Saturday, October 5, 2024
Granbury residents will have another way to dispose of their unwanted heavy appliances during the city’s fall bulk trash pickup set for Saturday, Oct. 19.
Residents are asked to place their items curbside by 7 a.m. Saturday morning.
Acceptable items for the bulk trash pickup include refrigerators, freezers, and A/C units — all of which must have Freon certification reclamation — and mattresses.
Tree limbs will also be collected, but they must be bundled and no longer than four feet. Each household is limited to six items for pickup.
Communications Manager Jeff Newpher told the Hood County News that items must be manageable for two workers to lift and load; otherwise, they may not be collected.
"Bulk trash is for items that are too large to put in your garbage tote, and it's usually two guys who are working to pick it up, so if it's too large for two guys, then it might not get picked up,” he said. “But if two people could walk it out to the curb before 7 a.m. on the 19th, then two people could load it into the back of the Waste Connection truck.”
Newpher also noted that he has not encountered a company in Granbury that performs the Freon certification but added that it might be a question that Waste Connections could answer.
“We're really grateful for Waste Connections, because they are a partner with the city," he added.
Items that will not be picked up for bulk trash include tires, paint, oil, liquids, construction, and masonry materials.
Newpher also wanted to stress that bulk trash day does not affect normal residential trash pick-up.
“If you’re a Monday or a Wednesday pickup, you’ll still get (your trash picked up) the previous Monday or Wednesday, and the following Monday or Wednesday,” he said. “This is not a substitute for either of those.”
For more information, please contact Waste Connections at 800-350-3024.
