Brush and Yard Waste
The city shall provide curbside collection of yard waste for residential customers located north of U.S. Route 50 on Thursdays and south of U.S. Route 50 on Tuesdays. (All yard waste must be curbside by 7:30 a.m. the day of collection.)
Yard waste consisting of grass clippings, leaves, and small sticks must be placed in city approved degradable paper bags. Tree limbs bundled in four-foot bundles, not exceeding fifty (50) pounds in weight, will also be collected. The city will pick up only normal tree and bush trimmings. The property owner will dispose of all other tree parts. Do not put brush and yard waste piles or bags on street surface, ditches, gutters or blocking sidewalks. (Bags are available for purchase at various business and retail establishments in the city.)
If you have questions regarding these policies, or would like to discuss this further, please contact the City of Salem at 548-2222 or Salem Municipal Landfill #2 at 548-7781.
Used Christmas Tree Collection
The City of Salem will schedule a used Christmas tree collection immediately after the holiday season each year. The trees are taken to local lakes and ponds and used for fish spawning and must therefore be free of all tinsel, ornaments, garland etc. No tree wrapped in a plastic tree bag, or covered with tinsel will be collected.
Items NOT accepted at the Landfill include:
Insulation
Chemicals (household, industrial)
Paint (cans, etc.)
Asbestos Products
Roofing material / Construction or remodeling waste / carpeting
Car parts, Including tires, batteries, body parts, etc.
Business or Commercial Waste
Items of questionable or unknown content will be left
Absolutely no items can be taken which were not from a source within the City limits
Effective January 1, 2012 the IEPA has placed a ban on landfill disposal of many electronic items. These items will no longer be picked up by the City's residential trash hauler.
Items included in the ban include: Televisions
Computer Monitors
Printers
Computers (laptops and tablets)
Electronic Keyboards
Fax Machines
Videocassette Recorders
Portable Digital Music Players
Digital Video Disc Players
Video Game Consoles
Small Scale Servers
Scanners
Electronic Mice
Digital Converter Box
Cable Receivers
Satellite Receivers
Digital Video Disc Recorders
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