Chicago Garbage Pickup Rules

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Chicago garbage pickup rules.

The bureau of sanitation collects residential garbage from approximately 600 000 households in chicago. Yard waste should be left in the alley or at the curb for collection and bagged separately from garbage in the black cart and separately from recycling in the blue. This site provides information on chicago s blue cart recycling program. If your black plastic city of chicago garbage cart is missing or damaged it may be replaced.

Chicago collects approximately 1 1 million tons of residential garbage and recyclables annually. Chicago s sanitation code is a series of municipal ordinances that require cleanliness and the safe disposal of all trash and debris. Guidelines for disposal services for city garbage collection the city s current disposal contractor republic services begins collection on 7 00 am on their disposal routes. More than one million tons of garbage and recyclables are collected annually.

Pick up by request hazardous. The city garbage fee impacts the other half of chicago households buildings with four dwelling units or less which receive garbage pickup from the city. Don t place these in either cart. The following tips will help provide optimum service to residents on the scheduled weekly route in your area.

If you live in a building with 5 units or more or outside the city you may have different guidelines. If remodeling you are responsible for removing discarded building materials. Owners of apartment buildings must provide sufficient garbage containers for all tenants and arrange for private or licensed scavenger pick up service. Residential garbage produced from 600 000 households in single family homes or apartment buildings of four units or less others must arrange for private garbage collection.

Residential garbage is defined as that produced from households in single family homes or apartment buildings of four units or less others must arrange for private garbage collection. Dumpsters can be rented for this purpose. Yard waste consists of leaves grass clippings branches brush clippings from shrubbery. Garbage collection the city of chicago has implemented the grid garbage collection system citywide.

You must let us know how many carts are missing and how many carts you have remaining at the address. Pick ups are weekly mondays through fridays. Chicago residents living in buildings. City crews service all single family residences and apartment buildings of four units or less.

You can report sanitation code violations to the city via this service request. Pick up by request mattresses. We also need to know the approximate date when you first noticed the cart missing. The department will collect the bags based on 311 requests and take it to be composted.

By using a grid garbage collection system the chicago department of streets and sanitation has increased service efficiency and crew productivity providing the best possible services to residents.