The City of St. Charles is pleased to announce a contract upgrade with Allied Waste Services.  Thanks to the input and due diligence of a volunteer task force, the city’s enhanced contract with Allied Waste will be effective January 1, 2009, and will include the following:

• Once a week solid waste pick up
• Once a week curbside recycling pick up
• Once a week yard waste pick up (optional)

Single family homeowners in St. Charles will benefit from a 20% cost reduction, as the current price of $18.23 will be reduced to $14.48 per month for solid waste disposal and curbside recycling. In addition, the city will provide single-stream recycling pickup, which means all recyclable materials – paper, glass, aluminum and most types of plastic – can go into one container.
 
The price for the optional yard waste program will increase from $8.09 per month to $8.54, but residents will have the opportunity to put out as many as 10 bags per pick up. Plus, the yard waste pick ups will be extended to 10 months of the year, from March 1 through December 31.
 
“Earlier this year,” said Councilmember Laurie Feldman, Ward 3, “the City Council appointed a committee to study the different possibilities for trash services in the city. What we found after studying these processes in other communities, is if there’s proactive education coupled with a concerted effort to do more recycling, then most communities have found that a once-a-week trash pick up is more than adequate,” she said.

For comments, questions or further information related to the upcoming service schedules and offerings, please contact the City of St. Charles or Allied Waste Services, as follows:

City of St. Charles -- (636) 255-6142 or www.stcharlescitymo.gov

Allied Waste Services -- (636) 947-5959 or  www.stl.disposal.com