Waste Disposal - Out-of-Cart Service

Since September 1, 2023, Richard’s Disposal has been the service provider responsible for collecting items that do not fit in your garbage cart such as furniture, large household items, remodeling debris, mattresses, water heaters, carpet, fencing, lumber, yard and woody waste including brush piles, tree limbs, shrub prunings, bagged leaves and grass. The new provider changes are:

1. Maximum of 10 out-of-cart items per collection day, either individual items or bundles (for lawn debris) 

2. Brush and lawn debris must be bundled or bagged.

3. Maximum weight of 40 pounds per item (this is an OSHA standard)

4. Brush and bundles must be no more than 5 feet in length (in order to fit in the rear loading garbage truck)

5. Tree limbs must be no more than 6 inches in diameter and 5 feet in length.

Richards will not use a knuckle boom truck to collect piles of woody debris during the scheduled weekly collection day. Therefore, homeowners will need to hire Richards or another company to remove large woody debris from their property. If you have a tree trimming company remove limbs, it is their responsibility to dispose of that material–make sure that is in the contract.