Don't throw it away! Recycle as much as possible

Utilize the curbside recycling program. Put newspapers, jars and bottles (labeled #1 through #7), aluminum, steel, tin cans, glass jars (green, brown, clear), and aerosol cans in your green recycling bin or blue cart for once-a-week collection (more items to recycle). You also can recycle tree cuttings at the Bitters Road Brush Site, 1800 Bitters Road.

Bi-weekly manual garbage pickup and
Automated once a week

Manual collection: Bushes and brush trimmings will be picked up if bundled and tied into 4-foot lengths and weigh less than 40 pounds.
Automated collection: requires the placement of brush and tree limbs within the container.
No household chemical products such as paint, cleansers or pool chemicals!

Get rid of trash, lumber, brush, remodeling debris, furniture, appliances, mattresses, tires or other trash. No household hazardous wastes.

City trucks will be stationed at 20 locations across the city to receive your bulky waste items.

This program allows neighborhood and non-profit organizations to schedule a City garbage truck or trailer on a Saturday for a free neighborhood brush and bulky item collection event. Call 311.

We make House Calls. Call 311 to schedule an appointment for a free estimate on out-of-cycle brush and bulky item collection by the City. A fee will be charged based on size of the load.

Call 311 for a listing of area landfills.

Call 311 for assistance.

Safely dispose of unused paint and paint products, pool chemicals, pesticides, household cleansers and polishes, motor oil and other automobile fluids, and similar items. Open Fridays from 7:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.; and Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (except certain holidays)

Drop-off brush trimmings for recycling into mulch. Open seven days a week, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. during daylight savings time) Residents will be charged the following rates for disposal of brush at the brush site:

• 20 lbs. or less = $0.25

• > 20 lbs. to 2,000 lbs. = $0.235 per each 20 lbs.

• 2,000 lbs. or greater = $23.50 per each additional 20 lb. increment.

Non-residents and commercial customers will pay different rates for disposal of brush. See the Environmental Services website for more information on the Bitters Road Brush Site.

City crews target neighborhoods with two weeks of City services that include brush pickup. These neighborhoods are picked by City Council offices and scheduled months in advance.