In an effort to alleviate trash and debris left uncollected in the common area of your communities and the City’s right-of-ways, the City of Gaithersburg provides this brief synopsis of the bulk pick up program.
General Information:
The scheduled collection time is 7:00 a.m. on the first Wednesday of the month. In the event the scheduled collection falls on a holiday, the pickup will be rescheduled on the same weekday the following week. Items placed out at any other time would be a violation of Chapter 18-4 of the City Code and subject to a $500.00 fine.
Guidelines:
- Items must be clearly marked “Bulk Pick Up” and placed out not more than 24 hours prior to the scheduled pickup.
- Items must be separated from household trash, placed behind the curb, clear of utility poles, cars, trees, and other obstructions.
Acceptable Items:
- Furniture, box springs, mattresses, appliances, bicycles, and other large items which private refuge companies will not accept.
- Cardboard boxes may be used as containers to place bulk items in, otherwise cardboard boxes should be broken down into pieces no larger than two by three feet and placed out for recycling collection.
- Household trash, items placed in plastic bags, unmarked containers, and contractor’s debris.
- Tires, oil, paint, gasoline, car batteries, and other explosive or hazardous material.
