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City collection Bulk items are household items too large for an approved container and they are collected on the same day as the regular garbage, with preparation rules instead of an appointment. The City states that bulk items are subject to the bulk refuse rates in its fee schedule but does not restate those rates on the page, so confirm the amount for the item with Rock River Disposal on 815-965-2489 before it goes out.
City collection A mattress is a bulk item in Rockford, and the City publishes specific preparation rules for king size sets and for bedding that has been infested. Bedding is a bulk item, and the City routes bulk costs to the bulk refuse rates in its fee schedule without restating them, so confirm the amount with Rock River Disposal on 815-965-2489 or with the City on 779-348-7300.
City collection Appliances are bulk items on the regular collection day, and a unit that holds refrigerant needs a technician certification that it is refrigerant free. The City publishes the appliance cost only inside the bulk refuse rates in its fee schedule, so confirm the amount and the collection with Rock River Disposal on 815-965-2489 before the unit goes out.
City collection Rockford contracts residential collection to Rock River Disposal, and city contracted garbage service is mandatory for every dwelling unit of four families or fewer. The City publishes no residential collection rate on its waste pages, because the service runs under its contract with Rock River Disposal and is billed through the City. Confirm the amount and the service setup with the City customer service center on 779-348-7300, or ask the hauler on 815-965-2489 about the containers.
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?
Rockford contracts its residential collection to Rock River Disposal, and the service is mandatory for every dwelling unit of four families or fewer. Garbage comes weekly and the household trash allotment is unlimited, recycling rides along in a supplied toter, and yard waste runs the same day as garbage through the growing season with a Christmas tree collection in January. Bulk items work differently from most cities: they are collected on the regular garbage day rather than by appointment, and the City publishes preparation rules instead of a booking process, so a toilet tank comes off, boards are cut to four feet, a king size box spring is halved, an infested mattress is wrapped, and a refrigerator needs a technician certification that it is refrigerant free. Electronics and household chemicals both leave the curb entirely, going to the Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful centers and to the cooperative hazardous waste facility on Kishwaukee Street.
Rockford contracts residential collection to Rock River Disposal, and city contracted garbage service is mandatory for every dwelling unit of four families or fewer.
City cost & eligibility
The City publishes no residential collection rate on its waste pages, because the service runs under its contract with Rock River Disposal and is billed through the City. Confirm the amount and the service setup with the City customer service center on 779-348-7300, or ask the hauler on 815-965-2489 about the containers.
When & how
Once a week on the household collection day under the City contract. Yard waste and bulk items are collected on that same day, and the yard waste season runs only through the growing months.
Get it ready
Standard weekly household trash is unlimited, and it goes out in 13 to 40 gallon containers or bags weighing less than 50 pounds each, in the 95 gallon container the hauler supplies, or in personal cans. Recycling is unlimited in the supplied 65 gallon toter, and trash cans are not accepted for recycling. Chapter 25 of the City general ordinance governs the collection rules.
Bulk items are household items too large for an approved container and they are collected on the same day as the regular garbage, with preparation rules instead of an appointment.
City cost & eligibility
The City states that bulk items are subject to the bulk refuse rates in its fee schedule but does not restate those rates on the page, so confirm the amount for the item with Rock River Disposal on 815-965-2489 before it goes out.
When & how
On the same day as the regularly scheduled garbage collection, with no separate appointment. A household with an atypically large item is told to contact the hauler first to verify that it can be collected.
Get it ready
Reduce an item to a safe size before it goes out. The City requires a toilet tank to be separated from the bowl, boards, poles and other long solid objects to be cut into sections no longer than four feet, bed bug infested mattresses, furniture and furnishings to be wrapped in plastic, a king size box spring to be cut in half and a king size mattress to be folded in half and secured with tape or rope, and an appliance containing refrigerant to carry a certification from a licensed refrigeration technician that the item is refrigerant free.
A mattress is a bulk item in Rockford, and the City publishes specific preparation rules for king size sets and for bedding that has been infested.
City cost & eligibility
Bedding is a bulk item, and the City routes bulk costs to the bulk refuse rates in its fee schedule without restating them, so confirm the amount with Rock River Disposal on 815-965-2489 or with the City on 779-348-7300.
When & how
On the same day as the regular garbage collection, as part of the bulk stream rather than on a separate day.
Get it ready
Secure the set before it goes out. A king size box spring has to be cut in half and a king size mattress folded in half and secured with tape or rope, and a mattress or box spring that has been infested is wrapped in plastic so the crew can handle it safely.
