Recycling & Refuse - Residences
The City of Evansville provides curbside garbage/trash
pickup for residences. This service is contracted out to Veolia Environmental Services (formerly known as Onyx Waste Services),
1-800-248-2373. Weekly collection dates for trash and recycling
are as follows:
- Tuesday - East of
and including Madison St.; West
of Madison St. and South of but not including W. Main St.
- Thursday - 5th
St. and West of 5th St.; North of and including W. Main St.;
West of but not including N. Madison St.
All materials must be at the curb by 6:00 AM on
your collection day. If your collection day falls on a holiday,
Veolia will collect your refuse and recycling the
following day. Individual containers and contents cannot
weigh more than 50 pounds maximum. One bag or container is allowed
per household per week. If additional bags/containers are placed
at the curb, each must have a $1.00 refuse/recycling ticket attached. You
can purchase tickets at the City of Evansville offices, local
gas stations, the grocery store and the pharmacy.
Large items such as televisions, couches, dressers
or bedroom furniture, tables and any other large item (not including
appliances) manageable by one person, may be placed at your curb
for weekly pickup providing the item has a recycling/refuse tag
attached. Please place no more than two large
items per week at the curb. Appliances without freon, such
as stoves, clothes washers and dryers, water heaters and dishwashers
are picked up by Veolia for a fee of $5.00 per item. Microwaves
and freon items such as refrigerators, freezers and air conditioners
are picked up for a fee of $15.00 per item. Please contact Veolia directly at 1-800-248-2373
to schedule an appointment for these appliance and freon items.
The City offers a comprehensive recycling program.
All steel, tin & aluminum cans, plastic bottles & glass
bottles or jars must be cleaned of food waste prior to recycling.
Mixed paper such as magazines, newsprint, advertisements, envelopes,
letters, etc. are also eligible for the City’s recycling
program. Paper should be in grocery bags or tied in bundles.
One auto battery or one gallon of oil put into a sealed, clear
one-gallon plastic container may be placed at the curb each week.
Please make certain that the battery casing is unbroken.
The City will pick up yard waste
the first full work week of each month from April through October.
Bundle brush in 4-foot maximum lengths. Grass and leaves need
to be in open or clear bags. Place yard waste on the terrace, not in the gutters.
Annual Fall leaf pick-up begins in late October. Place leaf-piles in the street adjacent to the gutter, not on the terraces. Watch this space as the season approaches for more detailed information.
You may also drop off yard waste
at the City’s drop-off site on Water Street. This
site is open only to Evansville residents and only for yard waste.
The hours are Wednesday evenings (during daylight savings time),
5:00 PM to 7:00 PM and Saturdays, 9:00 AM to 2:30 PM (until the
Saturday before Thanksgiving).
Please contact the Department
of Public Works at 608-882-2270 if you have further questions.
Refuse and Recycling -- Businesses
Please contact the Department
of Public Works at 608-882-2270
