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Resident Guide to Solid Waste Collection Services

Regular Trash Collection
Recycling
Yard Waste
Bulky Trash
Recycle/Yard Waste Pickup Schedule
 

It is the policy of the City of Union that all City residents are required to use the City's trash service.  Currently trash services are provided by:

IESI-Missouri
1-573-678-2183

The following holidays are observed and no hauling will occur:  New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

Service may be temporarily suspended and/or postponed due to circumstances beyond our control.  For example, in severe winter weather our trucks may not be able to operate safely until streets have been cleared.

Trash Collection

The rate for trash pickup is $15.24 per month.  The rate for senior citizens is $14.22 per month.  Senior Citizens must apply for the discount rate at City Hall.

Regular trash will be collected on the following days:

East of the Bourbeuse River & South of Main Street:  TUESDAYS & FRIDAYS

West of the Bourbeuse River & North of Main Street:  MONDAYS & THURSDAYS

No yard waste may be placed in with the regular trash.

You may set out up to three (3) thirty-gallon containers per pick-up weighing no more than 75 lbs.  This includes those receiving the senior citizen discount rate.

Paint and chemical containers must be emptied and dried.  The haulers will not collect chemicals.  Used motor oil may be recycled through some of the local service stations.

Tires and automotive batteries are also banned from landfill disposal and are typically recycled by automotive service centers.

Sharps include hypodermic needles, blood testing lancets and other medically necessary sharp objects.  Sharps may be disposed of with your household trash as long a they are sealed with duct or masking tape in protective containers such as coffee cans or detergent bottles.  Please do not hide these items in your trash as they can pose a serious hazard to your refuse collector.

Recycling

Recyclables are collected as per the provided schedule. 

All items should be placed in the red recycle bin available at City Hall and placed at curbside no later than 6:00 a.m.  Service is limited to two bins per pick-up.

No motor oil, insecticide, herbicide or hazardous chemical containers.  Plastic bags should be returned to grocery or department store.  No plastic film, plastic sheets, tarps or wrap.  No expanded foam or clear polystyrene.

PAPER:  Newspapers - including inserts, (remove plastic sleeve); cardboard (no waxed); brown paper bags; magazines; catalogs; telephone books; computer, notebook & gift wrap paper; cereal, cake, food, soda & beer boxes; junk mail; paper back books.  NO METAL CLIPS, SPIRALS, BINDERS, PLASTIC CARDS, STICK-ON LABELS, UNUSED STAMPS, HARDCOVER BOOKS.

METALS:  Aluminum cans, trays, foil, steel cans & tins.  Cleaned, remove label and crushed.

PLASTIC:  Plastics have an identifying code on the bottom of each container.  Listed are examples that are in the category.  Many other products' containers can be recycled by utilizing the plastic identifying code. 

GLASS:  Green, clear and brown glass jars & bottles.  Please rinse and dispose of lids.  no window glass or dinnerware.

Yard Waste

• Yard waste is collected as per the provided schedule.  Place your yard waste at the curb by 6:00 a.m.

• Yard waste includes Christmas trees, grass clippings, leaves, tree branches up to six inches (6") in diameter, and other similar vegetative wastes associated with yard and garden care and maintenance.

• Service is limited to three (3) cans/bags and two (2) bundles per collection except during the fall leaf season in November when you may put an unlimited number of unlined 30-gallon cans and/or 30-gallon paper bags filled with leaves.  Yard waste placed in plastic bags CANNOT be collected.  No bag or container is to exceed seventy-five (75) lbs.  Tree limbs are to be bundled with twine (no wire) in bundles no larger than six feet (6') long by six feet (6') in circumference.

• If you are placing the yard waste in an unlined trashcan, please tag it with "YARD WASTE ONLY" labels.  

• Yard waste mixed with trash CANNOT be collected.  Decorative and ceremonial items such as casket sprays, jack-o-lanterns and corn stalks are NOT considered yard waste by the State of Missouri.

Bulky Trash/Item Tags

• Bulky items must be placed at curb by 6:00 a.m. on the last Thursday or Friday of your regular trash pickup of the month.

• Bulky trash includes items such as household furniture, mattresses and other items too large to fit in trashcans and bags.

• Bulky trash items are to be of a size & weight that two people can handle and no larger than six feet (6') long.

• Smaller bulky trash items should be contained in a box or other such container.  There is a limit of two (2) items per collection.

• Bulky trash specifically EXCLUDES major appliances, automobile parts, tires, batteries and contractor generated debris.

• Major Appliances include items such as clothes washers and dryers, ranges, stoves, ovens, air conditioners, hot water heaters, dishwashers, and household trash compactors.  These items are banned from landfill disposals and require special collection at an additional charge.  Please contact IESI at 1-573-678-2183. 

If you have any problems with your service, call

IESI - MISSOURI
1-573-678-2183