Waste Management

GENERAL The current City of Indian Hills waste management contract is with Eco-Tech Environmental LLC. The contract is in effect from July 1, 2009, through June 30, 2011, extended per renewal clause through June 30, 2012. The contract has two (2) key elements for every homeowner in Indian Hills: Once per week garbage pickup in the rear of your property Once per week curbside recycling pick-up Eco-Tech will pick up garbage and recycling on Wednesdays of each week. Residents are reminded to be considerate of their neighbors and mindful of the city's appearance by not putting out garbage, recycling, and yard waste containers until Tuesday night ... and retrieving them by day's end on Wednesday. Specifics of each waste management component are as follows: GARBAGE Up to 3 cans of garbage will be picked up in the rear of your home every Wednesday. Any amount over 3 cans must be taken to the street for pickup. Because of insurance restrictions, Eco-Tech cannot go into your garage to collect your trash. Be sure your trash is outside your garage early on collection day. If your garage is exposed to the street, keep the cans in the garage out of public view at all other times. It is Eco-Tech's policy to collect one large item in addition to the regular household trash. Examples include unwanted furniture, appliances (except for refrigerators), etc. These types of “junk” should be taken to the street the night before pickup (preferably after dark). If you have old carpeting or padding for same, make sure to tie in bundles of not longer than 4 feet and place these at your curb also. RECYCLING Recycling Bins with lids will be provided to each household to hold recycled items. These bins are to be placed at the curb each Wednesday morning. Be sure to use the lids provided to keep paper from scattering. The following items can be placed in your bins: Plastic bottles #1-2 Glass bottles and jars Steel food cans Aluminum cans Newspaper Cardboard (broken down into 3' x 3' or less bundles) Paperboard (i.e. cereal boxes) Office paper Printer's scrap Magazines Phone books Click HERE for a detailed recyclables listing. Remember to rinse all food residue from recycling items ... Eco-Tech cannot recycle items that have food particles or are soiled by food residue. Labels need not be removed from bottles, jars, or cans. If available, please separate paper products from the rest of the materials using paper bags. YARD WASTE Yard waste collection is provided on an INDIVIDUAL SUBSCRIPTION BASIS only. Subscribers will be invoiced directly by Eco-Tech. Eco-Tech is the only authorized residential sanitation company to operate in the City and will continue to provide trash collection and recycling each Wednesday to all homes within the City. This does not prevent you from having a landscaping service or yard service company. Eco-Tech provides for disposal only. Yard waste will be collected each Wednesday from the beginning of March to the end of December. Eco-Tech will provide each subscription customer with a green, 95-gallon waste wheeler (trash can on wheels). Green cans are for yard waste only. The maximum weight in the green can is 75 pounds. Eco-Tech will service the green can and up to ten (10) yard waste bags (paper or plastic) per week. You may substitute standard 32-gallon trash cans for the bags if they are marked as yard waste. Acceptable yard waste items are grass clippings, leaves, brush, and other lawn vegetative matter. Large amounts of dirt or rock are not acceptable. Twigs that do not fit into the green can may be cut and bundled, not to exceed fifty (50) pounds. Cut twigs should be no longer than four (4) feet in length and three (3) inches in diameter. Branches and tree stumps are not acceptable. To sign up for service call Eco-Tech at 935-1130. Major credit cards are accepted. Identify yourself as a resident of the City of Indian Hills. The fee for the ten months service period (March - December) is $56.50 under our current contract (2009-2011). HOLIDAY SCHEDULE Eco-Tech observes six holidays a year for residential customers; New Years Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. If our collection day falls on or after an observed holiday during that business week, i.e., Monday through Friday, that week's collection day will be postponed by one day. If a holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday, it does not affect the collection schedule. Holidays 2012: Christmas Day, Sunday, December 25, 2011. Eco-Tech will provide regularly scheduled services to Indian Hills this week. New Year's Day, Sunday, January 1, 2012. Eco-Tech will provide regularly scheduled services to Indian Hills this week. Memorial Day. Monday, May 28, 2012. Indian Hills services for this week will be on Thursday. Independence Day, Wednesday, July 4, 2012. Indian Hills services for this week will be on Thursday. Labor Day, Monday, September 3, 2012. Indian Hills services for this week will be on Thursday. Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 22, 2012, Eco-Tech will provide regularly scheduled services to Indian Hills this week. Christmas Day, Tuesday, December 25, 2012. Indian Hills services for this week will be on Thursday. UNSATISFACTORY SERVICE If your service is not satisfactory, call ECO-TECH first. Their telephone number is 935-1130. This is the most expeditious manner for resolution. If you still are not satisfied, call Councilmember Joel Deming at 897-5713. QUICK REFERENCE A quick reference sheet that will print on one page may be accessed by clicking HERE. When this new window opens, use the print icon in your browser to produce a sheet for ready reference, then close the new window.