How Kirksville’s Large Household Item Curbside Pickup Works

Kirksville's current residential trash program includes a useful weekly allowance:

one large household item per household per week beside the trash tote.

But that allowance has important exclusions.

The item must be reasonably dry

The City's current page says the large item must not be wet or water-saturated.

A soaked mattress or other heavy absorbent item does not meet the published rule.

Several categories are excluded

The current City list excludes:

• batteries;
• tires;
• liquids such as paint, gas or oil;
• construction material;
• demolition material;
• remodeling debris;
• yard waste;
• vegetation;
• appliances.

Those materials need another disposal route.

Appliances are separate

Appliances are specifically excluded from ordinary weekly bulky-item pickup.

The City says a separate appliance pickup is held yearly.

Do not place a refrigerator or washer at the curb simply because one large item is normally allowed.

Hazardous liquids are separate

Paint, gasoline, oil and similar liquids do not belong in the weekly large-item program.

Kirksville has a separate Household Hazardous Waste process.

See How to Dispose of Household Hazardous Waste in Kirksville.

Yard waste is separate

Branches, vegetation and yard waste follow the Brush Site, seasonal brush-pickup or current yard-waste collection paths.

Do not mix them into a furniture set-out.

Timing: use the earlier published deadline

Current City materials contain a small timing discrepancy.

The live Trash & Recycling page says trash should be curbside by 6:00 a.m. to ensure pickup.

A City knowledge-base summary of Sec. 30-30 says material may be set out after noon the prior day and not after 6:30 a.m. on collection day.

Putting the item out by 6:00 a.m. satisfies the stricter operational instruction.

Do not put it out before noon the previous day.

When the item is ambiguous

If you are unsure whether a large object qualifies, contact RTS Waste Services before setting it out.

The City's current page lists RTS as the residential trash carrier.

It is better to verify an unusual item than leave it curbside for days.

One item does not mean one pile

The rule is one large household item.

Do not assume a loose pile of remodeling waste, multiple furniture pieces or bags of material counts as one object.

Use the right disposal path

The program works best when residents use it for ordinary bulky household objects and route excluded materials correctly.

For recycling rules, see What Can Actually Go in Kirksville Curbside Recycling?.

For the Brush Site, see How to Use the Kirksville Brush Site.