The City of Mexico’s Annual Spring Cleanup is just around the corner and city officials stress that city residents be aware that guidelines will be strictly enforced in order for certain items to be picked up during the 2024 Spring Cleanup. Items must be properly bundled, bagged, boxed or strapped together and shall not exceed four inches in length and not exceed more than 50 pounds.

Piles of loose items and small home project construction debris will not be picked up unless the items are bundled, bagged or boxed. If an item is not a bulky item such as a couch, chair, stool, bed frame, mattress, headboard, appliances, etc., it must be packaged for easy handling by Dayne’s Waste Disposal, Inc. work crews. Loose items that are scattered, stacked or piled will not be picked up.

Mexico’s Annual Spring Cleanup will be held on Saturdays during the month of April. Current residential refuse customers with a regular pickup day of Tuesday, Wednesday, or Friday, will have a cleanup day of Saturday, April 6; those with a regular trash pickup day of Monday or Thursday will have a cleanup day of Saturday, April 13.

Here are requirements

• All items must be placed at the curb no earlier than the night before or by 6 a.m. on the assigned days. To avoid a nuisance, do not place out any earlier.
• Place items to be picked up at the curb.
• Small items must be placed in trash cans, trash bags, sturdy boxes or other containers no larger than a garbage can. Small loose items will not be picked up!

The following items WILL NOT be picked up during Spring Cleanup

• Tires and Petroleum Products
• Any type of Insecticides, Pesticides, Poisons, Cleaners, Disinfectants, Polishes, Sharp Needles or Blood Products
• Antifreeze, Transmission/Power Steering Fluids, Brake Fluids, Enamel/Oil Based Paints and Thinners/Stains/Finishes

These items are accepted at the Household Hazardous Waste Facility located at 201 S. Morris Street: Any type of insecticides, pesticides, poisons, cleaners, disinfectants, polishes, antifreeze, transmission/power steering fluids, brake fluids, enamel/oil based paints and thinners/stains/finishes. This is a free drop-off service by appointment only and are scheduled on the second and fourth Wednesdays during the months of April – October, 12 noon to 3 p.m. To schedule an appointment, please call 573-581-2100 ext. 315.

Appliance Pickup will be provided for city residents during the Spring Cleanup. Each household will be allowed two appliances. Those appliances that contain a compressor and/or refrigerant, the compressors and refrigerant must be removed from the appliance by a State certified technician and properly tagged. Contact your local heating and cooling dealers for cost and scheduling information. If the appliance is not tagged and the compressor removed, the appliance will not be picked up. Please place the tag in a protected covering to prevent weather damage. If the tag cannot be read, the appliance will not be picked up.

Brush, limbs, leaves and grass clippings are not to be mixed with normal household waste. Citizens may take them to the Brush Yard at 104 South Kentucky is (on the back side of the Community Maintenance Building and can be accessed only from South Kentucky). During summer hours the Brush Yard is open Tuesdays – Fridays from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. and 4 - 6 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. (closed Sundays and Mondays). Residents are to remove any bags used to transport the materials. No commercial waste, stumps, or non-conforming material will be accepted.