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City collection Bulky material leaves Rock Island on a scheduled special pickup. Additional special pickups may be arranged for a published per pickup charge, and the city publishes a rules and regulations document alongside the page. $25 per additional special pickup scheduled with the Public Works Department. The charge is published for additional special pickups, and the same route refuses appliances, used tires and household hazardous materials. Masonry and railroad ties go to Millennium Waste rather than through the city route.
City collection Bulky material leaves Rock Island on a scheduled special pickup. Additional special pickups may be arranged for a published per pickup charge, and the city publishes a rules and regulations document alongside the page. $25 per additional special pickup scheduled with the Public Works Department. The charge is published for additional special pickups, and the same route refuses appliances, used tires and household hazardous materials. Masonry and railroad ties go to Millennium Waste rather than through the city route.
City collection Scrap metal has no published stream of its own. Appliances and resident generated tires move free through the Rock Island County Waste Management Agency programme that the city points residents to, while the special pickup route and the drop-off centre both refuse appliances and tires, so loose metal still has to be confirmed before it moves. No charge. Free for Rock Island County residents through the Rock Island County Waste Management Agency appliance and used tire programme, which Weikert Iron and Metal Recycling runs by appointment on (877) 934-5378, with tires brought with the rims removed and a limit of four appliances and ten tires per household per year. The agency answers on (309) 788-8925. Loose scrap metal is not covered by a published city or county programme, so confirm that separately with the department on (309) 732-2200.
City collection Refuse collection runs through the city's Refuse and Yard Waste Division, and the city also enforces a property standard: properties must be kept free of garbage and junk, with junk vehicles, appliances, dilapidated items and household items found outside named as examples. No residential collection rate is published on the retained pages, so confirm the current refuse charge and any cart terms with the Refuse and Yard Waste Division on (309) 732-2200.
The highest first-item price applies once. Every remaining item uses its additional-item price. Loading, transportation and disposal are included. Applicable sales tax is shown before payment.
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The local disposal guide
Will the city take it?
Rock Island charges for the awkward parts of waste. A special pickup for bulky material is a scheduled service with a published per pickup charge, and the same terms rule out appliances, used tires and hazardous materials. Yard waste is a subscription: a season fee billed to the city utility account, a rented cart charged on top, and a penalty for restarting within a year. The drop-off centre on Knoxville Road takes a pickup load per vehicle for a flat fee, but refuses hazardous waste, tires and appliances and requires lumber, carpet, limbs and branches to be bundled to a published length and weight. Scrap metal has no city stream of its own, so the draft sends it to the appliance programme or to Millennium Waste with a call first. Dropcurb hauls residential items from addresses across Rock Island.
Refuse collection runs through the city's Refuse and Yard Waste Division, and the city also enforces a property standard: properties must be kept free of garbage and junk, with junk vehicles, appliances, dilapidated items and household items found outside named as examples.
City cost & eligibility
No residential collection rate is published on the retained pages, so confirm the current refuse charge and any cart terms with the Refuse and Yard Waste Division on (309) 732-2200.
When & how
On the household's refuse collection day, with the drop-off centre at 13606 Knoxville Road available the rest of the week.
Get it ready
Keep material out of the public view of the street where it counts as an accumulation, and use the special pickup or the drop-off centre rather than letting items sit outside. Households planning an accumulation that will not fit the route should call the department on (309) 732-2200 before the pile grows.
Bulky material leaves Rock Island on a scheduled special pickup. Additional special pickups may be arranged for a published per pickup charge, and the city publishes a rules and regulations document alongside the page.
City cost & eligibility
$25 per additional special pickup scheduled with the Public Works Department. The charge is published for additional special pickups, and the same route refuses appliances, used tires and household hazardous materials. Masonry and railroad ties go to Millennium Waste rather than through the city route.
When & how
On the date arranged with the Public Works Department when the pickup is booked by phone.