Appliances are bulk items on the regular collection day, and a unit that holds refrigerant needs a technician certification that it is refrigerant free.
City cost & eligibility
The City publishes the appliance cost only inside the bulk refuse rates in its fee schedule, so confirm the amount and the collection with Rock River Disposal on 815-965-2489 before the unit goes out.
When & how
On the same day as the regular garbage collection, as part of the bulk stream.
Get it ready
Attach a certification from a licensed refrigeration technician stating that a refrigerator, freezer or air conditioner is refrigerant free, which the City requires before the unit is collected. A resident who would rather move the item personally may take bulk items to the Winnebago landfill instead of using the curbside collection.
Covered electronic devices cannot go in an Illinois landfill and are not collected with the garbage, so they go to one of three Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful centers, where televisions and monitors carry a published fee.
City cost & eligibility
From $20 for the published fee for a television or monitor under 19 inches at a Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful recycling center, with sets 19 inches and over at a higher published fee and projection or wood console televisions at a third. Residents dropping intact consumer electronics under the Illinois consumer electronics recycling act, where disposal is free except for televisions and monitors. Payment is debit preferred, with all major credit and debit cards accepted, and business derived electronic waste is not eligible at these centers.
When & how
At one of the three Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful recycling centers during its own published hours: the Rockford center on Hydraulic Road, the Machesney Park center on N. 2nd Street and the South Beloit center on Eastern Avenue.
Get it ready
Keep the device out of the garbage, because Illinois bans covered electronic devices from landfills and they are not collected curbside. Only intact electronics from residential consumers are accepted, so a device that has been taken apart, and any electronics from a business, are refused and need the appointment based commercial service instead.
Construction material is not one of the residential streams, so a project load goes through the special waste vendor list or a self haul rather than the garbage day.
City cost & eligibility
The City publishes neither a construction collection nor a rate for it, and it lists regional special waste vendors for material that the household hazardous waste facility cannot take, so confirm the material, the receiving site and the price with a vendor before the load is staged.
When & how
Arranged with a permitted vendor rather than set out on the collection day, since the residential service covers garbage, recycling, yard waste and household bulk items only.
Get it ready
Keep construction material out of the garbage, the recycling toter and the yard waste piles. Long pieces and boards that do go out as bulk items have to be cut into sections no longer than four feet, and a resident who would rather not use the curbside route may transport bulk items personally to the Winnebago landfill.
Exercise equipment is named nowhere in the City material, so the machine has to be verified with the hauler before it goes out as a bulk item.
City cost & eligibility
The City publishes no rate for an item it does not name, so call Rock River Disposal on 815-965-2489 and confirm whether the machine can be collected as a bulk item, how it has to be reduced for safety and what it costs under the bulk refuse rates.
When & how
On the regular garbage day with the bulk items, once the hauler confirms the machine.
Get it ready
Describe the machine when calling, take it down as far as it comes apart, and cut anything long into sections no longer than four feet because the City insists that long solid objects be sectioned for safety. Keep the load within what one crew can lift, since an atypically large item has to be verified before it goes out.
Yard waste is collected on the regular garbage day through the growing season, with a Christmas tree collection in early January and published bag, can and bundle limits.
City cost & eligibility
Household yard waste is unlimited under the hauler's description of the service, and the City publishes no separate yard waste rate, so confirm how the collection is billed on 815-965-2489 or with the City customer service center on 779-348-7300.
When & how
On the same day as the regularly scheduled garbage collection, but only during the spring, summer and fall growing seasons, with a special Christmas tree collection in early January. The City announces each season's start and end by press release and social media, and the hauler describes the season as typically running from the beginning of April to the end of November.
Get it ready
Use compostable paper bags or a refuse can of 32 gallons or smaller marked with a large X visible from the street, and keep plastic bags out of the stream entirely. Bundle twigs, branches and large brush no longer than four feet and no more than two feet in diameter, tied with string or twine rather than metal, and keep branches and limbs over four inches in diameter out of the pile. Mulch, tree stumps, root balls and vegetation mixed with excessive soil are refused, nothing loaded may weigh more than 50 pounds, and yard waste may not be mixed with garbage.
Household chemicals are not collected at the curb and go free to the cooperative hazardous waste center on Kishwaukee Street, where latex paint is no longer accepted.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Illinois residents, not businesses, at the Household Hazardous Waste Disposal Center at 3315 Kishwaukee Street, which the City, the Illinois EPA and the Four Rivers Sanitation Authority operate together. There is no cost for dropping off household hazardous waste, all liquids must be in secure containers of no more than five gallons, and City of Rockford residents may add up to four passenger tires per vehicle per day.
