Thursday customers get GARBY carts

Crews have started delivering GARBY carts to customers with a Thursday collection day. An informational booklet is attached to the cart when it is delivered to help answer questions about Cedar Rapids Solid Waste & Recycling Division services. It will take approximately 8 working days to distribute the carts to every customer that has a Wednesday collection day. Customers can start using the carts as soon as they are delivered. All Solid Waste & Recycling trucks are equipped to empty the carts. Tuesday and Wednesday customers, who have not yet received their GARBY cart, should call the Cedar Rapids Solid Waste & Recycling Division at 286-5897.

Here are some helpful reminders about the GARBY carts:

• The carts will be delivered to customers' front curb near the street. If customers have an alley collection, they will need to bring the cart to their normal collection point for use.
• All garbage in the cart should be bagged. The cart can hold up to 100 pounds of bagged garbage.
• All extra garbage should be placed in bags (maximum 35 gallon, 40 pounds) with an extra garbage sticker clearly visible.
• Please leave about three feet between the GARBY cart and other obstacles when setting your cart out for collection. The space between the cart and obstacles allow our personnel and machinery enough room to maneuver the carts for collection.
• Garbage cans can be recycled at the following locations:

Plastic & Metal cans at City Carton Recycling, 901 Ingleside Dr. SW

Metal cans only at Cedar Rapids/Linn County Solid Waste Agency, 2250 A St. SW or 1954 County Home Road, Marion

More information is available at http://bit.ly/GARBY