Frequently Asked Questions

All trash must be bagged, tied, and placed inside the container with the lid closed for collection. Trash carts must be placed curbside by 6:00 am on collection day.

#1 & #2 plastics, aluminum or steel cans, newspaper, office paper, junk mail, corrugated, or light-weight cardboard.

Recycling carts can be purchased from the city collections department located at 300 S Church St or purchased over the phone with debit/credit at 870-932-3042.

Please view the yard waste collection schedule at https://www.jonesboro.org/DocumentCenter/View/8342/Limb-Collection-2022 

However, it is best to take your yard waste directly to the city incinerator located at 2650 Lacy Drive for faster service.   

See recycling collection map here.  

A yellow sticker on your recycling cart means collection is twice a month: the 1^st and 3^rd week of the month on the day of your trash pick up.  

An orange sticker on your recycling cart means collection is twice a month: the 2^nd and 4^th week of the month on the day of your trash pick up. 

Tree limbs are picked up once monthly on trash collection day.

However, it is best to take your tree limbs directly to the city incinerator located at 2650 Lacy Drive for faster service.   

The Sanitation Department will pick up tree limbs from your curb for no charge.  It takes more time and attention to deal with large limbs and branches.  The trucks will work in a certain trash pickup area until it has been served, then move on to the next.  To inquire about limb pickups, call 870-932-7520.

Tree limbs need to be no larger than 10 feet long and 8 inches across. Please, no stumps, trunks, rocks, or dirt.

Yes, take them to the incinerator located at 2650 Lacy Drive.

Take to Legacy Landfill (Craighead County Solid Waste Disposal Authority) located at 238 CR 476 just off Hwy 1 South. 

Jonesboro residents do not have to pay for solid waste disposal at the landfill unless they have construction material.  All businesses do have to pay.  The current cost is $44.75 per ton plus 7.5% sales tax.  There is a minimum charge of $10.00 which includes sales tax and covers up to 420 pounds.  Tipping fees are adjusted March 1 of each year.

Paint must be dried before being disposed of at the landfill. You can pour kitty litter, newspaper, sand into the paint can leave lid off for a couple days let the paint dry. Once the paint is dried out you can take to the landfill.

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A time occurrence due to special occasion or a holiday contact the Sanitation Department at 870-932-7520 for collection. If you regularly have loose trash you will need to purchase a 2^nd cart or begin recycling by purchasing a recycling cart.

Place limbs curbside by 6:00 am on Monday of the week of your collection.  Please view the yard waste collection schedule at https://www.jonesboro.org/DocumentCenter/View/8342/Limb-Collection-2022 

However, it is best to take your yard waste directly to the city incinerator located at 2650 Lacy Drive for faster service.   

Contact sanitation department for replacement.

No, it is your responsibility to make sure that your cart is washed and all trash is bagged, tied, and placed inside the container. If you have problems with flies, maggots or other varmints you can use lyme or some other type of agent that keeps insects away.

Watch this short video on how to clean out your trash container: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syxZb2rgrec 

The city provides every household with one cart; if you move or relocate you will need to place the cart inside the garage or beside the house for the next family.