For Immediate Release
Mattoon City-Wide Cleanup: Saturday, May 4, 2024
Mattoon Yard Waste Facility
The City of Mattoon will be conducting a Cleanup Day from 8 A.M. to 11 A.M. on Saturday, May 4, 2024. Roll-off dumpsters will be available at the Mattoon Yard Waste Facility at Shelby Avenue and Logan Street.
The dumpsters are available for Mattoon residents only. A Driver’s License, or other proof of residency, is required in order to dispose of material at the site. The site is open for residential clean-up. The site will not be open to commercial contractors. The load size will be limited to 1-ton trucks and trailers.
Residents may dispose of following materials ONLY at the City Yard Waste location:
General Waste – Rumpke Waste & Recycling will have dumpsters available at the Yard Waste Facility for all waste. No Car Parts, Tires, Batteries, Fluorescent Light Bulbs, Liquid Wastes, Concrete, Brick, Rock, Soil, or Ashes will be accepted.
Yard Waste – The Yard Waste Facility will be open for the disposal of leaves, limbs, grass clippings, and other plant material. The Yard Waste Facility is open 7 days per week during daylight hours.
Scrap Metal – Mervis Industries will have a dumpster available at the event for metals and appliances.
Electronics – The City will collect electronic appliances at the event. The City will deliver the electronics to Com2 for recycling.
Note: No Car Parts, Tires, Batteries, Fluorescent Light Bulbs, Liquid Wastes, Hazardous Materials, Concrete, Brick, Rock, Soil, or Ashes will be accepted at this event on May 4, 2024.
Residents bringing debris to the event are asked to line up on Shelby Avenue, entering from the west. The City will have personnel available to supervise traffic and unloading. Residents are required to unload their own material. City personnel will be available to assist with heavy material as needed.
The City of Mattoon will make special collection arrangements, on a case-by-case basis, for senior citizens, and persons with disabilities. Those residents can call 235-5171, from
7 A.M. to 3 P.M., Monday thru Friday to request collection. Special collection requests must be called in by noon on Wednesday, May 1 to schedule a pickup. Special collections must be at the curb for collection no later than 7 A.M. on Thursday, May 2.
Special collections are for items that will not fit in a regular weekly tote. No household trash will be picked up.
