Waste Management

GENERAL The current City of Indian Hills waste management contract is with Rumpke of Kentucky. The contract is in effect from July 1, 2007, through June 30, 2008. 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 Rumpke will pick up garbage and recycling on Tuesdays of each week. 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 Tuesday. Any amount over 3 cans must be taken to the street for pickup. Because of insurance restrictions, Rumpke 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 Rumpke'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 Tuesday morning. Be sure to use the lids provided to keep paper from scattering. The following items can be placed in your bins: Plastic bottles #1-7 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. Additional information is also available at Rumpke's recycling web site. Remember to rinse all food residue from recycling items ... Rumpke cannot recycle items that have food particles or are soiled by food residue. Labels need not be removed from bottles, jars, or cans. 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 Rumpke. Rumpke is the only authorized residential sanitation company to operate in the City and will continue to provide trash collection and recycling each Tuesday to all homes within the City. This does not prevent you from having a landscaping service or yard service company. Rumpke provides for disposal only. Yard waste will be collected each Tuesday from the middle of March to the middle of December. Rumpke 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. Rumpke will service the green can and up to five (5) 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 Rumpke in Louisville at 568-3800. Major credit cards are accepted. Identify yourself as a resident of the City of Indian Hills. Information as to the fee and exact pick-up dates for March and December will be reported in the quarterly newsletter. HOLIDAY SCHEDULE HOLIDAYS. Rumpke observes six holidays a year for residential customers. If one of your collection days falls on or after an observed holiday during that week, i. e., Monday through Friday, your collection day for that week will be postponed one day. If a holiday falls on Saturday or Sunday, it does not affect the collection schedule. The following are the holidays for 2008. NEW YEAR'S DAY, TUESDAY JANUARY 1, 2008. There will be no collections on New Years Day, January 1. Rumpke will provide regularly scheduled services on Monday, December 31. Customers regularly scheduled for Tuesday, Wednesday. Thursday or Friday this week, will receive service one day later than usual. MEMORIAL DAY, MONDAY MAY 26, 2008. There will be no collections on Memorial Day, May 26. Rumpke will begin this week's collections on Tuesday by servicing the regular Monday routes. All services for this week will be one day later than usual. INDEPENDENCE DAY, FRIDAY JULY 4, 2008. Rumpke will provide regularly scheduled services on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday this week. There will be no collections on Independence Day. July 4. Customers regularly scheduled for Friday will be serviced on Saturday. LABOR DAY, MONDAY SEPTEMBER 1, 2008. There will be no collections on Labor Day, September 1. As above on Memorial Day, all services for this week will be one day later than usual. THANKSGIVING DAY, THURSDAY NOVEMBER 27, 2008. Rumpke will provide regularly scheduled services on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday this week. There will be no collections on Thursday, November 27. Customers regularly scheduled for Thursday or Friday will receive service one day later than usual. CHRISTMAS DAY, THURSDAY DECEMBER 25, 2008. There will be no collection on Christmas Day, December 25. Rumpke will provide regularly scheduled services on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday this week. Customers regularly scheduled for Thursday or Friday will receive service one day later than usual. UNSATISFACTORY SERVICE If your service is not satisfactory, call RUMPKE OF KENTUCKY first. Their telephone number is 568-3800. After their recorded message, press "O" to reach the operator who can help. If you still are not satisfied, call one of the following Councilpersons: Bob Murphy, 896-6259 Marie Bukowski, 891-9173 Joel Deming, 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.