FAQs: Solid Waste Collection

All trash, recycling and yard waste* are collected on the same day. To view your collection day, click here.

*Additional fee for yard waste service.

Place your carts out in the evening before your scheduled collection day — but no later than 6 a.m. on your collection day — to ensure uninterrupted service.

If you forgot to place your cart out, and want Meridian Waste to come back, call Public Works at (636) 639-2049. Please note, there will be a $12 trip fee applied to your account.

If you feel that the hauler missed your trash, recycling or yard waste pick-up, please contact us as soon as possible at (636) 639-2049 or by completing this online request. 

Please note, if your pick-up was missed because waste was not at the curb by 6:00am, a $12 trip fee will be charged to your account to have the hauler return to remove your trash, recycling or yard waste.

Personal (noncommercial) carts are easily susceptible to damage by the automatic arm on the solid waste trucks. Unfortunately, many personal carts are unable to be picked up by the automatic arm, leading to inefficient collection and potential safety concerns for the drivers. Moving forward, commercial carts will be provided, and personal carts may not be used. If you need to have your personal solid waste or recycling cart removed free of charge, please call (636) 639-2049 or email solid.waste@wentzvillemo.gov.

The trash hauler requires that lids on all carts (trash, recycling and yard waste) be completely closed to ensure pick up.

If you can't completely close the lid of your cart, consider placing extra trash in a trash bag and placing it on the side of your cart. Residents can place up to three trash bags (max. 40 lbs. per bag) next to their cart per pick-up.

Each week, you can place up to three extra bags of trash next to your cart, at no additional cost. Have more than three extra bags? No problem! Extra bag collection is only $2.50/bag. However, if you have more than three bags, you'll need to schedule a one-time extra trash pickup by visiting www.wentzvillemo.gov/swrequest or calling (636) 639-2049.

Yes, you can call to schedule this service for a fee. Please call (636) 639-2049 to set up an extra trash pickup or visit www.wentzvillemo.gov/swrequest.

All Wentzville residents can opt into the recycling program at no extra cost. A 65 gallon recycling cart can be requested free of charge. Any resident who wishes to opt into the recycling program can call (636) 639-2049 or complete this form. Recycling carts are not automatically delivered with new trash service.

The standard cart size for recycling is a 65-gallon cart. A limited number of 35-gallon carts and 95-gallon carts are available upon request. You may also add a second cart to your account at www.wentzvillemo.gov/swrequest.

Recycling in Wentzville is easy with single-stream. Both Fiber and Rigids now go in one cart. Glass is not accepted.  Below is a list of recyclable items:

• Paper
• Cardboard
• Plastics #1, 2, 3, 5, and 7
• Aluminum and Metal Containers

Unfortunately, there is no market for glass at this time. Therefore, glass must be put in the trash.

Glass can also be taken to Recycle Works West. Learn more about their location, hours and what items they accept here.

To have a trash or recycling cart removed from your residence, complete an online request at www.wentzvillemo.gov/swrequest or call (636) 639-2049.  

OPTION 1: WEEKLY YARD WASTE COLLECTION $10.00 per month
Residents will receive weekly yard-waste pickup starting the first week of March through the last week in December. Residents can rent a yard waste cart for an additional $3.00 per month or choose to use brown paper yard waste bags. There is a weekly limit of 15 bags. Cancellations for weekly yard waste service are only accepted between Jan. 1 and Feb 28. 

OPTION 2: PER BAG SERVICE $4.00 per bag
Residents who don’t have monthly service, but wish to use the yard-waste, per-bag service, will need to schedule a pickup by calling (636) 639-2049. One-time pickup requires a three-bag minimum at a rate of $4 per bag. This service must be scheduled a minimum of two business days before a resident’s weekly solid waste collection day. Yard waste will need to be placed in paper lawn/leaf yard-waste bags and placed at the curb by 6 a.m.

To add or schedule yard waste services, call Public Works at (636) 639-2049 or visit our website at www.wentzvillemo.gov/swrequest.

Personal Yard-Waste Carts: If residents prefer to provide their own yard-waste cart, it must be clearly marked with  "Yard-Waste-Only" stickers on the top and both sides of the cart. Residents can request "Yard-Waste-Only" stickers by calling Public Works at (636) 639-2049. We encourage residents to rent a yard-waste cart. However, a personal cart may be used for yard-waste collection only as long as the cart includes ALL the features of the cart displayed below. Carts that do not have these features may not be accepted. 

Yard-Waste Cart Requirements:

You can now discard up to three large items each quarter! However, free large-item pickup must be scheduled at least 48 hours in advance.

To schedule your large-item pickup, please visit www.wentzvillemo.gov/swrequest or call (636) 639-2049.

To learn more about Large-Item Pickup, including what's accepted and not accepted, please visit www.wentzvillemo.gov/largeitempickup.

Do you have plans to start a home renovation or basement clean-out this year? Meridian Waste now offers discounted residential dumpsters to dispose of these materials at a great rate. To schedule a residential dumpster, please call Meridian Waste at (314) 291-3131.