Services

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Residential garbage & refuse services includes:

  • One 96 gal. receptacle with attached lid and wheels for easy transport to and from the curb.  A second receptacle can be provided to you for an additional small charge.
  • Bulk Items such as furniture, appliances, etc. need to be scheduled for pickup 24 – 48 hours prior to your service day to ensure the items get picked up.
  • Once a week curbside pickup – (if you are unable to get your trash to the curb, please call our office & special arrangements can be made)
  • Please have all of your waste curbside by 6am on your service day or put it out the night before

grassYard waste removal:

  • Yard waste must be separated from regular household trash from April 1 – November 30
  • Grass and Leaves are the only items that need to be separated from your trash. Branches, weeds and garden waste need to be placed in your trash receptacle.
  • Yard waste is now conveniently picked up on the same day as your trash if you choose to have this service.  The landfill defines yard waste as grass clippings and leaves only. Garden waste, flowers, pine needles, bush trimmings, & branches are picked up with your trash.
  • Branches must be cut in lengths of 4 – 5 feet long & bundled in manageable sized bundles. If it takes 2 people to get it to the curb, it’s probably not a manageable size bundle.
  • Yard waste must be disposed in biodegradable paper bags that can be purchased at most hardware & grocery stores throughout Lincoln.
  • Plastic bags of any kind cannot be used to dispose yard waste
  • Yard waste can be disposed in your own receptacle as long as it does not exceed 35 gallons in size & has a lid. 45 gallon & larger trash cans are prohibited as stated in the Lincoln Municiple Code 8.32 which you can read here.
  • Yard waste has 3 seasons.
  1. Spring: April – May (call for pricing)
  2. Fall: Oct – Nov (call for pricing)
  3. Full: April 1 – November 30 (call for pricing)
  • Special one time pickups of yard waste can also be arranged.  Please call our office for information about our On-Call yardwaste.
  • Excess bags of yard waste between December 1st – March 31st is subject to extra charges. You can have up to 5 bags of trash/yard waste outside your can/tote without additional charges during these months.  Additional bags are subject to our on-call yard waste pricing.

Recycling SymbolRecycling Services:

  • We offer “single stream” recycling, which means no sorting for you.  Just put all of your recycling materials in the recycling receptacle provided for you.
  • A 64 gal or 96 gal. receptacle with attached lid & wheels will be provided to you for all of your recycling materials
  • Conveniently picked up on the same day as your trash.

RESIDENTIAL RECYCLING – ACCEPTABLE ITEMS                                      

NOT RECYCLABLE:                                          

  • Diapers  
  • Glass                   
  • Food                                   
  • Scrap Metal
  • Wood Products
  • Clothes
  •  Styrofoam
  • Electronics
  • Kleenex/Tissues
  • Paper Towels
  •  ***These items can contaminate all of the other recycling materials or pose a risk to our employees.