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Gaithersburg Bulk Pick Up

Gaithersburg Bulk Pick Up

Phone 301-258-6370
Email publicworks@gaithersburgmd.gov

Bulk Pick UpRegular trash and garbage collection for City residents is handled by private contractors; however, the City does provide monthly bulk refuse collection for those large items that private collectors will not accept. These items include heavy electrical appliances, furniture and other large household items. Items must be clearly marked as “Bulk Pick Up” or placed in labeled containers. Materials placed in plastic bags will not be collected.

Bulk items are collected by City crews on your first recycling day of the month. If that day falls on a holiday when City offices are closed, bulk items will be picked up on the same day the following week.

Before throwing out items, please consider other ways to donate, reuse, or recycle them. For more information please contact Montgomery County Division of Solid Waste Services at 240-777-6400 or visit: www.montgomerycountymd.gov

  • Large Appliances - Collected by City crews on your first recycling day of the month. Doors should be removed or secured so they cannot be opened.

  • Large Household Items - Acceptable items collected by City crews on your first recycling day of the month.

  • Bulk items must be separated from regular refuse and marked "Bulk Pick Up". Items improperly prepared will not be collected.

LARGE HOUSEHOLD ITEMS ACCEPTED:
Furniture, bed springs, mattresses, rugs, large toys, televisions, computers, nonmetal sinks, tubs, and toilets, and small amounts of remodeling debris (piles less than 4’x 4’ x 8’ in size).
SCRAP METAL ACCEPTED:

Predominantly metal materials must be separated for special scrap metal recycling collection.

Examples include metal washers, dryers, refrigerators, air conditioners, dishwashers, sinks, stoves, freezers, furnaces, iron furniture, lawn mowers, doors, cabinets, bikes, and dissembled swing sets.
LARGE YARD WASTE ACCEPTED:
Tree trunks and limbs less than six feet long and less than 40 pounds.
ITEMS NOT ACCEPTED:
  • NO routine recyclable items.
  • NO regular household refuse.
  • NO contractor debris.
  • NO household hazardous waste.
  • NO propane tanks or tanks under pressure.
  • NO motor vehicles parts, including tires.
  • NO plastic bags.

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