Yard Waste pick up in Chicago (apartment, to buy, living)

[DoneWithDC]

Okay, I am getting really annoyed. I read on the City of Chicago Sanitation webpage that they will pick up yard waste on the blue cart recycling pick up days, every other week April through November. I have 5 or 6 full paper yard waste bags that have been sitting out next to my trash and recycle carts since April 1st that have not yet been picked up. This morning, I saw them take 2 bags from one of my neighbors, but they left mine and I heard them yelling about not wanting to pick mine up, but I didn't hear their reasoning for not wanting to take mine.

Is there anything special I need to do to get them to take these things??? By the time they actually do pick them up, I will probably have like 10 of them and the bottom of the old ones will probably break when they pick them up from the paper bags getting wet. I know when I was a kid living out in the suburbs, my parents used to have to buy stickers to put on the bags; is that something I need to do?

I live in Ward 1 if that makes any difference. Thanks for any help!

[Montclare]

You can call either the Alderman's office (773-278-0101) or the Ward Superintendent's office (312-744-5523). It's the Superintendent's job to make sure this is done, but you might want to call the Alderman so they can put some pressure on him.

[surlycue]

I've been sneaking 40 or 50 lbs of dirt a week into my regular cans since early March. They are catching on now though, or at least I think they are, since my trash cans are now being lined up meticulously so as the block exit and entrance to the garage.

[chet everett]

Originally Posted by surlycue

I've been sneaking 40 or 50 lbs of dirt a week into my regular cans since early March. They are catching on now though, or at least I think they are, since my trash cans are now being lined up meticulously so as the block exit and entrance to the garage.

40 to 50 POUNDS a week?

Tunneling operation???

[surlycue]

Originally Posted by chet everett

40 to 50 POUNDS a week?

Tunneling operation???

I'm almost to China, I can feel it.

More like I'm planting fruit and vegetables my backyard at the new apartment and would like to be able to reap what I sow without growing any extra limbs.