Independent Waste Disposal

Residential Trash Service is not provided by the City.

Please contact a private trash hauler for weekly trash pick-up.

Eight trash haulers are licensed to operate in Independence. Some also provide recycling services. Contact each company for information, fees and schedules:

Trash Line

Call for recorded information about the Drop-Off Depot and household hazardous waste disposal.

The next Drop-Off Depot will be Saturday, June 10, 2017.

• Location: 875 Vista Avenue, 1 mile east of M-291 on Truman Road, north on Vista Avenue
• Hours: 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. on the second Saturday of each month
• Independence residents only. Bring a valid driver's license or recent utility bill.
• Residential only - no commercial vehicles or vehicles larger than a pickup truck allowed.
• Cash or local check only. No credit cards, debit cards or coins accepted.

Trash

• Cars - $11
• Pickups, SUVs, vans, trailers less than 8 feet - $16
• Trailers 8 feet or longer - $26

Accepted Items - furniture, mattresses & box springs, carpet, plumbing fixtures, Sheetrock, windows, shingles, fencing, landscape timbers, bricks, paving stones, etc.

No televisions, computer monitors, liquids, gas tanks, or sealed drums.

Brush

• $11 per vehicle for limbs, firewood, bushes & stumps. No bagged leaves or grass.

Tires

• Car - $2, Car tire on rim - $4
• Truck - $5, Truck tire on rim - $11
• Farm/Tractor tire - $16

Appliances

$15 each - Refrigerators, freezers, stoves, dishwashers, hot water heaters, washers, dryers, etc.

Lawnmowers:

No Charge - must have all fluids drained

Batteries:

No Charge - auto, boat, lawnmower, motorcycle

Landfills

There are no landfills in Independence.

Courtney Ridge Recycling & Disposal Facility

2001 N. Highway 291

Sugar Creek, MO