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CURBSIDE RECYCLING COMES TO KIRKWOOD

CURBSIDE RECYCLING COMES TO KIRKWOOD Single-stream, curbside recycling will be implemented beginning in January 2011. Residents will receive their curbside recycling receptacles in December of this year. More details will follow throughout 2010, but here are a few things that have already been determined.

No additional cost to residents is expected. The City will be divided into five sanitation districts, and each household will receive regular sanitation pick-up, yard waste pick-up, AND recycling pick-up one day per week, on the same day. Residents will receive a list of items that can be recycled. Mixed, single-stream recycling means you can throw all of your recyclable items into the same container. No sorting necessary.

Regular household waste will continue to be picked up in plastic bags. One roll of 50 bags will continue to be provided and delivered at no charge each year by the City, with additional bags available for purchase at Kirkwood City Hall. There will be no change in the requirement that residents place yard waste in paper bags purchased from the City or in tied bundles, with yard waste stickers attached.

A full set of updated sanitation guidelines, when available, will be posted here and will be provided to you with your utility bill later this year. Regular information about the launch of curbside recycling will be published in “Eye on Kirkwood,” “Kirkwood E-News,” and on this Website.

For Residents

Online Services

ONLINE UTILITY BILLING – AVAILABLE NOW!

The list of online services Kirkwood offers is growing daily. Today, you can sign up for online utility billing and online utility account management. Click here to find out how it works and what kinds of information you will need to get started. If you have your bill in front of you, and have already read the “how to” flyer you received with your May utility bill, click here to get started.

CITIZEN ACTION CENTER – NEW!

A new, versatile online customer service center will launch HERE in August. Citizens will be able to enter a comment, question, or request, track its progress, be informed by email when it is completed, and find out exactly who is accountable for your request all along the way. This will not be a system for reporting public safety emergencies (for emergencies, please always call 911) or for conducting City transactions, such as obtaining a building permit, renting space at the Community Center, or paying a parking ticket.

Instead, you may use this new Citizen Action Center to report a street light out, compliment an employee, report an abandoned vehicle, or express an opinion to the Mayor or City Council – to name just a few examples. It’s not live yet – we’re still working out the details. But please check back regularly for updates about this great new service.

SIGN UP FOR E-NEWSLETTERS – NOW!

You can sign up for any of several informative City of Kirkwood E-Newsletters, including the main City e-newsletter and the Parks and Recreation E-Mail Club. (We will never share your email address with outside services.) Sign up today!