLY SERVICES

    Garbage Bags Cement and Dirt Rubbish Decks and
    Buildings
    1—4 yds. = $25.00 1—4 yds. = $25.00 1—4 yds. = $25.00 1—4 yds. = $50.00
    4—6 yds. = $50.00 4—6 yds. = $50.00 4—6 yds. = $50.00 4—6 yds. = $75.00
    6—8 yds. = $75.00 6—8 yds. = $100.00 6—8 yds. = $75.00 6—8 yds. = $100.00
    8—10 yds. = $100.00 8—10 yds. = $150.00 8—10 yds. = $100.00 8—10 yds. = $150.00

     

    Brown Goods: $25.00

    "Brown goods" are defined as furniture, mattresses, etc.

    White Goods: $25.00

    "White goods" are defined as appliances, excluding any digital device or electronic item that contains a circuit board.

    (2) Collection of white goods at any time or brown goods collected other than the first full week of any given month is considered a special pickup and will be charged respectively following the pickup.

    (g) Hot cinders, ashes, or any smoldering embers shall not be placed in any collection. Ashes shall not be placed in cardboard or paper containers, solid waste containers or recycling carts, but shall only be placed in plastic bags for a type and composition suitable for handling. All ashes shall be in containers, and no ashes placed on the ground will be shoveled therefrom by the collection crew.

(Code 2006, § 8.08(A)(8)(b); Ord. No. O2-2-11, § 2, 2-8-2011)