Curbside Garbage Collection

1. Time and Location

• Materials for collection must be placed at the curb no later than 7 a.m. on the day of your scheduled collection
• Cart must be less than three feet from the street curb/road
• Your cart must be at least three feet from the recycling cart
• Your cart must be at least six feet from a mailbox
• Your cart must be at least ten feet from a fire hydrant
• Your cart lid must be facing the road (wheels towards the house)

2. Issues that will result in garbage not being picked up

• Carts that are overflowing with trash (lid must be fully closed)
• Placing cart in an alley for collection
• Placing cart behind obstacles
• Co-mingling of bagged trash with bulky waste or appliances
• Carts weighing over 199 pounds
• Carts containing dirt
• Carts containing construction materials (e.g. lumber, dry wall, shingles, etc.)
• Carts containing bathroom fixtures
• Carts containing yard waste*
• Carts containing bulky waste / appliances**
• Carts containing automotive fluids***
• Carts containing tires***
• Carts containing paint***
• Carts containing florescent bulbs***
• Carts containing batteries***
• Carts containing pesticides, herbicides, or insecticides***
• Carts containing hazardous waste***

 *Items/Material can be disposed at the Rogers Recycling Center (2300 N Arkansas St.) or the Rogers Street Department (3101 W Oak St.). If you wish to have curb side pick up of these items/material, LRS sells yard waste collection bags at a cost of $2 each. The LRS Office is located at 848 Highway 264, Bethel Heights, AR. 

**Bulky Waste (e.g. appliances (non-freon), artificial Christmas trees, furniture, grills, large toys, mattresses, tools, carpet/padding in 4'x4' sections) are collected once a month. Bulky Waste Collection shall be scheduled with LRS at 479-878-1384. Bulky Waste Pickup Schedule

*** Items/Materials can be disposed at the Benton County Solid Waste District 479-795-0751