Trash and Recycling

Refuse, Recycling, and Yard Waste Collection

The Town contracts for these services and assesses an equal fee on all homes in Garret Park. All items for collection need to be ready for pickup before 7:00 AM.

Refuse collection (curbside or side/rear yard): Mondays and Thursdays

General household trash and garbage should be placed in plastic bags inside of covered trashcans. It is not necessary to place trashcans at curbside; trash will be collected from the side or rear of your home. If you change the location of your trashcans, please notify the Town Office.

Recycling collection (curbside only): Monday

Containers, etc.

• Glass food and beverage jars and bottles (no broken glass, other glass or ceramic products, no lids or caps)
• Metal food, beverage, and pet food cans – please rinse
• Aluminum foil products – foil wrap, pie plates, food trays, etc. – please rinse
• Clear and colored plastic bottles with necks (no other plastics such as margarine or yogurt containers)
• NO bottles that contained hazardous products such as automotive and garden products, or cooking oil or peanut butter, no lids or caps.
• NO plastic bags or wraps (these may be recycled at the grocery store)
• DO NOT crush cans or bottles
• Labels DO NOT need to be removed from containers

Mixed Paper recycling – Acceptable materials may be placed at the curb in paper bags or small cardboard boxes. Flatten all empty boxes and put in bundles not larger than three feet wide and six inches thick. Tie newspapers with twine or place in a separate box or paper bag. Shredded paper is acceptable - please bag or box securely to prevent wind-blown debris. The following paper items are acceptable:

• Newspapers and inserts
• Magazines, catalogs, telephone books, unwanted mail
• Cereal and other boxes, corrugated cardboard, paperback books
• Computer and office paper
• All other clean, dry paper
• NO packing material such as Styrofoam or plastic
• NO waxed paper pr cardboard contaminated w2ith paint, chemicals, kitty litter, food, oil, or grease
• NO foil gift wrap, paper towels, napkins, or tissues

Yard Waste (Curbside only): Monday

Yard waste is collected every Monday during the months of March through October, and on the first Monday only during November through February. It should be placed at the curb before 7:00 AM.

• Place leaves, grass, small brush, and clippings in large paper bags available from most grocery and hardware stores, home improvement and garden centers.
• Total bag weight MUST NOT exceed 45 pounds
• Branches and large brush may be tied in bundles with twine. Bundles should not exceed 30 inches in diameter or four feet in length.
• Individual branches MUST NOT exceed four feet in length and four inches in diameter.
• NO rocks, dirt or sod
• NO root balls or tree stumps
• NO lumber or firewood

Holiday Collections

Refuse, recycling, and yard waste collections are not made on the following holidays:

New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas.

Refuse is collected the following Thursday, recycling and yard waste are collected the following Monday. When both Christmas and New Year’s Day fall on a Monday a special recycling collection will be arranged.