Trash and Recycling
The City provides trash and recycling pickup through Waste Management. Our collection day is Wednesday. If a holiday falls earlier in the week or on Wednesday, pickup service will be delayed one day. Here is the schedule of upcoming holiday pickup dates:
New Years Day – 2027 - no impact
Martin Luther King Holiday – 2027 - pick up will be on Thursday, January 21st
Presidents Day - 2027 - pick up will be on Thursday, January 18th
Memorial Day - 2027 - pick up will be on Thursday, June 3rd
Fourth of July - 2027 - no impact
Labor Day - 2027 - pick up will be on Thursday, September 9th
Thanksgiving Day 2026 - 2027 - no impact
Christmas Day - 2026 - 2027 - no impact
To ensure pickup, place your bins curbside by 6:00 a.m. If your service is missed, please report it to the City Clerk at 913-631-5300 ext. 3 or deputyclerk@lakequivira.ks.org.
Additional Trash - Overflow trash stickers are available for purchase at City Hall. The cost is $6.25 for a sheet of five stickers. There is no limit to the number of stickers you can purchase and no limit to the number of overflow trash bags you can set out on trash day with an overflow sticker.
Recycling - Waste Management has provided the following guidelines to help ensure materials put in our recycling bins are acceptable and free of contamination.
- Acceptable items: plastic bottles, aluminum and steel cans, flattened paper/cardboard
- Unacceptable items: glass, Styrofoam, nested items, household waste, and plastic bags. Use the purple glass recycling bins in the compost area (by the picnic ground) for glass items.
- All materials should be clean and dry.
Large Item Pickup Days - Generally held twice a year, this event gives residents the opportunity to properly dispose of large items not suitable for weekly garbage pickup. Click here for a list of accepted items.
Paper Shredding - Dispose of paper items at this annual event.