Refuse Collection

Kieffer Sanitation - Pick Up Schedule & Information

City of Box Elder customers have their refuse picked up on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday of each week.

Services will not run on the following holidays, but will instead run on the following day: 

• New Years Day
• Memorial Day
• July Fourth
• Labor Day
• Thanksgiving Day
• Christmas Day 

Special requests (work orders) must be made by 3:30 p.m. of the day prior to service, requests received after 3:30 p.m. will be added to the following week's service run. Please contact Kieffer Sanitation at 605-342-5575 with any questions.

Kieffer Sanitation collects trash routes beginning at 6 a.m., customers are asked to set their trash out before this time to ensure pickup. 

• All trash must be inside the designated garbage tote. 
  • Drivers will not pick up trash outside of designated tote.
• All refuse totes must have a minimum 3-foot clearance around the tote. 
  • Drivers will not service inaccessible totes.
• All trash must be bagged & tied. 
  • Drivers will not collect messes created by loose trash.

The following items are not allowed in any tote or dumpster:

• Construction materials - lumber, shingles, sheet rock, decking, siding, etc.
• Yard Waste - customers must use designated yard waste totes (Contact City Hall for more information)
• Concrete, Brick, Rocks, or Pavers
• Lithium-ion Batteries
• Car Batteries
• Fluids used in Motorized Vehicles
• Large Appliances
• Appliances Utilizing Coolant - i.e. Window A/C's
• Large Pieces of Metal, Logs, or Timbers
• Liquid Paint or Stains
• Hazardous Materials or Chemicals
• Tires or Rims
• Medical Waste not in Sharps Container
• Large Furniture
• Mattresses

Recyclables Pick Up

Cardboard must be broken down and in tote for service. 

Rapid City Landfill accepts and recycles cardboard for free

Bulk Waste Pick Up

Bulk Waste is picked up two times each year: 

• 3rd week in April 
• 3rd week in October

Items eligible for pick up:

• Furniture - Sofas, Chairs, Tables, Bookcases, Headboards, Nightstands, Dressers, Desks, etc.
• Loose or Oversized Items - Greater than 3-4 inches in diameter or weighing more than 25 lbs.
• Other Large Household Waste - Items that are customary to ordinary housekeeping operations.

Item NOT eligible for pick up:

• Yard Waste
• Sod
• Tires
• Hot Ash
• Appliances
• Mattresses

Yard Waste Pick Up

Yard waste pickup service runs the 2nd Thursday of the month, May through October. All yard waste must be in a designated Kieffer Sanitation yard waste tote. Yard Waste is picked up free of charge. Please contact City Hall for more information and to have your complimentary tote delivered to your address. 

• Yard waste must be in designated tote
• No dirt or rocks
• No large logs or stumps
• No railroad ties or landscape timbers
• Branches must be tied in 3-foot or less sections and weigh less than 25 lbs.