Waste Disposal
The Village of Peoria Heights has contracted G&O Disposal for all of its residential waste collection.
Regular Waste Collection
Regular residential waste collection occurs on a weekly basis.
Please refer to the waste collection map below for your scheduled day.
Recycling Waste Collection
Recycling waste is picked up every other week on the same day as your regular residential waste schedule.
If you do not already have a tote, please call G&O Disposal to have one delivered.
Landscape Waste Collection
Landscape waste (grass clippings, tree branches and trimmings) collection begins in April and ends in the beginning of December. Landscape waste must be placed in paper bags or containers.
Residents living south of Glen and west of Prospect receive landscape waste collection every other Friday.
Residents living north of Glen and east of Prospect (including the Galena Road area) receive landscape waste collection every other Saturday.
All questions regarding any of these services should be directed to G&O Disposal at (309) 742-4177.
General Guidelines for Removal of Refuse, Yard Waste & Recycling from G & O Disposal
All items (regular refuse, yard waste and recycling) need to be bagged, in cans, or bundled together in length of 5 feet or less and weighing less than 50 pounds. No large loose piles can be picked up.
Regular household refuse only will be accepted. Piles of carpet, construction material, remodeling projects, electronics, appliances, cans with wet paint, tires, batteries or any other items with hazardous waste cannot be taken. We do have roll off dumpsters available for rent for large projects. The same landfill guidelines are followed on a large dumpster. An occasional toilet or items such as that will be taken as long as the above guidelines are adhered to.
We do take mattresses and box springs. However, we will leave them at the curb for one week to insure any viruses are dead. Also, they need to be less than 5 feet and less than 50 pounds, so if it is longer or heavier than that, it will need to be cut up and bundled together. We also ask you put them out on different days to cut down on the room in the garbage truck bed. We will take an occasional couch, unless it is a sleeper sofa. We cannot take those as the springs get caught in the smasher.
Large piles of furniture cannot be taken. If someone moves out, again, a roll-off dumpster is available for short term lease. Prices and information can be obtained from our office.
Our drivers try to stay on schedule as much as possible, but occasionally the route is ran different for various reasons. We encourage you to put out your trash, recycling, and yard waste the night before if at all possible. If you occasionally miss putting out your items, please call the office as soon as possible so we can route someone back to get your trash. Please try to refrain from missing them. It causes delays in other parts of the route.
If you have any items you are unsure of, please call the office and we will try and guide you as much as possible.
Yard Waste: Regarding yard waste, the same rules apply. No large loose piles of brush, branches, leaves, or grass clippings can be taken unless guideline #1 is adhered to. If you use a can for yard waste, please mark the can to avoid confusion. We have different trucks for trash and yard waste, so a different driver and helper will be running that route. They may not be aware of what your regular trash can looks like.
Recycling: Always put your recycling out in our blue totes. As a matter of courtesy, we do not empty totes with another company name or logo on them. If you need a blue recycling tote, please again call our office to request one. We delivered at least one blue tote to all contracted addresses last year, but if you need another one, please call our office. Please do not put your recycling in plastic bags. The recycling center has requested the items be unbagged to avoid catching them in their sorting teeth at the plant. If the items are bagged, our employees have to use valuable time to open and empty them, and we like to avoid that.
Our office phone number is (309)742-4177
Our normal hours are Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 pm., Saturday 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
We personally answer the phones, so if you call and cannot get through, we are on the line with another customer. Mondays are always extremely busy, so please be patient if you need to call on that day. We have more than one phone line, so if we do not answer during regular business hours, please leave a message and we will return your call as soon as possible. We value our working relationship with the Village of Peoria Heights, and we appreciate each and every one of our customers.
Waste Disposal Fee FAQs
Why am I getting charged for garbage?
The Village had been able to provide free waste disposal service for its residents for more than 20 years. Due to inflation, the cost to pay for waste disposal had increased until it was more than 11% of the total budget. To help offset increased costs and to further reduce the budget deficit, the Board of Trustees voted to impose a $10/month waste disposal fee.
I thought it was paid through my property taxes; why is there a bill for this service?
The Village receives less than a nickel per dollar paid in property tax. Of that, slightly more than three cents must be contributed to the police pension fund by law. That leaves the Village with about one cent per dollar taxed to pay for all the services the Village provides (police officers, public works, street and sidewalk repairs, fire department and emergency services). This money represents only 3% of our budgeted expenses.
Is there any assistance program for senior citizens?
Because the Board of Trustees was worried about the impact on our elderly residents on a fixed income, those residents registered for the senior freeze property tax exemption with the County will pay $5/month.
What about the INF charge on my water bill? Why is there another fee being added?
The infrastructure maintenance fee was created in August 2014 to fund large infrastructure projects for the Peoria Heights Waterworks. Peoria Heights Waterworks is a subsidiary of the Village of Peoria Heights as a municipal owned utility. It does not receive any tax dollars and operates solely on water bill revenues. The money the utility receives is kept separate from the money the Village receives as a government. As such, Peoria Heights Waterworks lacked the cash reserves to fund necessary infrastructure repairs. Since 2014, Peoria Heights Waterworks has used the INF charge to complete numerous repairs and improvements to the water system. The waste disposal charge will be used to offset municipal expenses and will be transferred to the general operating fund for the Village.