Trash & Recycling Collection Schedule

Rumpke Waste and Recycling is the contracted residential service provider for residents in the Village of Galena.

Collection days are on Wednesdays, however, will shift to Thursday due to holidays: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas, if the actual holiday is the day of or a weekday before the Wednesday

Trash is collected weekly and recycling is collected every other week. Follow the recycling guidelines and see the list of materials acceptable for recycling.

Acceptable Recycling Items

Glass bottles & jars (all colors)
Steel cans
Aluminum cans and cups
Plastic bottles (empty, crush, reattach lid): Bottles and jugs that have a small mouth and wider base, such as milk jugs, soda bottles, laundry detergent bottles, water bottles, shampoo bottles, and contact solution bottles
Plastic tubs*: Containers for butter, sour cream, cottage cheese, yogurt, Jello, and fruit slices would fall into the tub category. Plastic lids should be reattached prior to recycling; film or foil lids should be discarded
Plastic Cups* (remove/discard straw, reattach lid): Fast food beverage cups – colored party cups are not accepted
Plastic Clamshell Containers**: Packaging food, retail products, groceries, and takeout items
Paper: newspaper, magazines, cardboard, mixed office paper and envelopes, paperboard (cereal boxes), pizza boxes free of food debris and grease, telephone books, and catalogs
Paper cups (remove/discard lids, straws, and stoppers): Fast food beverage cups, coffee cups, Dixie cups
Cartons (remove plastic caps and straws): Food and beverage cartons, such as milk, juice, soup, wine, broth, and other cartons

Recycling Tips

Items should be empty and clean and placed in recycling containers loose.
Mix all items together – no separation required.
No need to remove labels.
For plastic bottles, empty, crush and reattach lids.
For cartons, remove plastic caps and straws.
NEVER place medical sharps or needles in the recycling.
DON’T place items in plastic bags.
NEVER place batteries in recycling.