Chicago Garbage Pickup 2020
Chicago collects approximately 1 1 million tons of residential garbage and recyclables annually.
Chicago garbage pickup 2020. Pick ups are weekly mondays through fridays. 2020 city wide blue cart recycling map and schedule view the blue cart residential recycling map to identify your residence s pick up zone hauler and schedule. 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. The city of chicago has implemented the grid garbage collection system citywide.
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. Streets and sanitation dss. City crews service all single family residences and apartment buildings of four units or less. Pick ups are weekly mondays through fridays.
Get your pickup schedule and reminders. Monday through friday the department of streets sanitation picks up 1 1 million tons of residential garbage and recyclables annually produced by 600 000 residential households in single family homes or apartment buildings of four units or less. More than one million tons of garbage and recyclables are collected annually. The bureau of sanitation collects residential garbage from approximately 600 000 households in chicago.
The city is contracted with groot industries inc. Please remember that city offices will be. The city of west chicago s solid waste collection program is a modified volume based program whereby the hauler will provide either one 35 gallon cart or one 95 gallon cart. This site provides information on chicago s blue cart recycling program.
If you live in a building with 5 units or more or outside the city you may have different guidelines. 121 north lasalle street room 1107 chicago il 60602 phone. 2020 holiday schedule trash recycling yard waste collection as part of the city s on going effort to improve service please review the holiday collection schedule for trash recycle and yard waste. Chicago s forgotten army of 2 000 refuse collection workers are picking up 50 percent more garbage during the statewide stay at home order but without the masks distributed to other front.
New year s day january 1 2020 wednesday there are no service changes to collection this week. Zone 2 serviced by city of chicago department of streets and sanitation zone 3 serviced by waste management inc. Zone 1 serviced by w aste management inc.