Farmington's spring bulky waste collection runs the week of April 20–24. If you pay for trash collection through the Town's annual special service fee, this is your week.
The rules are specific. Leave bulk items curbside the night before your regular collection day — not the morning of, not three days early. Separate trucks will handle three categories: tires; appliances and metal items; and clean, dry mattresses and box springs. All bulk items must sit at least four feet from your Town-approved trash and recycling carts.
Small items should be bundled, boxed, or bagged. Tires must come off their rims. Nothing can exceed six feet in length or the weight two people can lift by hand.
What the Town Will Take
Large furniture is limited to two pieces per household. A mattress and box spring count as one piece — and they must be kept dry for recycling purposes. Two appliances, doors removed. Two sets of car or bicycle tires and rims, tires separated from rims. Two plumbing fixtures: sinks, tubs, toilets.
Beyond the two-per-household limits: carpet and padding, rolled and taped or tied, six-foot maximum length. Smaller furniture pieces. Miscellaneous household items up to ten bags — no unacceptable items mixed in.
What the Town Will Not Take
The list of what stays in your garage is longer than the list of what goes to the curb.
No recyclables — cardboard, plastic food containers, the items that already have a bin. No extra household trash. No building materials: shingles, sheetrock, brick, stone, concrete, ceramic tile, wood flooring, doors, or windows. No lumber, no plywood, no fencing. No sheds of any material. No concrete items — bird baths, statues, concrete-filled poles or posts. No pallets. No stumps or lawn debris.
No motor vehicle parts or batteries. Motor vehicle batteries are the one exception — the Highway Division of Public Works accepts those directly. Anything else left out is considered illegal dumping and subject to fines.
No propane tanks. No televisions, computers, monitors, printers, or keyboards. No hazardous waste. No paint of any kind.
Clean lumber — no nails, no hardware, not pressure-treated or painted — can be brought to the Tunxis Mead Compost Area during normal hours. For unclean lumber, call CWPM at 860.828.1162.
Fall Collection
Mark your calendar: the fall bulky waste collection is scheduled for October 19–23.
Questions go to the Farmington Highway & Grounds Division of Public Works at 860-675-2550.
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— Jack Beckett has covered Farmington long enough to know that the difference between "acceptable" and "unacceptable" bulky waste is a document worth reading before you drag anything to the curb. He is on his second coffee. The list of restrictions was longer than he expected. ☕
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Looking for the quick version? Read our last-call reminder published the weekend before collection.