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The City Compost/Yard Waste Facility is open 7 days a week
Early Summer Season Monday, March 30 & Tuesday, March 31st 7:30am - 2:30pm.
April 1st- September 2nd 8am-8pm
Labor Day –December 1st 7am-7pm
As a reminder, the site is located at 2745 Independence Avenue and is open ONLY to residents of Waterloo.
Questions may be directed to the Sanitation Department at (319) 291-4455.
| 2020 Garbage / Yard Waste Holiday Make Up Days | |||
| Holiday | If Your Normal Day is: | Your Change Will Be: | What is Affected: |
| New Years Day | Wed. Jan. 1st, 2020 | Thurs.. Jan. 2nd, 2020 | Garbage Only |
| Martin Luther King Day | Mon. Jan. 20th, 2020 | Tues. Jan. 21st, 2020 | Garbage Only |
| Memorial Day | Fri. May 25th, 2020 | Tues. May 26th, 2020 | Garbage Only |
| Independence Day | Fri. July 3rd, 2020 | Thurs.. July 2nd, 2020 | Garbage Only |
| Labor Day | Mon. Sept. 7th, 2020 | Tues. Sept. 8th, 2020 | Garbage Only |
| Veterans Day | Wed. Nov. 11th, 2020 | Thurs.. Nov. 12th, 2020 | Yardwaste and Garbage |
| Thanksgiving Day | Thurs.. Nov. 26th, 2020 | Sat. Nov. 28th, 2020 | Yardwaste and Garbage |
| Thanksgiving | Fri. Nov. 27th, 2020 | Mon. Nov. 30th, 2020 | Yardwaste and Garbage |
| Christmas | Thurs.. Dec. 24th, 2020 | Sat. Dec. 26th, 2020 | Garbage Only |
| Christmas | Fri. Dec. 25th, 2020 | Mon. Dec. 30th, 2020 | Garbage Only |
Garbage Disposal
The City of Waterloo garbage trucks pick up garbage once a week for residents. Collection starts at 6:00 a.m. Monday through Friday. Please have your garbage carts out the night before or before 6:00 a.m. on your garbage day. Please remove garbage cart from curb by 8:00 p.m.
Waterloo offers 3 different sizes of garbage carts, monthly charges are:
32-gallon cart - $ 10.00
64-gallon cart - $11.75
96-gallon cart - $17.75
If you need to exchange your cart for a different size, please contact our office.
We have red tags available for extra garbage; you are allowed one bag with a red tag on top of your closed garbage cart per week. You can receive five free tags per year per household, if you need more than five free tags you can purchase them for $1.00 a piece. Tags are available at City hall 715 Mulberry St or at Public Works, 625 Glenwood Street.
Yard Waste Disposal/Curb-side
The curbside yard waste cart program is voluntary and designed to assist residents with debris removal and yard waste clean-up. This cart is designed to hold residential yard waste only as stated by the City and has a maximum capacity of 220 pound.
Refer to the Yard Waste Program brochure and calendar for further information or call Public Works – 291-4455.
Recycle Program
The curbside recycling program is also voluntary and designed to assist residents with debris removal and collection of recyclables. This program will decrease money spent on landfill space and help improve the environment.
Please call Republic Services for information regarding schedules, to request a can drop-off, or can pick-up at 844-737-8254.
Drop-off Stations: To assist citizens 4 recycle drop-off stations are currently placed throughout the City.
Click the link below to view the drop-off station in Google Maps.
- The South side of Crossroads Mall at 2325 Crossroads Blvd.
- Northeast corner of W. 11th and Black Hawk St., adjacent to the fueling station.
- Singing Bird Lake Park located near the corner of Ansborough and Black Hawk Rd
- Fire Station 1 (ELKS parking lot E 3rd St and Mulberry) 425 E. 3rd Street.
Select a link to view its contents:
- 2020 Yard Waste Calendar
- 2020 New Recycling Program
- Instructions for New Yard Waste Container (word doc)
- Guidelines for Bulk Items Pickup (pdf)
- Yard Waste Site Rules (pdf file)
- Black Hawk County Solid Waste (website)
Contact Information
Sanitation Department
625 Glenwood Street
Waterloo, IA 50703
Phone: (319) 291-4455
Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 7:00am-4:00pm
Republic Services 844-737-8254
