Residential Garbage Program

Garbage collection is provided to customers that reside within the city limits of Dixon. Customers are provided with one 96 gallon gray garbage cart. Place all waste inside your containers. Do not place waste materials on top, or next to your garbage cart.

Please be mindful of the 200 pound weight limit. Our trucks cannot lift carts that weigh more than this. If your garbage exceeds the limit, it will not be collected.

Items such as hazardous waste, universal waste, construction debris (dirt, rocks, cement, wood), furniture and large items that require special handling, will not be picked up if they are placed in containers.

Please contact us for more information.

Acceptable Garbage Materials Only put un-recyclable materials into your gray container!
Glass Ceramics, dishware, drinking glasses, Pyrex, porcelain, stemware Light bulbs (no fluorescent bulbs) Mirrors or window glass Metal Aluminum foil Coat hangers Food trays or pans Scrap metal Spray cans (hair spray or paint) Organic Material Animal feces or manure Cooled and Bagged Ashes Lumber, plywood or particle board	Paper Adhesive-backed paper Carbon paper Hardcover books or binders Photographs Plastic or foil lining cereal or cracker boxes Soiled papers, food wrappings, napkins, tissues or towels Thermal fax paper Plastic Food trays or deli containers Plastic bags or wrap Plastic furniture Plastic tubs (yogurt and margarine containers) PVC or other piping Styrofoam/polystyrene containers and packing peanuts Toys, trays, cups, garden hoses, plant pots, furniture

Unacceptable Garbage Material Please do not place the following materials into your gray container!
Construction Debris Concrete, rocks, dirt Electronic / Universal Waste Televisions, computers, cell phones, batteries, fluorescent light bulbs, mercury switches Hot Ashes or Coals	Household Hazardous Waste Paints, solvents, motor oil, cleaners, corrosives, fuel tanks - propane tanks Recyclable Glass, Metal, Paper and Plastic All recyclable materials

Proper Toter Placement

To help prevent empty toters from falling and blocking sidewalks after they are emptied, please follow our toter replacement procedures.

toter placement

Please place toters sideways in the street. As you face the street, place the handle to your left with the right-hand side of the toter parallel with the curb. Your toter should open on the right-hand side.
Toter lid must be closed.
Don't block the sidewalk.
Don't park cars within 3 feet of toters.
Place toters 3 feet apart.
Put toters out by 6:00am on pickup day.
Remove toters from curb as soon as possible after pickup and place them out of view from the street.
Please contact us for more information.