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Household refuse in the City of Marion is collected twice per week on either Monday and Thursday or on Tuesday and Friday, depending on where you live. Please refer to the map below for your regularly scheduled trash pickup day. Click on the map for a larger view.

Residential service is $7.00 per month.

Commercial rates are:

	2 pickups	3 pickups	4 pickups	5 pickups	6 pickups	7 pickups
2 bags	$16.00	$17.80	$22.00	$25.00	$28.00	$31.00
1.5 yd. Container	$27.00	$35.50	$45.00	$54.50	$64.00	$74.50
2 yd. Container	$35.00	$43.75	$56.00	$68.25	$80.50	$93.00
3 yd. Container	$42.00	$52.00	$67.00	$82.00	$97.00	$115.00

If you would like to purchase a polycart for your trash, you can buy a 95 gallon one (pictured to the left) from the city for $80.00. Contact the city offices to purchase one.

Holiday schedules will affect your regular pickup days. On the following holidays, your pickup day will change as indicated.

2008 Holiday Pickup Schedule


	Regulary Scheduled Day/Holiday Schedule Day
Holiday	Monday	Tuesday	Thursday	Friday

Monday, Jan 1st	Tue Dec 31	Wed Jan 2	Thu Jan 3	Fri Jan 4
Monday, May 28th	Tue May 29	Wed May 30	Thu June 1	Fri June 2
Monday, September 3rd	Tue Sep 4	Wed Sep 5	Thu Sep 6	Fri Sep 7
Monday, November 12th	Tue Nov 13	Wed Nov 14	Thu Nov 15	Fri Nov 16

There will be no trash pickup on Thursday, November 22nd and Friday, November 23rd due to the Thanksgiving holiday.

There will be no trash pickup on Monday, December 24th and Tuesday, December 25th due to the Christmas holiday.

Putting Your Trash Out For Pickup

Unless approved by the city, trash must be placed in the alley behind your residence. Trash must be placed at the alley right of way. Trash left in the yard or in enclosures set back from the alley right of way will not be picked up. When placing your trash out, please follow the following guidelines:

Trash must be out for pickup by 8:00am on your scheduled pickup day for guaranteed pickup.
Place all trash (except large/bulky items) in a trash bag and tie the bag when placing it out for pickup.
If trash containers are used, they must have an air tight, water proof lid and be no larger than 32 gallons in size, unless approved by the city. Loose, unbagged trash in large, oversized trash containers will not be picked up.

The following items will not be accepted by the Marion County Transfer Station and will not be picked up by the trash truck:

Yard waste (Grass, leaves, limbs, hay, bushes, etc.
Hazardous materials (flammables, chemicals, car batteries, wet paint, etc. Note: empty paint cans or paint cans in which the paint is dried up is acceptable)
Large amounts of construction material (boards, shingles, drywall, etc. Note: small amounts of these items are acceptable)
Refrigerators, freezers, etc. (Note: you may take these items to the transfer station yourself if the freon has been removed. The permit that is required for the transfer station is available at the city offices or in the online documents library.
Tires (Note: you may take tires to the transfer station yourself and they will accept them for a charge)

Cleanup Weeks

Twice a year, the City of Marion has a cleanup week when you may put out for pickup large amounts of refuse, construction material, appliances (with a permit from the city office), heavy metals, furniture, brush, limbs, leaves, etc. This is normally in April and October. Watch the newspaper and this web site for the dates to be announced.

When placing items out for pickup during cleanup week, please separate your refuse, metals, appliances, construction material and yard waste into separate piles.