Appointments Filled for Delaware County Clean-up Day

UPDATE: Appointments are filled for Saturday’s Clean-up Day and are no longer being accepted. You can call the Dubuque Solid Waste Agency at 563-557-8220, Ext. 1 and schedule an appointment to take your items to the Dubuque landfill. They do charge $15 per TV, but chemicals are free.

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Saturday will be an opportunity for many local residents to get rid of some items they no longer want.

The Delaware County Solid Waste Commission will be holding an Electronics and Household Hazardous Waste Clean-up Day at the Delaware County Fairgrounds in Manchester from 8 am to noon.

This clean-up day is only for residents of Delaware County, Dyersville, Edgewood, Strawberry Point and Coggon.

Acceptable items include computers, monitors, printers/scanners, TVs, laptops, small kitchen appliances, video players, cords, cables and networking equipment. Household hazardous waste will also be accepted, including latex & oil based paint, household cleaners, motor oil/oil filters, old gasoline, residential fertilizers/pesticides, aerosol cans, antifreeze, household fluorescent bulbs, CFL’s, mercury bulbs, halogen bulbs, rechargeable batteries, ink/toner cartridges and sharps (in rigid, sealed containers).

Items that will NOT be accepted include farm chemicals, business chemicals/waste, ammunition/explosives, diethyl ether, ether, and picric acid. Appliances will NOT be accepted.

There is no cost to bring acceptable items to the Electronics and Household Hazardous Clean-up Day – but appointments are required. Appointments can only be scheduled via the following link:

https://calendly.com/dmaswarcc/delaware-county-special-collection. 

The Delaware County Solid Waste Commission is holding this event in partnership with the Dubuque Metropolitan Area Solid Waste Agency.