The City of Mexico’s Annual Fall Clean-up is just around the corner and it is important that city residents be aware that guidelines will be strictly enforced in order for certain items to be picked up during the 2021 Fall Cleanup. Items must be properly bundled, bagged, boxed, or strapped together and shall not exceed five 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 Fall Clean-up will be held on Saturdays during the month of October. Current residential refuse customers, whose pickup day is Tuesday, Wednesday, or Friday, the cleanup day will be Saturday, Oct. 2, if the customer’s regular trash pickup day is Monday or Thursday, the cleanup day will be Saturday, Oct. 9. 

• 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 on the curbside.  
• 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 Fall 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 South Morris Street, Mexico. This  is a free drop-off service by appointment only and is scheduled on the second and fourth Wednesday during  the months of April – October, noon to 3:00 p.m. To schedule an appointment, please call 573-581-2100 ext. 315.  

Appliance pickup will be provided for city residents during the Fall 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 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.  

Bulky items such as boards, plywood, other building materials and similar household refuse such as cardboard,  clothes, newspaper, magazines are to be securely tied in bundles. Bundles shall not exceed five inches in length, 20 inches in diameter and not exceed 50 pounds in weight.  

Brush, limbs, leaves and grass clippings are not to be mixed with normal household waste. The Yard Waste Site at 104 South Kentucky (on the back side of the Community Maintenance Building can be accessed only  from South Kentucky) 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.