Get it ready
Call the department to schedule the pickup and confirm that the item qualifies, because the city prints two exclusions plainly: special pickups may not be used for appliances, used tires or household hazardous materials, and bricks, concrete blocks, masonry and railroad ties have to go to Millennium Waste instead.
Construction material is split by the city's own rules. Bundled building lumber and carpet can go to the Refuse and Yard Waste Drop-Off Center for the per vehicle fee, while bricks, concrete blocks, masonry and railroad ties are refused on the special pickup route and sent to Millennium Waste.
City cost & eligibility
$25 per vehicle at the Refuse and Yard Waste Drop-Off Center, limited to the equivalent of a full-size pickup load per trip. Major credit cards are accepted and the city states that cash and personal cheques are no longer accepted. Bricks, concrete blocks, masonry and railroad ties are refused there in the special pickup rules and are directed to Millennium Waste instead.
When & how
At the drop-off centre at 13606 Knoxville Road, or at Millennium Waste for masonry, rather than on the special pickup route.
Get it ready
Tie building lumber and carpet in bundles no longer than four and a half feet and no heavier than 50 pounds, and keep masonry, railroad ties and concrete out of the city routes entirely. Each vehicle trip carries no more than the equivalent of a full-size pickup load, and the centre refuses hazardous waste, tires and appliances.
Yard waste is a paid subscription in Rock Island rather than a free route: the city offers the collection program for a published season fee billed to the property owner's utility account, with a cart rented from the city charged separately.
City cost & eligibility
$100 per season for the yard waste collection program, billed to the property owner's city utility account. A city cart may be rented for an additional $50 per season, subscription and cart fees are not prorated, and reapplication within twelve months of cancellation carries a $25 service charge.
When & how
On the collection day for the subscribed address during the season, or by taking bundled material to the drop-off centre.
Get it ready
Put yard waste in yard waste bags or in the rented cart, keep the cart three feet from other carts, one foot from the curb or alley and three feet from any obstacle with the wheels and handle facing the home and the lid closed, and note that fees are not prorated and that re-subscribing within twelve months of cancelling carries a service charge. At the centre, tree limbs and branches are cut to four and a half feet and 50 pounds with anything under two inches in diameter tied into bundles with twine or rope.
Scrap metal has no published stream of its own. Appliances and resident generated tires move free through the Rock Island County Waste Management Agency programme that the city points residents to, while the special pickup route and the drop-off centre both refuse appliances and tires, so loose metal still has to be confirmed before it moves.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Free for Rock Island County residents through the Rock Island County Waste Management Agency appliance and used tire programme, which Weikert Iron and Metal Recycling runs by appointment on (877) 934-5378, with tires brought with the rims removed and a limit of four appliances and ten tires per household per year. The agency answers on (309) 788-8925. Loose scrap metal is not covered by a published city or county programme, so confirm that separately with the department on (309) 732-2200.
When & how
Book the county appliance and used tire pickup by appointment on (877) 934-5378, or confirm loose scrap metal with the department on (309) 732-2200 first.
Get it ready
Keep appliances and tires out of the drop-off centre load, which refuses them, and out of the special pickup, which refuses them as well. For an appliance or a resident generated tire, book the county programme with Weikert Iron and Metal Recycling on (877) 934-5378, bring tires with the rims removed, and stay within the limit of four appliances and ten tires per household per year. Use Millennium Waste for masonry and railroad ties rather than mixing them into a metal load.
Lumber, carpet, limbs and branches are all measured the same way at the drop-off centre: no longer than four and a half feet and no heavier than 50 pounds, with anything under two inches in diameter tied into bundles with twine or rope. Each vehicle trip carries no more than the equivalent of a full-size pickup load.
Appliances, tires and masonry do not ride the city routes
The special pickup refuses appliances, used tires and household hazardous materials, and the drop-off centre refuses hazardous waste, tires and appliances. Bricks, concrete blocks, masonry and railroad ties are directed to Millennium Waste rather than through either city route, and the appliance programme handles appliances and used tires separately.