When & how
Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sundays from noon to 4 p.m., with waste accepted only during operating hours and the center closed on New Year's Day, Easter Sunday, Independence Day and Christmas.
Get it ready
Keep hazardous material out of the garbage, the recycling toter and the yard waste piles, and deliver it in secure containers of no more than five gallons. Accepted material includes aerosols, corrosives, oxidizers, solvents, oil based paints, waste oil, pesticides, fertilizers, household batteries and fluorescent lamps. Latex paint is no longer accepted and goes to a PaintCare drop off site instead, and commercial or agricultural tires are refused.
Rockford collects garbage, yard waste in season and bulk items on the same day, and each one has its own rules. Household trash is unlimited in containers or bags of 13 to 40 gallons under 50 pounds, yard waste goes out in paper bags or in a can of 32 gallons or less marked with a large X, and a bulk item goes out reduced to a safe size rather than left whole.
The City publishes preparation rules instead of an appointment. A toilet tank comes off the bowl, boards, poles and other long solid objects are cut into sections no longer than four feet, bedding and furniture that has been infested is wrapped in plastic, a king size box spring is cut in half and a king size mattress folded in half and secured with tape or rope, and a refrigerant containing appliance needs a licensed technician's certification that it is refrigerant free.
Covered electronic devices are banned from Illinois landfills and are not collected with household garbage, so they go to one of three Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful recycling centers, where televisions and monitors carry a published fee. Household chemicals go to the cooperative center at 3315 Kishwaukee Street, and neither stream belongs in the garbage, the recycling toter or a yard waste pile.
The landfill and the vendor list are the backstops
A resident may transport bulk items personally to the Winnebago landfill instead of using the curbside collection, and for material the household hazardous waste facility cannot take the City publishes a list of permitted regional special waste vendors covering material from commercial, industrial and agricultural sources along with tires and electronics. The City labels that list a courtesy rather than a recommendation.
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 Rockford Community and Economic Development with Rock River Disposal, Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful and the Household Hazardous Waste Disposal Center
City contracted garbage, recycling and yard waste
Any residential dwelling unit of four families or fewer, where city contracted collection is mandatory.
Cost & conditions
The City publishes no monthly residential rate on its waste pages and the service runs under the contract with Rock River Disposal, so confirm the billing with the City customer service center on 779-348-7300 and the container terms with the hauler on 815-965-2489.
Arrange it
Set out unlimited household trash in containers or bags of 13 to 40 gallons under 50 pounds, use the supplied recycling toter, and follow the seasonal yard waste rules on the same collection day.
The contract covers residences of four families or fewer, and it does not cover electronics, household chemicals or construction material, which have their own routes.
City of Rockford Community and Economic Development with Rock River Disposal, Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful and the Household Hazardous Waste Disposal Center
A household with a television, monitor, computer, printer, DVD player or another covered electronic device.
Cost & conditions
From $20 for the published fee for a television or monitor under 19 inches, with sets 19 inches and over at a higher published fee and projection or wood console televisions at a third. Residents dropping intact consumer electronics under the Illinois consumer electronics recycling act, where disposal is free for every covered device except televisions and monitors. Payment is debit preferred, with major credit and debit cards accepted.
Arrange it
Take the device to the Rockford center on Hydraulic Road, the Machesney Park center on N. 2nd Street or the South Beloit center on Eastern Avenue during that site's published hours.
Only intact residential devices are accepted, so partial devices and components are refused, and business electronics need the appointment based commercial service from Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful on 815-637-1343.
A household, contractor or business with material that the household hazardous waste center cannot take, including a renovation load.
Cost & conditions
The City publishes the vendor names and numbers without rates, because each company sets its own price, so confirm the material, the receiving site and the cost directly with the vendor.
Arrange it
Call one of the permitted regional vendors, describe the material and confirm where the load will be taken before it is staged.
The City presents the list as a courtesy rather than a recommendation and states that it is not comprehensive, so a household still has to verify that the vendor handles the specific material.
Aerosols, corrosives, oxidizers, solvents, oil based paints, waste oil, pesticides, fertilizers, household batteries and fluorescent lamps, and up to four passenger tires per vehicle per day from City of Rockford residents.
Illinois residents only, with businesses excluded, waste accepted only during operating hours, all liquids in secure containers of no more than five gallons, commercial and agricultural tires refused, and latex paint no longer accepted at all.
Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sundays from noon to 4 p.m., closed on New Year's Day, Easter Sunday, Independence Day and Christmas.
