Cleanup operation
Crews to pick up large items during 10-week program
City of Yuma Public Works Department, Solid Waste Division crew members Alvaro Ortega (foreground at left) and Gerardo Mesa (right) get ready to load a discarded mattress into the back of a solid waste truck Wednesday morning along 20th Avenue as the city’s annual Neighborhood Cleanup program gets into full swing. The program is in addition to normal collection days and is strictly for the pickup of ordinary household bulk items such as refrigerators, stoves, washing machines, furniture, electronics, tires (without rims) and bagged lawn clippings, according to the city. Also, the program is open to only city residents. For more information,
It’s time again for Yuma residents to start organizing their unwanted items to be placed curbside and removed for no additional charge. The city’s annual 10-week Neighborhood Cleanup will run through April 2.
An annual service offered in addition to normal solid waste and curbside recycling collection days, Neighborhood Cleanup is strictly for the pickup of ordinary household bulk items. The Yuma Public Works crews will make weekly rounds through city neighborhoods and collect bulky items that are no longer wanted, such as broken furniture, appliances, tree trimmings and bagged lawn clippings.
However, material that qualifies as household hazardous waste will not be picked up (such as old chemicals, paints, pesticides, fertilizers, etc.). The next opportunity to deposit those materials will be at the next household hazardous waste drop-off event, which will next be held on April 11.
To facilitate pickups, Public Works conducts pickups one week at a time in each of the 10 areas established for this program. Residents will need to be responsible for knowing the week that curbside pickup of these ordinary household bulk items will take place in their areas.
For residents’ convenience, descriptions and maps of these 10 areas are available on the Neighborhood Cleanup page of the city’s website at www.yumaaz.gov.
Residents may also call 928-373-4504 for questions about Neighborhood Cleanup.
The Yuma Neighborhood Cleanup program is for residents inside the Yuma city limits only.
The following are examples of items that will be accepted: old furniture, mattresses, carpets and appliances; lawn clippings that are bagged; tree limbs that are no longer than 4 feet in length, tied and bundled and weigh no more than 50 pounds; five tires without rims per residential location (no commercial or farm tires).
These are examples of items that will not be accepted: roofing and construction material; tree stumps; concrete or dirt; household hazardous waste such as motor oil, pesticides and other chemicals; tires with rims; abandoned or commercial vehicles or farm equipment; materials from commercial enterprises.