Sanitation
Phone: (270) 687-8760 - Employee Directory »
Keeping Owensboro Clean
Our mission is to provide quality sanitation services at the lowest possible price. From household trash, bulky items and commercial collections to yard waste, leaf services and recycling - WE KEEP OWENSBORO CLEAN!
Our mission keeps us busy. Every day, we collect trash and yard wasted from 4,400 households. We also service 275 business dumpsters and 5 recycling dumpsters every day. With a staff of only 33 employees, your service team works hard for you.
Your service is completely paid for through your monthly sanitation service fee - we receive no tax dollars. Because we have a reserve of cash, we are able to keep your rates below our actual cost. How is your $12 monthly fee used?
| Salary & Benefits | $3.25 |
| Vehicles, fuel & maint. | $2.01 |
| Yard waste service & vehicles | $3.58 |
| Cost for trash disposal | $2.85 |
| Cart replacement & supplies | $0.62 |
| Maintain old city landfill | $0.21 |
| Recycling cost | $0.06 |
| Other | $1.02 |
| TOTAL | $13.60 |
In Owensboro, we enjoy some of the lowest monthly rates in the nation for sanitation services:
| City of Owensboro, KY | $12.00 |
| City of Sacramento, CA | $14.35 |
| City of Central City, KY | $16.00 |
| City of Madisonville, KY | $18.75 |
| City of Tigard, OR | $35.50 |
