(West Des Moines, IA) -- The City of West Des Moines is announcing details of its annual Spring Cleanup. It'll take place the week of June 6-10th. Collection will take place on a resident's regular garbage day. Spring Cleanup is an opportunity for residents to dispose of items that don’t fit in their garbage carts.
Acceptable items include mattresses, couches, carpet (small rolls), end tables, fans, lamps, TVs, monitors and grills (with propane tank removed).
Items not accepted include appliances (such as air conditioners, water heaters, dehumidifiers), propane gas grills, building materials, concrete, glass, construction and demolition waste, tires, vehicles/major auto parts, yard waste, hazardous waste, paint, oil, medical waste or poisons.
Officials are asking residents to set out only as much as will fit in the bed of a pickup truck. If it’s reasonable that two individuals can lift it, crews will collect it.
Bagged or boxed items will not be collected since these items can be placed in carts year-round or on the curb during a normal collection day with a $1.00 “extra trash” sticker. Crews will pick up items in the original box (such as an artificial Christmas tree in its original box).
Spring Cleanup items should be placed out for collection no earlier than 5:00 p.m. the day before the scheduled pick-up day and by 6:00 a.m. the day of collection.
Appliances are not accepted during Spring Cleanup. Residents are urged to bring them to the WDM Public Services East facility, 560 S. 16th Street, on Saturday, June 11, from 8 a.m. to 12:00 (noon) for our Scrap Appliance and Metal Drop-off Event. For more information, visit the Public Services Department on the City’s website at www.wdm.iowa.gov.
For more information, contact Metro Waste Authority at 515-244-0021.