Biannual Citywide Pickup This Week In Ark City

The City of Ark City will conduct its biannual Citywide Pickup Week event this week throughout the city, in conjunction with normal trash pickup, according to a news release from the City.

Citywide Pickup Week will coincide with the regularly scheduled refuse collection days for each part of Ark City. City crews will pick up non-household trash and debris from Monday through Friday.

Items suitable for curbside pickup should be bundled, boxed, bagged or tied ahead of time, and must not exceed 50 pounds in weight.

Old appliances without Freon and furniture will be picked up in reasonable quantities. City crews also will pick up one appliance that contains Freon, such as a refrigerator or freezer, per household.

Place household garbage and trash in your normal container pickup location by 6 a.m.

Please do not place cleanup debris or trash in the gutter or in the ditch. Old trash containers need to be tagged or smashed before disposal. Items that cannot be accepted for pickup by City crews include:

  • Loose leaves, brush or tree trimmings — these need to be taken to the F Street burn pit
  • Construction, remodeling or roofing materials
  • Electronic waste such as computers 
  • Concrete blocks, rocks or dirt
  • Quantities of iron, sheet metal and/or wire
  • Tires of any kind
  • Vehicles or car bodies and mechanical parts
  • Paint or chemicals of any kind — these items can be taken to the Cowley County Landfill

Leaves, brush and tree trimmings will be accepted at the F Street Limb Disposal and Compost Site from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays. The site is located on the east side of F Street, north of Chestnut Avenue and south of Linden Avenue.

For questions about what items can or cannot be accepted for pickup, please call (620) 441-4460.