Sanitation Guidelines
Things to know about polycarts:
Click here to read the "How To Use Your Polycart" brochure
Polycarts are for residential use. If a resident moves they must leave their polycart or they will be charged for it. There is no charge for the first polycart. If you need a second polycart, the charge will be $4 a month. The charge will be placed on your water bill. Contact Customer Service to order extra polycarts at 405 878-1560. If you are physically unable to handle the polycart and need help, please contact Allied Waste at 405 275-9062. They will ask you to submit a Doctor's note stating that you are physically unable to take the polycart to the curb, and they will pick it up house-side. On collection day, the polycart should be placed in the proper location in front of your house by 7am. Place the polycart with the handle away from the curb. You may remove your polycart after the garbage has been collected by 5pm. Do not put your polycart next to a mailbox or within 12 feet of a parked car. Remember, the idea is that an automated arm will grab the polycart and empty it. No one wants it grabbing something else. Do not put your polycart in the alley or back of your house. Alleyway's are too narrow and dangerous for the automated trucks. Green waste (yard clippings, leaves, and small branches tied in bundles) are picked up on Wednesdays. Please bag your leaves and lawn clippings, go not use your polycart for green waste. Tree, shrub and brush trimmings should be bundled securely together forming an easily handled package not exceeding three feet in length or 35 pounds in weight. Bulk Waste (sofas, chairs, etc.) will not be collected on your weekly trash pick up day. Residents are allowed to dump 3 cubic yards (1 pickup bed) once per month at the Absolute Waste Solution's Landfill. Landfill hour's of operation are Mon-Fri: 8am-5pm | Saturdays: 9am-12pm. Please bring your residential water bill and matching ID. The number to the landfill is 405 598-3893. Click here for more information on the landfill The City of Shawnee also offers a Clean Up day in the Spring at various locations around the city and a curbside Bulk Waste Clean Up in the Fall.
Republished by permission of Wayne Trotter of the Shawnee Sun. Updated by Shawnee Municipal Authority
Allied Waste representatives are available at (405) 275-9062. To order trash service or extra polycarts please contact Utility Billing at (405) 878-1560.
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