If your black plastic city of chicago garbage cart is missing or damaged it may be replaced.
Chicago garbage pickup rules.
The city s garbage fee remains lower than the average fee paid by the half of chicago households required to contract for private garbage collection.
Garbage collection the city of chicago has implemented the grid garbage collection system citywide.
Chicago s sanitation code is a series of municipal ordinances that require cleanliness and the safe disposal of all trash and debris.
One bulk item allowed per garbage day.
The bureau of sanitation collects residential garbage from approximately 600 000 households in chicago.
Owners of apartment buildings must provide sufficient garbage containers for all tenants and arrange for private or licensed scavenger pick up service.
The department will collect the bags based on 311 requests and take it to be composted.
Don t place these in either cart.
Dumpsters can be rented for this purpose.
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.
Pick ups are weekly mondays through fridays.
This site provides information on chicago s blue cart recycling program.
You can report sanitation code violations to the city via this service request.
If you live in a building with 5 units or more or outside the city you may have different guidelines.
Residential garbage is defined as that produced from households in single family homes or apartment buildings of four units or less others must arrange for private garbage collection.
Guidelines for disposal services for city garbage collection the city s current disposal contractor republic services begins collection on 7 00 am on their disposal routes.
The following tips will help provide optimum service to residents on the scheduled weekly route in your area.
Chicago collects approximately 1 1 million tons of residential garbage and recyclables annually.
City crews service all single family residences and apartment buildings of four units or less.
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.
Call 311 for pickup.
You must let us know how many carts are missing and how many carts you have remaining at the address.
Pick ups are weekly mondays through fridays.
Pick up by request mattresses.
Pick up by request hazardous.
The city garbage fee impacts the other half of chicago households buildings with four dwelling units or less which receive garbage pickup from the city.
Chicago residents living in buildings.
Yard waste should be left in the alley or at the curb for collection and bagged separately from garbage in the black cart and separately from recycling in the blue.
Yard waste consists of leaves grass clippings branches brush clippings from shrubbery.