No charge. Illinois residents, not businesses, with no cost to drop off household hazardous waste at the center the City runs with the Illinois EPA and the Four Rivers Sanitation Authority.
Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful Rockford Recycle Center
4665 Hydraulic Road, Rockford, IL
Covered electronic devices, including computers and small scale servers, monitors, keyboards and mice, printers, fax machines and scanners, televisions, DVD players, recorders and VCRs, digital converter boxes, cable and satellite receivers, portable digital music players and video game consoles.
Only intact electronics from residential consumers, with partial devices and components refused and business derived electronic waste excluded. Televisions and monitors carry a published fee while every other covered device is free, and payment is debit preferred with major credit and debit cards accepted.
Tuesdays from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon at the Rockford center, with the Machesney Park center open Wednesdays from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon and the South Beloit center open on the second Saturday of each month from 9 a.m. to noon.
From $20 for the published fee for a television or monitor under 19 inches, with sets 19 inches and over at a higher published fee and projection or wood console televisions at a third. Residents dropping intact consumer electronics under the Illinois consumer electronics recycling act, where disposal is free for covered devices other than televisions and monitors.
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.
Do bulky items need an appointment?+
No. Rockford collects bulk items on the same day as the regularly scheduled garbage collection, so the work is in the preparation rather than the booking. An atypically large item still has to be verified with Rock River Disposal on 815-965-2489 before it is set out.Official guidance
How does a bulky item have to be prepared?+
Separate a toilet tank from the bowl, cut boards, poles and other long objects into sections no longer than four feet, wrap bed bug infested mattresses and furniture in plastic, cut a king size box spring in half and fold a king size mattress in half secured with tape or rope, and attach a licensed refrigeration technician's certification that a refrigerant containing appliance is refrigerant free.Official guidance
How should a mattress be set out?+
As a prepared bulk item on the regular garbage day. A king size box spring is cut in half and a king size mattress is folded in half and secured with tape or rope, and anything that has been infested is wrapped in plastic before it goes to the curb.Official guidance
Where do old televisions and computers go?+
To a Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful recycling center, because covered electronic devices are banned from Illinois landfills and are not collected with household garbage. Disposal is free except for televisions and monitors, which carry a published fee, and only intact residential devices are accepted.Official guidance
What does it cost to recycle a television?+
Televisions and monitors are the only covered devices with a charge. Sets under 19 inches are at the lowest published fee, sets 19 inches and over are higher, and projection televisions and wood console televisions are higher again, with payment by debit preferred and major credit or debit cards accepted.Official guidance
Where do paint and chemicals go?+
To the Household Hazardous Waste Disposal Center at 3315 Kishwaukee Street, which the City runs with the Illinois EPA and the Four Rivers Sanitation Authority. Illinois residents drop household hazardous waste free on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sundays from noon to 4 p.m., and liquids have to be in secure containers of five gallons or less.Official guidance
Is latex paint still accepted?+
No. The City states that latex paint is no longer accepted at the hazardous waste center and directs residents to a PaintCare drop off site for recycling. Oil based paints, stains and solvents are still accepted along with aerosols, corrosives, oxidizers, waste oil, pesticides, fertilizers, household batteries and fluorescent lamps.Official guidance
Who handles waste collection in Rockford?+
Rock River Disposal, under a contract managed by the City's Community and Economic Development department, with city contracted collection mandatory for every residential dwelling unit of four families or fewer. The City customer service center on 779-348-7300 handles billing and new service, and the hauler on 815-965-2489 handles the containers and collection problems.Official guidance
What does a bulk item cost?+
The City states that bulk items are subject to the bulk refuse rates in its fee schedule without restating the rates on the page, so the amount depends on the item and has to be confirmed with Rock River Disposal on 815-965-2489. An atypically large item has to be verified before it goes out at all.Official guidance
When does yard waste start and stop?+
Yard waste pickup runs only during the spring, summer and fall growing seasons and then stops for winter, with a Christmas tree collection in early January. The hauler describes the season as typically beginning in April and ending in late November, and the City announces the start and end of each season by press release and social media.Official guidance
Can I get rid of tires?+
City of Rockford residents may bring up to four passenger tires per vehicle per day to the household hazardous waste center on Kishwaukee Street during its weekend hours. Commercial and agricultural tires are not accepted there, and the City's vendor list includes a tire recycling company for larger quantities.Official guidance
Who do I call at the City about waste?+
The City customer service center on 779-348-7300 handles billing and new service, and the department that manages the refuse contract is Community and Economic Development.Official guidance
