Annual Spring Clean-Up Day Hosted by Elmhurst

ELMHURST, IL - Elmhurst will be holding its annual spring clean-up day in the coming weeks. Residents who have a normal trash collection date on Wednesday will have their spring clean-up on Saturday, April 22. If your normal collection date is Thursday, your spring clean-up will be on Saturday, April 29; and if your normal collection day is Friday, your spring clean-up will be Saturday, May 6.

The city said yard waste is not included in the Spring Clean-Up, but will be collected if properly prepared, stickered, and set out on your regular collection day. Do not put material at the curb for Spring Clean-Up until the day prior to the event.

According to a release from the city, acceptable items for the clean-up day should be placed at the curb by 6 a.m. on collection day. Items other than furniture, large appliances, and bulk items must be placed in bags, cans, or boxes, not to exceed 50 lbs each.

Acceptable items include: appliances, bulk items, fixtures, furniture, paint (hardened in cans with lids off), carpet (must be in rolls no more than five feet in length and two feet in diameter), construction and demolition debris (up to two cubic yards or equal to eight 33-gallon cans and placed in boxes, cans or bundles), and landscape timbers (must be no longer than three feet in length).

Items that will NOT be accepted are: ammunition, boats or snowmobiles, bricks, concrete blocks, cement, or asphalt pavement, car batteries, electronic devices, explosives, fluids, hazardous or medical waste, large automobile parts, radioactive materials, riding lawnmowers or snowblowers, and tires.

As a reminder, it is illegal to put electronics at the curb for pick-up at any time, including Spring Clean-Up. For additional information, please call the Public Works Department at (630) 530-3020 or Republic Services at (708) 345-7050.

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