If you'd like to download the brochure in PDF format, click here.

Here are the basics of the program:

Each home gets a 64-gallon container for regular garbage and a 96-gallon container for recyclables, excluding glass.

Glass can still be recycled, but must be taken to the recycling center. It can't be recycled using the automated system because the fall from the can to the truck would break the glass. Since all recyclables are in the same container, they must be sorted by hand, and broken glass would be hazardous to workers.

When the program starts, glass can be dropped off at the Public Works Recycling Center, all city fire stations, Arena Park the Osage Community Centre, and City Hall.

Containers will be picked up using an arm on each trash truck, eliminating the need for workers to pick up trash manually.

Trash and recycling pickup days won't change. Click here to download a map of the routes.

The city council approved spending $2.3 million to buy six trucks and 22,000 new trash bins for distribution to residents. The switch won't require a rate increase to pay the bonds that will finance the program.

Check the Sunday Southeast Missourian online or in print to read more about the program and some upcoming deadlines, including a deadline for people who want the city to supply them with smaller cans.