Additional material or large items such as furniture will be picked up only as part of the 90-gallon, full service. Residents with alleys should put their garbage cans and any extra items at the alley line for pickup. Residents who have no alley should place their containers at the curb on their scheduled collection day. Garbage should not be brought to the curb until the evening before the scheduled collection day. Each home should use one of the containers provided by the hauling company.
All collections are weekly.
Recycling Columbia Heights offers a complete residential recycling service through a private contractor. Recycling containers are provided by the city and one may be picked up at City Hall. Recycling should be placed on the front curb for collection the same day as yardwaste and refuse. Since these are only occasional items, it is necessary that you call and request that service. Bagged or bundled yardwaste, set on the curb in front of your home is collected from the front curb on your regular collection day.