BULK TRASH PICKUP DATES

Milford’s spring bulk trash pickup program will start April 29.

Items set out for collection should be placed at the curb no sooner than the Saturday before the scheduled date of the collection; all items must be at the curb by 6 a.m. on the scheduled pickup date.

Homeowners must prepare and separate 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 each collection. Where possible, similar items should be placed together in containers. All acceptable items placed at the curb will be taken, including containers.

The pickup crew will not take: batteries, commercial items, logs, stumps, concrete, cement, any item requiring more than two men to pick up, hazardous waste, liquid waste, oil-based paint, motor oil, propane tanks, grass clippings, sheetrock and demolition material.

Sheetrock and demolition material must be brought to Waste Conversion, 211 Old Gate Lane, Milford. It is no longer be accepted at the transfer station.

If your garbage day is Monday, your bulk trash pickup is April 29; if your garbage day is Tuesday, your bulk trash pickup is May 6; if your garbage day is Thursday, your bulk trash pickup is May 13; if your garbage day is Friday, your bulk trash pickup is May 20.

Bulk trash pickup for condominiums will be June 5.

For more information, call Milford Public Works at 203783-3265.