Report a Trash concern - Customer Service # 660-646-1664
CMU offers many different types of trash services including residential curbside, commercial curbside, 90-gallon containers, 2-yard dumpsters, and temporary 2-yard dumpsters. We also offer residential curbside recycling, cardboard 90-gallon, and cardboard 2-yard dumpster collections. Curbside pickup rates are designed as volume-based and orange CMU trash bags are required to be used for curbside pickup. Each resident or business with curbside pickup pays the same base rate and will need to buy trash bags according to how much volume of trash is produced. Simply put, “The more you throw away, the more you pay.”
Your trash and recyclables must be set out for pick-up by 7:00 a.m. on your collection day.
CMU Orange Bag can be purchased at CMU Office, Westlake Hardware, Walmart, & HyVee.
13 gal. – $5.00/roll
30 gal. – $10.00/roll
Recycling
CMU offers recycling to residential customers. CMU has partnered with Hope Haven Industries, the local sheltered workshop. CMU collects the recycled items on customers’ assigned trash day and transports them to Hope Haven. We run a separate truck for recycling which staggers the pickup times, and it may be hours in between pickups.
Glass: For curbside pickup, glass must be disposed of in an orange bag. Hope Haven does not recycle glass. There are recycling receptacles in town that recycle glass, these are not affiliated with CMU or Hope Haven.
Metal: All aluminum and tin cans, which include coffee cans, fruit and vegetable cans, soup cans, etc. are acceptable. All metal must be rinsed out and free of debris.
Plastic: Any plastic item with a recyclable seal marked with a #1 such as peanut butter jars, vegetable oil bottles, and includes all soda bottles. Also, any plastic item with a recyclable seal marked with a #2 HDPE (“natural” color or dyed high-density polyethylene) including milk and water jugs, juice, and bleach bottles. All plastic must be rinsed and free of debris.
Paper: Cardboard, newspapers, magazines, soft-backed books, junk mail, and mixed paper products. Paper must be clean, free of food and debris, and dry. (Diapers, napkins, paper towels, toilet tissue, and facial tissue paper are not accepted).
Any recycling that is set out in non-transparent bags will be opened to inspect the contents before pickup. If there are non-recyclables in the bag the entire bag will be left. If the recycling is in a tote or box, the unrecyclable items will be left in the container.
The following are NOT recyclable at CMU: Glass, Styrofoam, Tissue Paper, Paper Towels, Diapers, Plastic Bags, Insulation, Packing Peanuts, Plastic Strapping, Pet Food Containers, Cold Packs, Furnace Filters, Paper with oil or food stains, Cigarette Filters and Vacuum Cleaner Debris.
Refuse Porch Pick-up
CMU offers porch refuse pick-up for our refuse customers that cannot take trash out curbside due to health reasons. Customers are required to have a physician complete the porch pickup form and return it to our office to receive this service. The porch pick-up service form must be completed annually to continue receiving this service.
City-wide Spring Clean-up Location
Travel down Third Street and turn right onto Mitchell Ave., cross over the railroad tracks, and turn left into the first gate.
CMU offers four days in the spring for dumping free of charge to CMU customers. Please check our calendar for the schedule of events. Due to various individuals and organizations taking advantage of the program rules, we must now enforce the following requirement: All participants must provide a current CMU utility bill. This service is offered exclusively to CMU customers and that customer must be present. If CMU determines this privilege is being abused, CMU reserves the right to deny all cleanup materials and the individuals involved will be banned. It is recommended that all loose trash be boxed or bagged. All vehicles must travel along the line and those with dump trailers or large loads may be given a ticket to allow dumping at the GFL Transfer Station. CMU is not responsible for unloading. However, some assistance may be provided.
Large Item Disposal
CMU will not pick up large items. Large items must be taken directly to the local GFL transfer station located at 201 S. Michell Ave.
Transfer Station & Yard Location (Yard Waste Only)
201 S. Michell Ave.
Turn into the drive off Michell Ave., go around the little blue office building, and the yard waste area will be on the right side.
Burn Site Location (Brush Only)
Turn onto Ryan Lane which runs into LIV 238, cross over the railroad tracks, and it will be on your right side.