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UPDATE: Milford Bulk Pick-Up Schedule for Spring 2013

The correct bulk pick-up day is May 15th for Thursday Garbage Day homes, and May 22 for Friday Garbage Day homes.

Update: 

If Your Garbage Day Is: Your Bulk-Pick Up Day Is: Monday May 1 Tuesday May 8 Thursday May 15 Friday May 22

From the Mayor's Office:

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. 

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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.

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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. 


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