City of Cedar Rapids, Iowa - Solid Waste Department

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Scheduled Citywide Bulky Item Collection
The City of Cedar Rapids will only collect up to 4 household furniture bulky items which are bigger than 3 feet long by 2 feet in diameter from your home during this year’s Bulky Item Collection Program:
Couches Loveseats Upholstered Arm Chairs Coffee Tables End Tables Wooden Bookshelves Entertainment Units Dinning Tables and Chairs (Chairs with metal frames and tables with metal legs will not be collected) Wooden Desks	Hide-a-beds Mattresses Box Springs Wooden Head Boards Night Stands Dressers Armoires
Disposal Options for Other Bulky Items
View options for appliances.	View options for tires.	View options for scrap metal.
Bulky Item Collection Schedule Find your normal garbage collection day below to determine when you can set out bulky items:
Not Sure of Your Normal Collection Day? View Collection Day Map to Find Out		All bulky items and regular garbage must be set out before 7:00 AM on your designated collection day. Bulky items must be kept separate from your garbage and recycling. Separating items helps your collectors and speeds up the collection. Setting out your garbage Setting out your recycling Do not block access to your mailbox or collection items. Mail carriers will not deliver your mail and collection items may be left.
Appliance Drop-Off The City does not collect Appliances at the curb during the clean up program. To assist you with your appliance disposal, Solid Waste and Recycling customers can dispose of up to 3 appliances (with doors removed from all appliances) at no additional charge from Monday, April 10 to Friday, May 19, 2006 at the landfill site at 2250 A Street SW. All appliances disposed of beyond the 3 permitted will be charged a fee of $9.00 per appliance. When you take appliances to the A Street SW landfill, you must give landfill staff the Bulky Item Collection flyer you received in the mail in order to gain entrance for your appliance disposal. An example of this flyer is shown at right. Tire Drop-Off The City of Cedar Rapids, in cooperation with the Cedar Rapids/Linn County Solid Waste Agency, will accept car and small truck tires (both on and off the rim) from Solid Waste and Recycling customers during the 2006 Citywide Bulky Item Collection Program. Maximum 8 tires per vehicle No tractor tires or other large tires Solid Waste and Recycling customers can take tires to the landfill at 2250 A Street SW from Monday, April 10 to Friday, May 19, 2006 during the hours of 7:00 AM - 4:30 PM Monday-Friday and 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM Saturday. When you take tires to the A Street SW landfill, you must give landfill staff the Bulky Item Collection flyer you received in the mail in order to gain entrance for your tire disposal. An example of this flyer is shown at right.

Scrap Metal Items Drop-Off

Residents who have scrap metal items can drop them off free of charge year-round at either:

Cedar Rapids/Linn County
Solid Waste Agency Site 1
2250 A Street SW
7:00 AM - 4:30 PM Monday - Friday
8:00 AM - 2:00 PM Saturday

Cedar Rapids/Linn County
Solid Waste Agency Site 2
1954 County Home Road
7:30 AM - 4:30 PM Monday - Friday
8:00 AM - 2:00 PM Saturday

Remove all non-metal material possible from items.

Examples of scrap metal items accepted include:
Bicycles (with or w/o tires) BBQs Gutters, Metal Siding, and Soffit Wire Fencing	Poles (no concrete bases) Play Sets Metal Furniture	Exercise Equipment Pots and Pans Snow Blowers and Lawnmowers (with or w/o tires, but no gas or oil)