City Bulk Pickup:  May 5-16

Coming up, FIRST WEEK OF MAY, is when the city does free bulk pick up of items put out on the curb. Bulk waste, leaves, brush, trimmings, etc, as well as items of waste from house cleaning (no food), remodeling debris and the like are all options.
See this article for more detailed information on what is acceptable or NOT acceptable!
Check the solid waste calendar for specific dates for your residence location, with link on the article above.

Critical Phone Numbers
  • Police-Emergency 911
  • Fire-Emergency including Carbon Monoxide Alerts 911
  • Ambulance 911
  • General Fire Department Info call 1-309-434-2500 or directly to Public Info Officer 1-309-434-2627
  • Police TDD Users 1-309-434-2889
  • Police Dispatch Center 
    1-309-820-8888
  • Police Department Front Desk 1-309-434-2700
  • Who Do You Contact? (Bloomington City Departments and Phone Numbers)

Bloomington City Links

Useful information on city services!

Trash Guidelines
  • Bloomington Solid Waste & Recycle Coach (bottom of the page) to determine days for garage, recycle, brush, and bulk waste pick up.
    • Also details on Bulk Trash Pickup (cabinets, refrigerators, furniture, big-stuff, etc.): Only 2 times a year, May and October, typically 1st week of May & October and more.
  • To quote the Bloomington Solid Waste website "The only holiday that collection does not take place is Christmas Day.”  Also use the Bloomington Recycle Coach noted to the right for your neighborhood schedule.
  • Trash should be set by the curb after 2 PM on Sunday (no later than 6 AM Monday) and removed by 9 AM on Tuesday.
  • Recycle (paper and glass/plastic) and bulk/brush on alternate Mondays. 
  • Landscaping debris is picked up on alternate Monday’s on same schedule as recycle. Put landscaping debris out by the curb the day before.
  • AVOID putting landscaping debris and bulk trash out on the curb and having it set there for multiple days or an entire week!  This reflects on the overall look of the high-quality profile of our neighborhood. 
Bloomington New Leaf Removal Policy

Excerpts from Pantagraph 17 Oct 2023

This year's leaf collection period will run from Oct. 30 to Dec. 15. In the past, crews have started collections at one side of the city and gradually worked their way across the community. But under the new action plan, Public Works Director Mose Rickey said there will be multiple starting point that can converge on one area, if needed, once the leaves start to drop.

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Residents should rake their leaves in piles no higher than 3 feet, placing them behind the curb and not in the street. Leaves must be separated from other materials; brush such as trees, shrubs, bushes, garden trimmings, flowers, plants, fruit and vegetable trimmings and decaying pumpkins could cause damage to city equipment. 

"Leaves may not be placed in containers or biodegradable bags during seasonal leaf collection," Rickey said. "This will inhibit us and slow us down and we're all about being efficient and progressive."

Bagged leaves will not be picked up. This year, city staff will leave small, brightly colored yard flags near the leaves if they did not meet the standards for pickup. This is a change from the previous notification method of door hangers. 

Bulk pickup for solid waste program customers will be suspended during collections. "I believe this gives us the opportunity to make sure that we concentrate on these leaves," Rickey said.

To ensure transparency through this process, Rickey said his department is working with information technology staff to add a map to the city's website that will show where leaf pickup ended each day of the collection period.

Instead of waiting for curbside service, residents who are part of the city's solid waste program also can drop off their materials at the Citizen Convenience Center at 402 S. East St.

The center is open 7 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays; 11 a.m. to 6:45 p.m. on Wednesdays and 7 to 10:45 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. on Saturdays.

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Bloomington Recycle Coach


See the new Bloomington consolidated Solid Waste page. This includes the Recycle Coach (bottom of the page) to determine trash, brush, leaves, and recycle pick up for your area. Also information on Free Bulk Pickup for May & October and much more.  The Recycle Coach has an app for Android and iOS.  Hint: The Recycle Coach has an option to set an email/text reminder for each week's schedule and what is collected.  For H2 HOA that is typically Monday.
View City Solid Waste & Recycle Coach

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