Iowa City bulk trash pickup
Bulky item collection — schedule via curbside hub / customer service.
Source: Not yet confirmed
At a glance
| Brush | Compost cart + $2 yard waste stickers on paper bags/bundles ≤50 lb; winter compost continues. |
|---|---|
| Limits | Extra garbage bag stickers sold (city program). |
| Not allowed | Prohibited items on garbage/recycling subpages. |
| Curbside | By 7 a.m. collection day (winter tips news). Checklist Verified 2026-10-15 · icgov.org |
Schedule
Curbside
Curbside checklist
City rules before collection day. Confirm with the city if anything looks off.
When
By 7 a.m. collection day (winter tips news).
Where
Per curbside best practices page.
Limits
Extra garbage bag stickers sold (city program).
Not allowed
Prohibited items on garbage/recycling subpages.
Bags
All garbage bagged; recyclables loose.
Verified 2026-10-15 · icgov.org
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Full details for Iowa City: every rule, with sources
- Trash
- City Resource Management curbside — $14/mo garbage (utilities signup). 319-356-5466 curbside; collection map by address; Mon–Fri ops (weather/holidays).
- Recycling
- $8.50/mo — biweekly; loose, no plastic bags/glass/Styrofoam; 65-gal cart typical.
- Bulk pickup
- Bulky item collection — schedule via curbside hub / 319-356-5151 customer service.
- Curbside: when
- By 7 a.m. collection day (winter tips news).
- Curbside: where
- Per curbside best practices page.
- Curbside: limits
- Extra garbage bag stickers sold (city program).
- Curbside: brush
- Compost cart + $2 yard waste stickers on paper bags/bundles ≤50 lb; winter compost continues.
- Curbside: not allowed
- Prohibited items on garbage/recycling subpages.
- Curbside: bags
- All garbage bagged; recyclables loose.
- Curbside: fees and fines
- Non-collection for contamination — sticker program.
- Holidays
Holiday Schedule tab on Resource Management / icgov.org subscribe.
- Hauler
- City of Iowa City Resource Management (curbside)
- Contacts
- 319-356-5466; 3900 Hebl Ave SW landfill
- Find your day
- Curbside collection map
- Sources
- Trash and recycling: icgov.org
Bulk: Not yet confirmed
Holidays: Not yet confirmed
Curbside: icgov.org - Verified
- 2026-10-15
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