2025 Holiday Dates for Trash and Recycling:
If your trash/recycling day falls on or after the holiday(IF HOLIDAY FALLS ON DAYS BETWEEN MON-FRI) in that week only, your trash and recycling will be picked the next day.
Jan 1st: New Years Day
May 26th : Memorial Day (Mon > Tues; Tues > Wed; etc.)
July 4th: Independence Day(Thurs > Fri; Fri > Sat)
Sept 1st: Labor Day (Mon > Tues; Tues > Wed; etc.)
Nov 27th: Thanksgiving Day (Thurs > Fri; Fri > Sat)
Dec 25th: Christmas Day
Municipal Solid Waste (Trash) Removal
City Ordinance (code# 57.021) requires ALL TRASH must be bagged and tied shut.
We appreciate customers putting trash and recycle CART TO THE STREET. CHARGES WILL APPLY IF CARTS ARE NOT TO THE STREET! $2.50/ PER PICK UP (UNLESS PREVIOUS ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE WITH OFFICE)
Trash is picked up once a week and Recycling is picked up every other week. Please see your calendar that is included indicating the recycling weeks for the year. Also, please be aware of any holiday pick up changes due to the city landfill being closed. The City of Sioux Falls Regional Landfill Ordinance states ALL cat litter, dog feces, and baby diapers are completely bagged and sealed due to health reasons. ** Not Allowed In The Landfill: Paint, Waste Oil, Car Batteries, Tires, Pesticides, Herbicides, Or Electronics.
Recycling: ABSOLUTELY NO PLASTIC BAGS (SUBJECT TO XTRA CHARGES)
Recycling for all homes and apartments is single stream, meaning all recyclables may be mixed together. Below are all the items do’s, don’ts, and how to’s of recycling. Recycling products need to be set out and visible from the street/alley and accessible to the truck for pick up. RECYCLING IS A MANDATED CITY ORDINANCE. It is very important to us that you recycle please.
Not taken as recycling:
ABSOLUTELY NO PLASTIC BAGS!! (Shredded office paper (clear bagged and only SHREDDED paper in it) ONLY SHREDDED PAPER WILL BE ACCEPTED IN PLASTIC BAG)
NO YARDWASTE
NO DIAPERS
NO FOOD WASTE
NO Wax paper, tissue paper, paper towels, paper plates, napkins, furnace filters.
NO Chip bags, cereal bags, diapers
NO Plastic toys are not recyclable
NO STYROFOAM-REMOVE AND DISCARD IN TRASH, ALL STYROFOAM FROM RECYCLING.
CONTAMINATED RECYCLING**SUBJECT TO EXTRA CHARGES
ACCEPTABLE RECYCLING
Newspaper (with all ads), junk mail,
Shredded office paper (clear bagged and only SHREDDED paper in it) ONLY SHREDDED PAPER WILL BE ACCEPTED IN CLEAR PLASTIC BAGS
Magazines, catalogs, phone books, paperback books, hardcover books (covers removed)
All cardboard (empty and flattened), chip board (cereal boxes, shoe boxes, pop boxes, etc.)
Plastic bottles, jugs, tubs, containers (#1-2 on bottom of bottles)
Aluminum cans
Tin & Steel cans (kitchen type soup & vegetable cans)
ALL Recycling must be cleaned out and not have any food or liquid in them.
Branches
Must be cut to 4’ or shorter, bundled, tied, MUST BE TO THE STREET and will be picked up on your trash day. Please call and let us know in advance.
Lawn Refuse Removal:
ALL Grass and Leaves must be in the Paper yard bags for removal. Yard bags are usually taken on Fridays, please call by NOON on Thursday to have your address added to the pickup list. **If you call to have yard waste picked up and you do not have it out on the Friday requested for pickup, we will charge a $9.50 trip fee! Please have yard waste out by 4:00am Friday morning OR night before and OUT TO THE STREET. Yard Waste pick up starts in the spring (depending when snow melts) and continues through the last Friday of November. We have Yard Waste tip carts available for $30.00/month and we will place you on the weekly yard waste list automatically. If you would like to be on a weekly yard waste list, but do not want a tip cart, the charge will be $25.00/month.
Yard waste prices per bag:
*2-9 bags $4.75/bag (must have a 2-bag minimum; 1 bag will be charged $9.50)
*9 +more bags $3.50/bag
Vacation / Snow Days
These days WILL NOT be credited unless time missed or gone is 6WEEKS OR MORE. Everyone is credited one month a year, every year!! Its built into your billing.
HOLIDAY WEEKS
Please put trash out NIGHT BEFORE , there are times where we will need to start extra early to ensure all our customers get picked up and for us to make it to the landfill before they close on certain holidays.
If you have any questions, please give us a call. 605-275-5600.
Thank you so much for doing business with us, we greatly appreciate it!