Garbage and Household Rubbish Pick-up

Rules and Regulations

Garbage Reminder:

1. Please arrange to have your garbage cans or containers at the pavement edge at 7:00 AM.  Be sure it is secure from the weather and dogs



2. Full containers must weigh less than 50 lbs.  Garbage cans, with handles, shall not be more than 32 gallon capacity. Covers must not be tied to can.



3. Plastic garbage cans are not serviceable in extreme cold or hot weather.  This is the manufacturer's warning  Plastic bags are acceptable.



4. Garbage that is frozen or fails to fall freely will be left in the can.  The resident has the responsibility to loosen it.



5. Newspapers must be recycled and placed in recycling containers.  Be sure they will not be blown away by the wind.



6. Large cardboard boxes shall be reduced to 3 ft. lengths folded flat and recycled.



7. Tree branches should be cut to 3 ft. lengths and tied in bundles for pick-up with the yard waste truck.  Branches over 3 ft. should be left at the pavement edge, no longer than 12 ft., cut ends toward street, where they will not be a hazard.



8. Dirt from roots shall be knocked loose.



9. Furniture and appliances for pick-up require one (1) day notice by phone prior to your regular garbage pick-up day.  Phone 674-4850 for arrangements.  These articles must be at the curb at 7:00 AM on the day of your regular garbage service.



10. No building material from "do-it-yourself" projects will be picked up unless it is bagged, boxed, or bundled (50 lb. limit - 10 items).  Building and remodeling contractors must dispose of their own debris and scrap.  Lumber and material from building demolition cannot be handled by our LIMITED STAFF AND EQUIPMENT.  The owner should transport this debris to a private dump or Land Fill Company.



11. Car parts and heavy metal cannot be picked up as it could easily jam or break our packing machinery.



12. Holiday Schedule:  New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day (July 4), Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day are Sanitation Holidays and there will be no garbage service.  Your garbage pick-up for that week will be one day late if your regular pick-up day is on or follows one of the above listed Holidays.



13. Tires are not picked up curbside.  Please take them to the Town Highway Garage.  There is a $2.00 fee per tire.



14. The Town does not pick-up sod, dirt, concrete, or 55 gallon drums.



15. For large items, Rubbish or Brush: telephone the Sanitation Department at 674-4850

   RECYCLING

• Note:  Cardboard containers from 12 or 24 pack pop or beer
  will no longer be accepted for recycling.

All residents are requested to place their recyclable material in their Yellow Recycling Box and place 3 feet from normal garbage. Please neatly stack any corregated cardboard and newspaper within the container. Place the recyclable container out weekly on the same day as your garbage collection. All recyclables and garbage must be out by 7:00 AM, when collection begins.

   Holiday Pickup Schedule

Pickup will be one day later using Saturday as the makeup day.

All other holidays will have normal recycling and garbage service

Compost and Mulch can be picked up on Saturdays following a Holiday from 7:30AM to 11:30AM

   YARD WASTE

YARD WASTE FACTS

Place yard waste at curb 5 feet away from garbage wastes.

Recycling labels for returnable grass and leaf containers can be picked up at the Town Highway Department or at Town Hall.

Tree limbs, brush or bush trimmings must be tied into 3 foot easily handled bundles. Dirt from roots should be knocked loose so it does not damage the Highway packing equipment.