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Curbside Trash Collection

ATTENTION BREWER RESIDENTS

Trash tags are no longer required
unless you place more than 5 bags curbside.

Curbside Collection Days and Routes
Frequently Asked Questions About Program Rules

General Rules
Household trash is picked up Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of every week from residential properties of 4 units or less.  Bags should be set out curbside by 7:00 a.m. on your scheduled collection day.

  • All trash must be in bags. This excludes cardboard as long as it is broken down to 2′ x 2′ or smaller and neatly bundled.
  • Each household is limited to 5 bags per week without the orange Brewer trash tags
  • Each bag must be 40 pounds or less.
  • Bags larger than 30 gallons in size must be clear or translucent.
  • Bags can be placed in containers.
  • Residents can put out more than 5 bags by placing an orange Brewer trash tag on bags over the 5-bag limit.  Trash tags may be purchased at Brewer City Hall, Brewer Public Library, or online by using this link. Trash tags come in sheets of 5, each sheet is $10.00 ($2.00/tag).
Holiday Schedule
Holidays that may affect trash pickup:
  • New Years
  • Memorial Day
  • Independence Day
  • Labor Day
  • Christmas Day

If any of these holidays falls on a Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday, curbside collection WILL be pushed out one day. If these holidays fall on any other day of the week (Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday) and for all other holidays, curbside collection will NOT be affected and your pick up remains as usual.

Prohibited Items
As laid out in the City’s Solid Waste and Recycling Ordinance, Chapter 22, Article 2, Section 2.4, the following rubbish, by way of example and not limitation, shall be
considered unacceptable for curbside collection. These materials will not be picked up curbside:

  1. White goods such as stoves, refrigerators, washers and other large appliances.
  2. Material from the major repair of, excavation for, construction, or destruction of buildings or structures, such as piping, earth, plaster, mortar, bricks, building, blocks, septic tanks, trees or tree stumps over six inches in diameter, and any other similar materials, commonly called demolition debris.
  3. Grass clippings, weeds, plants, shrubs, leaves, brush or branches.
  4. Bulky items such as mattresses and box springs, couches, chairs, and carpets.
  5. Abandoned or junk vehicles and car parts.
  6. Hazardous waste: All hazardous waste as defined by federal and state regulatory agencies.
  7. Hospital waste: All contaminated hospital waste as defined by federal and state laws, i.e., “red bag” pathological anatomical waste.
  8. Biological Waste, including dead animals or portions thereof or other pathological wastes.
  9. Infectious waste: Wastes which are hazardous by reason of their contamination with infection materials i.e., “red bag” waste body parts, pathology lab waste, etc..
  10. Human fecal waste.
  11. Animal fecal waste which is not contained in a plastic bag.
  12. Flammable waste; liquid waste; sludge.
  13. Waste oil, lubricants or fuels, including gasoline and propane.
  14. Powder and liquid pesticides, herbicides and fungicides.
  15. Paint waste and pigments.
  16. Construction and demolition debris.
  17. Electrical capacitors: Contain oils that may contain P.C.B.s.
  18. Special waste as defined by state law, including but not limited to,   Asbestos.
  19. Laboratory chemicals.
  20. Biohazard materials.
  21. Plated metal parts.
  22. Electrical transformers or parts.
  23. Stove and fire ash.
  24. Tree stumps and logs.
  25. Tires.

Visit the City’s Solid Waste Programs webpage for information about disposal options, such as the Brewer Landfill, Universal Waste Program, and Household Hazardous Waste Program, for items not collected curbside.

Visit the Environmental Services department for more information on the City’s curbside collection and overall solid waste management program.