Highway & Grounds Department Updates
BULKY WASTE COLLECTION:For Farmington residents who have trash collection by the Town's contractor, the next Bulky Waste Collection will be held April 14th - April 18th, on the same day as your normal collection. Items should be bundled or bagged, keep appliances and other metal items separated from furniture and regular trash. Tires often are picked up later in the week.
HAZARDOUS WASTE PRODUCTS: Oil base paint, pesticides, and petroleum products will not be collected and are not acceptable at the Highway and Grounds Division of Public Works. Farmington's 2008 Annual Hazardous Waste Disposal Day will be: Saturday, April 26th from 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. at Farmington High School. Please see the Farmington Town Letter for additional information. For additional information, dates and places of collection, please call the MDC at: (860) 278-3809 or visit their website at: www.themdc.com/householdhazwaste.htm Thank you.
LEAF COMPOST AND WOOD MULCH LOCATION:Residents can pick up leaf compost and wood mulch from the Composting Area at the end of Tunxis Mead Road. Landscapers and contractors are NOT ALLOWED to pick up this material.
TUNXIS MEAD COMPOST AREA:
THE TOWN, AND ITS SUBCONTRACTOR FOR WASTE REMOVAL, ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR PICKING UP LEAVES AND BRUSH.
RESIDENTS SHOULD BRING LEAVES AND BRUSH DEBRIS TO THE TUNXIS MEAD COMPOST AREA LOCATED AT THE END OF TUNXIS MEAD ROAD.
Effective March 24th, the Compost Area is open the regular schedule of: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 7:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. and on Saturdays, from 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon. Residents may bring brush and leaves there at no charge by showing their driver's license. Also allowed is clean lumber, ONLY (no plywood, pressure-treated, stained or painted wood). This material is ground up to make bark mulch. Stumps and grass clippings are not allowed. If your brush is under six inches (6") in diameter, the length of the brush does not matter…however, if it is larger than six inches (6") in diameter you will need to stop by the Farmington Highway and Grounds Division office between the hours of: 8 a.m.-4p.m., Monday - Friday to purchase residential tickets @ $8.50/per ticket, depending on the size of your load determines how many tickets you will need. Also, if your brush is larger than (>) 6" in diameter, it will need to be cut into two-foot (2') lengths before you bring it.
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