Recycling, Trash and Yard Waste

GFL, Environmental, Inc. purchased WCA. GFL is Mission’s contractor for trash, recycling and yard waste collection.

• Residential service is provided on a contract basis through the City.
• Residents’ share of the annual cost for this service is collected as an assessment on the property tax bill.
• Residents do not need to do any set-up to begin service. If you move in and find you do not have a roll cart for both trash and recycling, please request one by contacting GFL’s Customer Service team via email or by calling 816.380.5595.

For additional information on service delays/weather updates please follow:

• @GFL Environmental Kansas City – Facebook
• @GFLKC – Twitter
• City’s news webpage here

View the Solid Waste Collection Schedule Map here.

Report a missed pick-up

If your trash, recycling, yard waste or bulky item is not collected on your regular trash day, report it through the online form.

2023 Bulky Item Collection Schedule

• January 23-27
• February 20-24
• March 27-31
• April 24-28
• May 22-26
• June 26-30
• July 24-28
• August 28-Sept. 1
• Sept. 25-29
• Oct. 23-27
• Nov. 27- Dec.1
• Dec. 26-30
• More Bulky Item Collection Details

Holidays

GFL observes the following holidays*

• New Year’s Day
• Independence Day
• Thanksgiving
• Christmas Day

Routes will be postponed one day within the weeks when these holidays occur on a weekday.

*When holidays fall on the weekend, all collection services will be scheduled as normal.

Pick-up Services

• Bulky Item Collection
• Yard Waste
• Additional Recycling
  • Glass Recycling
  • Electronic Waste and Hazardous Material Recycling
  • Household Battery Recycling
  • Compost
  • Unique Items

• Residential trash is material generated through normal occupation and operation of a household. Excluded items include, but are not limited to:
• Bulk waste items
• Yard waste
• Dirt
• Mulch
• Construction and demolition debris
• Hazardous waste
• Special wastes
• Place items at the curbside by 7 AM the day of the scheduled collection service.
• Place the trash cart within a foot of the curb, with the arrow facing the street.
• Place trash and recycling carts at least two (2) feet from one another, as well as from objects like mailboxes and parked vehicles.
• Johnson County limits regular collection to 96 gallons of trash per week per home. To dispose of excess trash:
• Overage stickers cost $1.50 each and are available for purchase at City Hall and the Powell Community Center.
• Affix overage stickers to bags.
• Place those bags next to your trash cart. DO NOT set extra bags on top of your cart.
• DO NOT mix yard waste with trash.

Recycling Services

A look at items that will and will not be collected for recycling is below. When in doubt, throw it out. Contamination of the waste stream poses a significant threat to the recycling markets

• Paper Products
• All paper/fiber products (junk mail, newspapers, magazines)
• Corrugated cardboard
• Boxboard cardboard
• Plastic Containers
• All household plastic containers marked with the recycling symbol (with or without caps). Includes Plastics #1-#7, except for Plastics #6.
• Metal Containers
• Aluminum containers
• Steel cans
• Tin cans
• Items NOT Collected for Recycling:
• NO glass products
• NO plastic bags
• NO Styrofoam
• NO packing materials
• Do NOT mix yard waste with recycling.

Click here to download a recycling guide with helpful tips.