Deadline Extended to Choose Recycling Cart Size

Allied Waste Services and the have agreed to extend the deadline to choose your recycling cart size until Jan. 23.

During the week of Feb. 27, every home in Montgomery will be receiving a covered recycling cart from Allied Waste Services. The default option is a 65-gallon cart, but if you want to go larger or smaller, at no extra charge, you now have until next Monday to do so.

You can choose a smaller 35-gallon cart, a larger 95-gallon one, or stick with the 65-gallon container.

The original deadline was Jan. 16. Allied officials say they sent a postcard with the options listed on it to every home in the village, but Montgomery officials have fielded several calls from residents who did not receive one.

"After consulting with Allied Waste, it was a joint decision to give people additional time to respond so that everyone has the opportunity to select the size they want," said Debbie Buchanan, executive assistant to the village manager.

You’ll find the card attached to this story as a PDF file. If you’d like a smaller or larger cart, call Allied at 630-723-2801, or email them at cartdelivery.montgomery@republicservices.com, by Jan. 16. If you want to stick with the 65-gallon cart, you don’t need to do anything.

But, if you want to change it after Jan. 23, you’ll have to wait until August 1, and it’ll cost you a $40 fee.

The three cart sizes are on display at , 200 N. River St., and at the , 10 Civic Center Ave. The new recycling service is part of a five-year deal for trash pickup the village signed with Allied Waste in November. It includes a price increase—trash service will cost $16.80 a month, starting in February, and then rise incrementally each year.

Trash service has not significantly changed. Allied will still pick up two 33-gallon bags of trash, or the contents of two garbage containers, each week, as well as one large item. Allied will also take one bundle of brush or one bag of yard waste each week. 

The new recycling program will begin the week of March 5.

For more details on the new trash program, read .