City of Defiance Trash & Recycling
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DEFIANCE GUIDELINES AND WEEKLY SCHEDULE
Limit of (1) Mighty Tidy
cart per household for trash.
Limit of (1) 18-gallon recycling bin
for curbside recycling materials.
EXTRA BAGS: Residents are allowed to place extra garbage bags (up to 30-gallon in size) outside of 1 cart limit. EACH BAG must have a prepaid bag tag placed on the top of the bag. Any bags outside of the cart that do not have a prepaid tag attached will not be picked up. Any resident needing additional bags picked up over the 1 full cart limit may purchase bag tags from WERLOR and Defiance Chief Supermarket. Each bag outside cart must have a tag. Only tagged bags outside the cart will be picked up TIME: Collections begin at 7:00 a.m. Please have your Mighty Tidy™ out and ready for collection. LOCATION: Trash and recycling service are all curbside pickup unless otherwise pre-arranged for disabled pickup. Please place your Mighty Tidy™ cart with handle facing the house and front of cart facing the road. The Mighty Tidy™ cart must be placed at least 4 feet away from vehicles, trees, etc.The 18-gallon recycling bin can be placed next to your cart. HOLIDAY SCHEDULE: When a legal holiday falls on a weekday, regular scheduled collection will be one day late. Legal holidays honored are: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Saturday and Sunday holidays do not affect the pickup schedule.
RECYCLING GUIDELINES:
Corrugated Cardboard
Beverage Cans Steel Food Cans Newspaper Magazines Glass Bottles & Jars Plastic Bottles Junk Mail Scrap Aluminum HOLIDAY SCHEDULE: When a legal holiday falls on a weekday, regular scheduled collection will be one day late. Legal holidays honored are: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Saturday and Sunday holidays do not affect the pickup schedule. MONTHLY BULK COLLECTION GUIDELINES TIME: Bulk items need to be out by 7:00 a.m. to assure pick up. DO NOT place out more than 24 hours before the scheduled collection day. Residents may be subject to fine or penalty by City of Defiance if placed out other than specified times. INCLUDED: Large bulky household items such as appliances, furniture, TV’s etc.Anyloose household items such as clothing, cookware etc. must be placed in boxes or open containers. NO extra garbage bags will be picked up unless each garbage bag (up to 30-gallon in size) has a prepaid tag attached to each bag. Carpet must be rolled, tied and cannot exceed 40 lbs or 6 feet in length, per roll. PLEASE NOTE: This pickup must be in front of your house, along the street, at the curb where your housefaces. EXCLUDED: Vehicle parts (including tires), building and construction materials, yard waste, ashes, human wastes, explosives or hazardous materials, cement and rocks. NO extra garbage bags will be picked up unless each garbage bag (up to 30-gallon in size) has a prepaid tag attached to each bag. NO MORE than one Mighty Tidy™ cart of regular trash will be collected. Annual collection of Christmas trees will be the first full week of January on your regular garbage day. THE LANDFILL WILL NOT ACCEPT 55 GALLON DRUMS OR BARRELS UNLESS BOTH ENDS ARE REMOVED. (CALL US TO ARRANGE DISPOSAL OF THESE ITEMS.) HOLIDAY SCHEDULE: When a legal holiday falls on a weekday, regular scheduled collection will be one day late. Legal holidays honored are: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Saturday and Sunday holidays do not affect the pickup schedule. |
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