The Village of Valmeyer has contracted with Reliable Sanitation to provide curbside trash pickup and curbside recycling. Trash pickup is every Thursday and recycling pickup is on the 1st & 3rd Thursdays, each month. The current contract states the only observed holidays are Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, on which trash/recycling will be picked up the next day.

Collection Guidelines

Reliable Sanitation is contracted to collect not more than one (1) ninety (90) gallon tote of garbage or trash per individual or entity billed by the Village for refuse collection. If you require more than one (1) ninety (90) gallon tote please contact Village Hall. Additional totes ordered will be bill at $18.00 each per month.

The term garbage shall be construed as meaning tin cans, bottles, glass, papers, rags, ashes, and other waste discarded that is generated from a normal household or business of that type.

Trash/recycling containers should be placed curbside by 6:00 a.m.

Unacceptable Items

  • No landscape materials including brush branches, leaves yard cuttings or tree limbs
  • No dead animals, animal excretion, sewage or residue from the construction of building demolition or construction.
  • No tires, batteries, oil, paint, or medical waste.

Recyclables Accepted – **RINSE RECYCLABLES THOROUGHLY**

  • Paper: newspaper & inserts, magazines, shopping catalogs, junk mail, office paper, wrapping paper, telephone books, books (hard covers must be removed, soft covered acceptable), etc.
  • Glass Jars & Bottles: do not include glass in the recycling totes. Please take glass to the Monroe County Recycling Center at 901 Illinois Ave.
  • Aluminum/Tin/Steel Cans: soup & vegetable cans, beer & soda cans, aerosol cans (no scrap metal)
  • Corrugated Cardboard: please break down boxes. We also accept single-ply cardboard (cereal boxes, soda/beer cartons)

Reliable Sanitation will not be accepting large cardboard boxes greater than 3’ X 3’ that are placed outside of recycling tote. Cardboard boxes must be broken down and placed inside of recycling tote.

  • Plastics: household plastic containers marked with the recycling logo #1 through #7 ONLY – milk jugs, 2 liter soda bottles, juice & detergent containers, etc. (No plastic grocery bags)

Common contaminants that are NOT acceptable:

  • Styrofoam
  • Light bulbs, mirror glass, ceramic
  • Styrofoam egg cartons
  • Plastic grocery bags
  • Newspaper wrappers
  • Paper cups, plates & plastic utensils
  • Black plastic microwavable containers
  • Motor oil cans & paint cans
  • Construction materials
  • Wax covered cardboard containers (i.e. orange juice cartons, fruit boxes, etc.)
  • Clothes & hangers
  • Bubble wrap
  • Diapers, toilet paper
  • Garden hoses
  • Extension cords
  • Wood
  • Scrap Metal
  • Plastic toys & furniture

Monroe County Recycling Center

The recycling facility is designed to accept large items for disposal from Monroe County residents that cannot be accepted for regular curbside pickup. This includes furniture, appliances, and other large household items. The facility also accepts recyclable material.

Recyclable Materials Accepted

  • Glass jars & bottles
    (clear, brown, and green)
  • Newspaper
  • Steel cans
  • Aluminum cans
  • Plastic

Materials Not Accepted

  • Tires
  • Baggable waste
    (waste that curbside pickup would accept)
  • Debris from contractors
  • Debris produced as a result of doing business
  • Landscape waste
  • Building material

Hours of Operation

Monday through Friday 8:00 am – 4:00 pm

Saturday 8:00 am – Noon

Location

Behind the Monroe County Annex Building (901 Illinois Avenue)

Site Coordinator

For large items/dump site: Steve 618-939-2221
For small recycle items: Sally 618-939-8681 ext. 247