Brush collection beginsThe City of Darien is pleased to be able to offer FREE BRUSH PICKUP for all residents within our boundaries. To help keep the streets clean and our crews on schedule, please stack the brush neatly by the curb on the Sunday before the pickup week. The chipper can accept brush up to 6” in diameter. Please do not tie the brush or put it in garbage cans. All other yard waste such as grass clippings and flowers should be disposed of through our yard waste program with ARC Disposal.
All brush needs to be out by no later than the Sunday night prior to the designated pick up week. The chipping crew can make only one pass and may complete your street as soon as Monday morning.
Residents who are unable to put their brush out prior to the scheduled week can take it to the Municipal Services Facility, located at 1041 S. Frontage Road, and place it in the brush dumpster. Brush will be accepted Monday through Friday from 7:00 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. No landscape companies are allowed to dump in the brush dumpsters.
If you have any questions regarding brush pick up, please contact Municipal Services at 630-353-8105.
Brush Collection Dates June 21 through 25
New rates announced for refuse pick-upARC Rates 2010 The City of Darien is entering into its sixth year with ARC Disposal as its refuse hauler. Each April 1st the rates go up according to the contract. Although the rates have changed, the pickup procedures remain the same for 2010-2011. Below is a summary of our garbage services for the coming year: Waste hauling/recycling Darien uses a sticker system in which residents affix one sticker for each 32/33 gallon garbage cans or on a garbage bag and it is picked up on a regularly scheduled garbage day. The weight limit for the garbage is 50 pounds per container. Yard waste can be put in a brown paper bag or put in a garbage can with a permanent “YARD WASTE ONLY” tag affixed to the side. The stickers and tags can be picked up at City Hall. Garbage holidays Our garbage collectors have six holidays: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. On the weeks that this occurs, garbage collection will be pushed back one day from the holiday. Bulk items Bulk items are large items that are not included in normal garbage pick-up. Examples of bulk items are sofas, loveseats, chairs, tables, and microwaves. Two stickers must be affixed to each bulk item for it to be removed on your normal garbage pick-up day. White goods White goods include refrigerators, ranges, stoves, freezers, air conditioners, water heaters, another other domestic large appliances. Because these need to be disassembled by hand because of environmentally harmful materials, five stickers are required to be affixed before they will be removed on your regular garbage pick-up day. Dumpsters ARC Disposal/Allied Waste is the exclusive hauler for all permitted jobs within the City of Darien. Dumpsters are provided at the following rates, according to contract. To schedule a dumpster, contact Allied Waste at 1-800-345-1408. Current Fees April 2010 thru March 2011 Recycling Recycling is free when put in 18 gallon recycling bins that can be purchased at City Hall for $7.00. Please help keep our neighborhoods clean by placing heavy recyclables on top, which keeps the lighter items from blowing out of the bins and into our yards. The following are examples of acceptable and unacceptable recycling items: |
