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 or cardboard
contaminated with 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 of each monthonly 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
On the following holidays there will be
no refuse, recycling, or yard waste
collection:
New Year’s Day
MLK, Jr.'s B'day
Memorial Day
4th of July
Labor Day
Thanksgiving Day
Christmas
Instead:
Recycling will be collected on Wednesday.
Refuse will be collected the following Thursday.
Yard waste will be
collected the following Monday.
Trash and recycling
WILL be collected on Presidents' Day.
On Thursday holidays, the trash collection is not made up and normal
collection resumes the following Monday.
