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Residential / Curbside Services
As your collection company and your neighbor in the community, Waste Management believes personal, one-to-one service is the key to successful relationships. We are dedicated to excellent customer service, active community involvement, protection of our environment, and preservation of valuable resources. We "Think Green!"
Questions or comments:
Waste Management Customer Service or 1 800 592-9995.
Information on other public services in The City of Algona
Municipal Code - Garbage Ordinance
Missed Collection
If your container(s) were at the curb by 6:00 am and were not emptied, Click Here or call 1 800 592-9995.
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Holidays
Garbage and recycling are collected on all weekday holidays except Thanksgiving (4th Thursday in Nov), Dec 25, and Jan 1.
Regular collection schedule on all other holidays.
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Weather Delays (Wind, Flood, Snow, etc.)
If weather prevents safe collection, we announce delays on radio and TV and on our Collection Delay Bulletin Board
If residential garbage, recycling or yard waste is not collected due to weather, please remove containers from the street. Up to twice as much material will be accepted with no extra charge on the next regularly scheduled collection day for each container not emptied unless otherwise posted here.
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Curbside Collection
Recycling is collected every other week on garbage day.*
New!
Food scraps accepted with yard trimmings from subscribing residences.
New!: Every other week service year 'round (not once a month) on the opposite week from recycling. Collection from green-lidded carts.
* Algona Collection Now on Wed & Th: Starting in January, 2008, Algona curbside collection is divided into two collection days: Wednesday and Thursday. Collection days are posted on garbage cart lids.
Wednesday Collection: West of Algona Blvd; South of 1st Ave.
Thursday Collection: East of Algona Blvd; North of 1st Ave
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Where Do Recyclables Go?
Combined bottles, cans, paper and cardboard collected from residences and businesses, as well as debris from construction and demolition projects are sorted at Waste Management's Cascade Recycling Center in Woodinville, the largest recycling facility of its kind on the West Coast. The center employs the most advanced sorting technologies from the US and Europe, and ships the sorted commodities to both domestic and Asian markets for use in new products.
NO shredded paper in recycling, please! (Accepted with yard waste) - More
NO plastic bags in recycling, please! (Reuse or recycle at grocery stores) - More
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