Yorkville Officials Outline Waste Collection

YORKVILLE, IL -- Yorkville officials outlined trash and yard waste pick up requirements on their website. The webpage tells residents what can and cannot be placed outside for pick up and specifies how trash is to be bundled and bagged.

Yard waste pick up is scheduled from April 1 to Nov. 30 of every year. All waste is to be placed outside by 6 a.m. on the designated collection day.

Yard waste is defined as brush, flowers, garden waste, grass clippings, twigs and tree limbs. Tree limbs must be thinner than four inches in diameter and must be less than four feet long. Sod is not considered yard wast and should be disposed of as refuse, the website says.

Officials outlined the requirements for bundling and bagging items that residents want picked up by trash collectors.

• Brush or branches are to be properly contained, bagged, or bundled and tied, so that one person can safely load it into the truck.
• Brush and/or branches (less than 4 inches in diameter) must be cut into 4-foot lengths, bundled with string or twine and not exceed 50 pounds.
• Yard waste must be placed in 33-gallon kraft papers bags designed for yard waste collection. These bags may be purchased at local retail stores.

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