Large Item Pickup Program

Day of Pickup

Please have all disposal items placed at the curb in an orderly fashion by 6:30 AM on the date of the appointment. Items must be easily accessible to Town equipment and personnel.

This is a service which hauls things that you cannot otherwise dispose of yourself. Each residence will receive only one pick-up per household per year, and there is no charge for the service. 

If the discard pile is a unorganized or inaccessible to Town equipment and personnel, the Town reserves the right to bypass the scheduled pickup and the household will forfeit their pickup opportunity for the year.

Do not put items under low electrical wires or low hanging branches since they will interfere with the equipment used to pick up the items. The Town will not take anything packed in bags or boxes.

Please call the Highway Department at 203-452-5070 for questions.

Acceptable Items Include:

• Furniture: Sofas, Chairs, Tables, Mattresses, Carpets, Yard Furniture
• Appliances: Dishwashers, Washers, Televisions , Refrigerators/Freezers with doors removed
• Branches: Must be under 4 feet long and 6 inches diameter and piled neatly at the curb. The maximum amount of brush and branches that can be picked up is equal to the size of ONE cord of wood, which is 4’ x 4’ x 8’.
• Grills, without propane tank: Propane tanks may be disposed by a propane tank company.
• Electronics: Electronics must be placed in it’s own pile, separate from other materials.
• Doors: must be cut in half, horizontally

Unacceptable Materials that Will Not be Picked Up Include: (DO NOT PUT OUT!)

• - Bags and/or boxes will not be picked up!
• Household trash, hazardous materials like oil based paint (There is a Town wide Household Hazardous Waste Day every year…..watch for notices), motor oil, and pesticides. 
• RECYCLABLE materials . . . Blue bin stuff. 
• Demolition materials like ceramic tile, toilets, asphalt shingles, sheetrock, insulation, concrete or stone (tickets must be purchased at the Highway Dept. to dispose of these items. Each ticket is $12 and will cover 125 lbs.) 
• Vehicles (no automobile parts) or Tires 
• Propane tanks 
• Explosives 
• Dead animals 
• Pieces of WOOD or METAL that are over four feet (4’) long, or greater than 6” in diameter.
• Trash Cans
• Hazardous Materials, including oil based paint. These materials may be disposed during the Town’s annual Household Hazardous Waste Collection program.
• Transfer Station Materials (on Spring Hill Road) 
  • Household Garbage/Trash: No small items, even those packed in boxes or bags
  • Recyclable Material: "Blue Bin" stuff
    • Corrugated Cardboard
    • Water based paint cans (please clean and air dry before recycling)
  • Demolition Materials: Demolition materials can be disposed at the Transfer Station for a fee of $12.00 per 125 lbs. Residents may pay for disposal of demolition materials at the Transfer Station; credit/debit cards only accepted.
    • Asphalt shingles
    • Sheetrock
    • Concrete
    • Ceramic Tile
    • Bathroom Fixtures (sinks/toilets)
    • Plaster
    • Brick
    • Masonry Debris
  • Bagged Leaves, Grass, or other Yard Waste
  • Tires: Residents may dispose tires at the Transfer Station for a fee of $2.00 per tire. 
  • Metal over 4 feet in length
  • Motor Oil
  • Automobile Batteries
  • Antifreeze