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Trash, recycling and yard waste announcements
Weekly yard waste disposal resumes March 14
With lawns already greening up, it’s time to get mowing! Our weekly yard waste service resumes the week of March 14. As a reminder, your yard waste pickup day is the same as your recycling day.
If you’re not yet enrolled in yard waste collection, you can sign up at any time. The cost is $5.62 per month ($11.25 per bi-monthly trash bill). A one-year commitment is required. To sign up or for more information contact staff at 636-272-0477 or ofallonrecycles@ofallon.mo.us
Bulk Waste Drop-off Events
Saturday, April 15 and June 17
7 a.m. – 3 p.m., Environmental Services Transfer Station Drop of your bulk-waste from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 15 and June 17. During these events, O’Fallon trash customers can drop off certain items that are too large to fit in trash containers, such as carpeting or furniture, at the City’s waste transfer station. To utilize this service, O’Fallon residents must be current customers of the City’s trash service with their account in good standing. Residents will be required to display a current photo ID showing their O’Fallon address. There is no charge for trash customers. The transfer station is located at 1572 Progress West Lane. For a full list of eligible items and event rules, please visit: www.ofallon.mo.us/bulk-waste.
Free Shred-It Day for O’Fallon residents
Saturday, May 20
8 a.m. – noon, Environmental Services building
O’Fallon’s Environmental Services Department offers a “Shred-It Day” where anyone can bring in boxes of paper to be shredded in a secure environment. The event will take place on Saturday, May 20 from 8 a.m. until noon at the Environmental Services building at 1550 Progress West Lane.
Electronics & Appliance Recycling Events
Saturday, April 8 and June 10
8 a.m. – noon, parking lot southwest of CarShield Field Residents and Non-Residents can bring outdated or broken electronics and appliances to O’Fallon’s Electronics & Appliance Recycling Events from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, April 8 and June 10. The drop-off events will be held in the parking lot at the southwest corner of T.R. Hughes Blvd. and Tom Ginnever Avenue, adjacent to CarShield Field. The events are free except for the following:
• LED/LCD/Plasma televisions = $20
• CRT Monitors = $5
• CRT TV’s 26” or less = $30
• CRT TV’s 27” or greater = $50
• Wood console and big screen/projection TVs = $50
• Any freon containing unit = $10
For a detailed list of items that can be recycled and future event dates, visit www.ofallon.mo.us/electronics-recycling. Or, call Environmental Services at 636-272-0477.
To participate, place the documents in cardboard bankers’ boxes, or cardboard boxes of a similar size, and drive up to the facility and drop them off. Please make sure the boxes are not too heavy to lift or overfilled. The service is free for residents for up to five bankers-sized boxes. Additional boxes will be accepted for a cost of $5 per box. Additionally, non-residents can drop off their paper for shredding for a cost of $5 per box.
To utilize this service, O’Fallon residents must be current customers of the City’s trash service with their account in good standing. Residents will be required to display a current photo ID showing their O’Fallon address.
Please do not bring computer discs or hanging file rods. If you can tear it, then you can shred it with this complimentary service. It is okay for documents to have staples or paper clips.
