Unincorporated Champaign County runs no curbside trash service — households subscribe to a private hauler and pay directly. Champaign, Urbana and Rantoul contract or operate collection for residents inside city limits, each on its own weekly schedule.
Champaign County does not collect trash in the unincorporated area. If you live in the farmland and subdivisions outside Champaign, Urbana, Rantoul and the smaller villages, you hire a private hauler yourself and pay that company; collection days and cart sizes come from your subscription, not a county ordinance. Inside the cities it is different. Champaign and Urbana provide municipal or franchised curbside garbage on assigned weekday routes through their Public Works departments, and Rantoul contracts a single hauler. Holiday weeks usually push pickup back a day. The county's role is planning and nuisance control, not running trucks.
The county issues no citation for a missed pickup or for going without service. Garbage left to accumulate can be abated under the county's public nuisance ordinance, with costs charged to the owner.
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