Full-staffSanitation Department
Phone: (270) 687-8760
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 | $3.29 |
| Vehicles, fuel & maint. | $2.26 |
| Yard waste service & vehicles | $3.45 |
| Cost for trash disposal | $3.01 |
| Cart replacement & supplies | $0.64 |
| Maintain old city landfill | $0.17 |
| Recycling cost | $0.07 |
| Other | $1.38 |
| TOTAL | $14.27 |
In Owensboro, we enjoy some of the lowest monthly rates in the nation for sanitation services:
| City of Owensboro, KY | $12.00 |
| City of Paducah, KY | $16.50 |
| City of Bowling Green, KY | $17.13 |
| City of Madisonville, KY | $18.75 |
| City of Evansville, IN | $19.13 |