Bulky Item Trash Week Starts May 5

Bulky item pick-up in Kearney begins on Monday, May 5, and runs through Thursday, May 8. Items will be picked up by Redgate Disposal.

Bulk items will be removed using the normal weekly schedule. Normal weekly trash pickup will occur as well, by a separate truck. Customers should expect two trash trucks that week, one for bulk and one for regular trash. Each household is allowed to place up to 4 feet of bulky trash items at the curb for pickup by 7am on their pickup day.

The accepted items have changed slightly this year from years past. Items accepted by Redgate include furniture and outdoor furniture, small countertop items, area rugs and blinds, kids toys and bikes, push mowers with gas and oil removed, BBQ grills with propane tanks removed and mattresses and box springs.

Items not being accepted are any construction and remodeling materials, white goods and appliances, hazardous waste: oil, paint, tires, batteries, chemicals, and fluorescent bulbs, compressed gas cylinders, riding lawn mowers, yard waste, heavy metal items or car parts, and fireworks and ammunition.

Bulk item pickups should be placed at the curb by 7 am and are limited to a four by four foot total area size.

KPGZ News – Brian Watts contributed to this story.

Fall Bulky Trash Pickup Begins October 21

Kearney’s Fall Bulky Trash Pickup will begin in less than two weeks. Bulky items will be picked up October 21 – 24.

Each household is allowed to place up to 4 yards of bulky trash items at the curb for pickup by 7 am on their pickup day.

Accepted items include: furniture, washing machines and dryers, lawnmowers (which must be empty of any fuel or oil), barbeque grills without propane tanks, carpeting (packed up to four-foot-long rolls that are securely tied, weighing less than 40lbs. Two rolls count as one item), mattresses and box springs, wood (must be bundled in 4-foot lengths, with each bundle weighing less than 40lbs), miscellaneous debris (must be in bags that are no bigger than 39 gallons and weigh no more than 40lbs. Two bags equal 1 item).

Items not accepted include: white goods/appliances (whether freon has been drained or not, Missouri Law prohibits white goods/appliances in MO landfills), hazardous waste (flammable, corrosive, explosive, toxic, or radioactive materials, including engine oil, fuel tanks, paint, fluorescent light bulbs, etc.), automotive batteries, tires, compressed gas cylinders, riding lawnmowers, glass panels where any dimension exceeds four feet, yard waste, brush, or tree limbs, rocks, bricks, or concrete, latex or oil-based paint, fertilizer, pesticide, solvent, construction material larger than 4x4, roofing material, loose flooring materials, or railroad ties, liquid waste, solid waste and recycling materials that are collected as part of regular service, and any waste or material that is prohibited from being received, managed, or disposed of at a landfill.

Find your pickup day by entering your address into the City’s INTERACTIVE MAP.

Brian Watts contributed to this story.