Yard waste carts are spaced at least three feet apart, set one foot from the curb or alley and three feet from any obstacle such as a parked vehicle, utility pole or mailbox, with the wheels and handle facing the home and the lid closed. The subscription has to be active for the address for the cart to be collected.
Use a permitted, accessible outdoor spot. Arrange the move out of your home, keep shared access clear and follow your confirmation’s readiness instructions. Check with your building about access or staging limits before booking.
City of Rock Island Public Works, Refuse and Yard Waste Division
Schedule a special pickup
A household with bulky material inside the accepted range that is not an appliance, a used tire or a hazardous material.
Cost & conditions
$25 per additional special pickup scheduled with the Public Works Department. The charge is published for additional special pickups, and the route refuses appliances, used tires and household hazardous materials.
Arrange it
Call the Public Works Department, describe the material, and put it out on the scheduled pickup day.
A charge applies per pickup, appliances and used tires are refused, and masonry, concrete blocks, railroad ties and bricks go to Millennium Waste instead.
City of Rock Island Public Works, Refuse and Yard Waste Division
Take the load to the drop-off centre
A household with bundled lumber, carpet or yard material that fits a pickup load.
Cost & conditions
$25 per vehicle at the Refuse and Yard Waste Drop-Off Center, limited to the equivalent of a full-size pickup load per trip. Major credit cards are accepted and cash and personal cheques are no longer accepted, and hazardous waste, tires and appliances are refused at the site.
Arrange it
Take the load to 13606 Knoxville Road, keep it to a pickup load for the trip, and pay by card at the site.
One pickup load per vehicle per trip, bundled length and weight limits, and appliances, tires and hazardous waste refused.
City of Rock Island Public Works, Refuse and Yard Waste Division
Subscribe to the yard waste collection program
A household that wants curbside yard waste pickup through the season.
Cost & conditions
$100 per season for the yard waste collection program, billed to the property owner's city utility account. A cart can be rented for an additional $50 per season, fees are not prorated, and reapplying within twelve months of cancellation carries a $25 service charge.
Arrange it
Submit the yard waste service start request through the city's online request system, choose the subscription, and set the cart out following the placement guidelines.
Paid per season, not prorated, a reapplication charge inside twelve months, and the cart has to be placed three feet from obstacles with the lid closed.
Self-hauling in Rock Island runs through two city sites and one private one. The Refuse and Yard Waste Drop-Off Center on Knoxville Road takes a pickup load per vehicle for a flat fee, paid by major credit card, but refuses hazardous waste, tires and appliances and requires lumber, carpet, limbs and branches bundled to four and a half feet and 50 pounds. Yard waste can also be a paid subscription collected at the curb for the season with a rented cart charged on top. The special pickup route handles bulky material for a published per pickup charge, with appliances, used tires and hazardous materials excluded, and bricks, concrete blocks, masonry and railroad ties directed to Millennium Waste. Appliances and used tires have their own city programme, and the Rock Island County Waste Management Agency publishes the county's permitted landfill list for material that has to leave the city system. Refuse and Yard Waste Drop-Off Center, fees and preparation rulesYard Waste Collection, the subscription program and its feesSpecial Pick-Ups, the bulky route, its charge and its exclusionsAppliance and Used Tire Pick-UpIllinois EPA permitted landfills in Rock Island County
City drop-off centre
Refuse and Yard Waste Drop-Off Center
13606 Knoxville Road, Milan, IL 61264
Refuse and yard material delivered by residents, including bundled building lumber and carpet, with tree limbs and branches cut and tied to the published limits.
Hazardous waste, tires and appliances are refused, each vehicle trip is limited to the equivalent of a full-size pickup load, major credit cards are accepted while cash and personal cheques are refused, and lumber, carpet, limbs and branches have to be bundled to four and a half feet and 50 pounds.
