Milford Mayor Blake Announces Bulk Waste Pickup Schedule

Mayor Blake Announces Bulk Waste Pickup Schedule

Pickup Begins First MONDAY in May

Mayor Benjamin G. Blake announced today that the City of Milford will begin its 2017 Bulk Waste Pickup Program on Monday, May 1, 2017, according to the attached schedule.

All homeowners are asked to honor the schedule and not place bulk waste at the curb any sooner than the Saturday prior to their scheduled pickup. 

BULK PICKUP  - CITY OF MILFORD

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT 

Items set out for collection are to be placed at the curb not sooner than the Saturday prior to the scheduled date of the collection and all items are to be at the curb by 6:00 a.m. on the scheduled pickup date.

In order to qualify for this free pickup service, the homeowner must properly prepare and separate the bulky waste.  Metal must be separated from burnable items.  Yard waste should be placed in disposable containers or bags.  Brush and wood must be cut to four-foot lengths and tied in bundles.  No more than four passenger car tires may be included in the items set out for collection.  Where possible, similar items should be placed together in containers, which the homeowner wishes to discard.  All acceptable items placed at the curb will be taken, INCLUDING CONTAINERS.

Prohibited Materials: Certain items are PROHIBITED from the Bulky Waste Pickup program.  The following items WILL NOT BE PICKED UP, and therefore, should not be placed at the curb:

1. Batteries
2. Commercial Items
3. Logs and Stumps
4. Concrete or cement
5. Any item requiring more than 2 men to pick up
6. Hazardous Waste
7. Liquid Waste, oil based paint, motor oil
8. Propane Tanks
9. Grass Clippings
10. Sheetrock and Demolition material**

**Sheetrock & Demolition MUST be brought to Waste Conversion, 211 Old Gate Lane, Milford, CT.  It will no longer be accepted at the Transfer Station.

The following is the Bulk Trash Pickup Schedule to be followed:

If your garbage day is:          These are your pickup days

GARBAGE DAY		MAY
Monday		1
Tuesday		8
Thursday		15
Friday		22

Please call the Public Works Office at 203 783-3265, THE MONDAY BEFORE YOUR PICKUP if you have White Goods, i.e. – stoves, refrigerators, dishwasher, hot water heater, etc.

CONDOMINIUMS (WHEN REGISTERED WITH CONDO ASSOCIATION) WILL BE – WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14^TH, 2017.