Garbage and Recycle Information

GARBAGE:

PLEASE CALL THE GARBAGE & RECYCLE LINE AT (618) 259-6521 IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR PROBLEMS WITH GARBAGE OR RECYCLING SERVICE.

The Village Garbage & Recycling service will collect both garbage and recycle in your normal pick-up area (curbside or alley). For bulky items and yard waste, the drop-off center is available for all village residents.

Please click here to view the schedule for garbage and recycle hauling:
GARBAGE HAULING SCHEDULE

Garbage Regulations

  1. Garbage shall be in plastic garbage bags, tied, and placed in a garbage can with a tight-fitting lid.
  2. Garbage and recycles shall be at the alley/street curb by 6:00 A.M. (may be set out the night before).
  3. Garbage cans and recycle totes shall be removed from the public right-of-way (alley or street curb) within 24 hours after collection.
  4. Garbage cans shall not be over 96-gallon capacity and contents shall not exceed 75 lbs.
  5. Open-end barrels of any size are not approved and will not be picked up.
  6. Do not set out any liquid waste. All paint cans must be totally dry.

PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WILL NOT BE PICKED UP: LOOSE TRASH, APPLIANCES, FURNITURE, MATTRESSES, ELECTRONICS, CARPET, CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS, TIRES, CAR PARTS, HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, ETC.

HOLIDAY INFORMATION FOR TRASH AND RECYCLE:
If a holiday falls on a Sunday-Thursday, all trash pick-up from the holiday on will be pushed back one day and there will be no recycle pick-up that week. If a holiday falls on a Friday-Saturday, trash pick-up will not be affected, but there will be no recycle pick-up that week.

RECYCLE:

We encourage the use of the Curbside Recycling program (No charge). Recycles must be placed loose in a recycle labeled receptacle. You may, however, continue to bring recyclable items to the Drop Off Center. Items to recycle include:

  • Mixed office paper, newspaper, junk mail
  • Chipboard (cereal boxes, etc.
  • Magazines & catalogs
  • Cardboard (broke down flat)
  • Aluminum & tin cans
  • Glass bottles (green, amber, clear)
  • Plastic milk, soda & water bottles (#1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 7 in the recycle symbol)
  • Colored HDPE (detergent, bleach bottles, etc.)

On the weeks where a holiday falls, there will be no recycle pick-up (exception: New Year’s Day).

Please note, the Village of East Alton Trash Division observes the following holidays:

  • Martin Luther King Jr. Day
  • Memorial Day
  • Juneteenth
  • Independence Day
  • Labor Day
  • Veterans Day
  • Thanksgiving Day
  • Christmas Day

*New Year’s Day is a NORMAL pick-up day for trash; there are no changes to trash or recycle the week of New Year’s Day!