The drop-off service runs on Saturdays from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the Millennium Waste site on Knoxville Road, and the Public Works office at 1309 Mill Street is open Monday to Friday from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. with a noon lunch closure, so call (309) 732-2200 if a trip needs confirming.
$25 per vehicle, limited to the equivalent of a full-size pickup load per trip. Major credit cards are the accepted payment at the centre, and the site refuses hazardous waste, tires and appliances.
Prices, timing and the details that matter at your address.
How much does pickup cost?+
Choose your items to see the exact price. A standard sofa is $79 first and $29 additional. The highest first-item price applies once; every remaining item uses its additional-item price. Loading, transportation and disposal are included. Review any applicable sales tax and the final total before payment.
Can I book a pickup for today?+
Book by 2pm at your pickup address for same-day pickup, where available. Choose from the dates shown at checkout. Your booking is for a pickup day, and we text you when your hauler is on the way.
Do my items need to be outside when I book?+
You can book while your items are still inside. Arrange any indoor carrying and have everything outside and accessible according to your confirmation. We load and haul it away from there. Contact us before booking if your property has restricted access.
How much is a special pickup in Rock Island?+
The city publishes a per pickup charge for additional special pickups, scheduled by calling the Public Works Department. Appliances, used tires and household hazardous materials are excluded from that route, and bricks, concrete blocks, masonry and railroad ties have to go to Millennium Waste.Official guidance
Where does construction debris go in Rock Island?+
Bundled building lumber and carpet go to the Refuse and Yard Waste Drop-Off Center at 13606 Knoxville Road for the per vehicle fee, tied in bundles no longer than four and a half feet and no heavier than 50 pounds. Bricks, concrete blocks, masonry and railroad ties are refused on the city routes and have to go to Millennium Waste instead.Official guidance
Is yard waste pickup free in Rock Island?+
No. Yard waste collection is a subscription program billed to the property owner's city utility account for the season, with a city cart available to rent for an additional per season charge. Fees are not prorated, and re-subscribing within twelve months of cancelling carries a service charge. Bundled limbs and branches can also go to the drop-off centre for the per vehicle fee.Official guidance
Where does scrap metal go in Rock Island?+
Appliances and resident generated tires go through the Rock Island County Waste Management Agency appliance and used tire programme at no charge, scheduled by appointment on (877) 934-5378 with Weikert Iron and Metal Recycling, limited to four appliances and ten tires per household per year and with the rims removed from tires. The accepted appliance list covers air conditioners, chillers, clothes dryers, dehumidifiers, dishwashers, freezers, furnaces and boilers, garbage disposals, humidifiers, microwave ovens, ovens, ranges, refrigerators, stoves, water coolers and water heaters. Neither the special pickup route nor the drop-off centre takes appliances or tires. There is no published scrap metal stream, so call the Refuse and Yard Waste Division on (309) 732-2200 and confirm loose metal before hauling it.Official guidance
How do I get rid of bulky items in Rock Island?+
Schedule a special pickup with the Public Works Department, which carries a published per pickup charge. Appliances, used tires and household hazardous materials cannot go on that route, and bricks, concrete blocks, masonry and railroad ties have to go to Millennium Waste. Bundled material can also be taken to the drop-off centre on Knoxville Road for the per vehicle fee.Official guidance
What does yard waste collection cost in Rock Island?+
It is a subscription billed to the property owner's city utility account for the season, with a cart available to rent at an additional per season charge. Fees are not prorated, and reapplying within twelve months of cancelling carries a service charge. Bundled limbs and branches can also be taken to the drop-off centre for the per vehicle fee instead.Official guidance
What does the Rock Island drop-off centre accept?+
Refuse and yard material, including bundled building lumber and carpet, at a flat per vehicle rate with the load limited to the equivalent of a full-size pickup load per trip. Hazardous waste, tires and appliances are refused, cash and personal cheques are no longer accepted, and everything has to be bundled to four and a half feet and 50 pounds.Official guidance
