The City of Davenport is making changes to its annual recycling and bulky waste calendar program. The shift comes after evaluating the cost, benefit, and use of the annually mailed calendar. Beginning with the 2023 solid waste season, the City will no longer mail an annual print solid waste calendar. Instead, residents can pick one up at Eastern, Fairmount, and Main Libraries; the Davenport Public Works Center; Davenport City Hall; the River’s Edge; and any Davenport Hy-Vee Customer Service between Friday, December 16, and Tuesday, January 3.
With the change, Davenport would like to draw resident's attention to other available tools found on the website at www.davenportiowa.com/solidwaste. Holiday schedules and what goes where tools are right at your fingertip, along with links to the free Go All In QC app. The website and app both feature the collection schedule and an excellent waste disposal search tool. Residents can even sign-up for reminders and add appointments to personal calendars.
Another change the public will see is that the new calendar is one-size-fits-all, featuring both North and South routes on one calendar. North routes remain purple, and south routes remain green on the new calendar. It will be important for residents picking up a replacement calendar to record the route information from their existing calendar. We recommend circling your route color on the new calendar as a permanent reminder.
This 2022 collection season will also be the last year residents can place up to three extra bags of garbage outside of their cart without stickers following the Thanksgiving holiday. In 2023, stickers will be required on extra bags placed for collection after the holiday. While the extra garbage allowance following Thanksgiving is removed in 2023, the City is increasing the number of bags placed without a sticker following the Christmas holiday from three to five in 2023. This change comes based on evaluation of community use. Few used the allowance after Thanksgiving, but we find many in need of the allowance after the Christmas Holiday.