Streets & Garbage Department

The City of Canton offers for sale commercial grade garbage totes. The City encourages its’ residents to purchase one of these totes for the following reasons:

• Two sizes available: 64 gallon and 96 gallon
• Extremely durable, wheeled, black totes with attached lids.
• Ten-year warranty, incase of damage or theft, City can repair or replace them through an ownership identification number.
• Specifically made to fit the garbage trucks, to be lifted by automated arms.
• Saves tremendous wear and tear on our employees, minimizing injury.
• They bear the City of Canton logo as well as and identification number. 

Totes are available for purchase at the Public Works office. Cash or checks are accepted as well as online payment.

When payment is received, the tote will be delivered to your address, usually on the next business day.

The City of Canton offers curbside pick-up of large bulk items, such as couches, mattresses/box springs, etc. Pick-up is usually scheduled on your regular garbage day.

Cost is $10.00 per item. Payment must be made either online or by cash or check at the Public Works office.

Electronic items are banned from Illinois landfills (P.A. 97-0287) from all sources by penalty of law. The City of Canton trash collection cannot pick up following electronics or other items:

The Fulton County Health Department (700 E. Oak Street) is an IEPA-registered site for recycling these items. Residents should call ahead (309)647-1134 for information and drop-off days and times.

Recycling is offered to residents of Canton through a subscription-based curbside program offered by Eagle Enterprises Recycling, Inc. of Galva IL. For more information and to sign up for curbside recycling contact Eagle Enterprises Recycling and utilize the links below for more information.

Phone: (888) 932-2936
Email: info@eerecycling.com

Electronic items are banned from Illinois landfills (P.A. 97-0287) from all sources by penalty of law. Below are places that accept electronics, household items, paint, and medications.

The Fulton County Health Department (700 E. Oak) is an IEPA-registered drop-off site. They accept electronics, paint and medications. Residents should call ahead (309) 647-1134 for drop off days and instructions. Also visit their website for more information on what they accept. Learn More

Eagle Enterprises Recycling, Inc accepts electronics, but only via drop off at their facility in Galva, IL. They are not permitted to pick up any electronics on the regular recycling routes. Residents should call ahead for more information (309) 932-2936 or visit their website for more information. Learn More

Goodwill Industries in Canton will accept computer-related electronics, including monitors, towers, mice, keyboards, printers, scanners.  These items can be dropped off at their drive-up donation doors on North Main Street.  It is recommended for the protection of your personal information that you remove or destroy the hard drive of any computer towers before recycling. Goodwill cannot accept non-computer electronics, such as televisions, microwaves, and other small appliances.

Canton Police Department accepts medication in a box located at City Hall in the main floor lobby.

The Canton Yard Waste Facility is for use by Canton residents only, for dop-off of bio-degradable yard waste. This facility is for grass clippings, plant material, and limbs. The Facility is located at the west end of Cedar Street on the southwestern edge of the city. The facility is open daily from dawn to dusk.

Usually beginning in early November, two crews send approximately six weeks vacuuming up leaves that residents can rake to the terrace. The garbage routes are used to create a schedule, and crew concentrate on one garbage route for a full week at a time. Each year’s specific schedule will be posted under the City News section.

Residents are asked to rake leaves to the terrace and NOT rake leaves into the streets.  This is to prevent clogging of the catch basins, which in turn floods streets during fall rains.  Leaf piles should also be free of sticks that can clog the vacuum tubes.

Residents can also burn leaves any day of the week, using common sense to not burn on windy days, and to always attend their fire.

Residents can also take leaves and any other bio-degradable landscape waste to the Landscape Facility any day, dawn to dusk.

Once three inches (3”) of snow has fallen there is a parking ban on ALL public streets. It is illegal to park on the street for 12 hours after the snowfall, even if the plows have been through. Plowing and salting operations may require a return visit by City trucks. Vehicles parked in violation of the ban will be ticketed and may be towed at the owner’s expense. Following is the City ordinance in regards to this matter:

Pursuant to Section 9-5-2 of the Canton Municipal Code, it shall be unlawful to park any vehicle on any public street in the City at any time within twelve (12) hours after a snowfall of three inches (3”) or more has occurred.