City of Burlington

Solid Waste Services

The City of Burlington’s Sanitation Division provides once a week curbside automated garbage collection.  The City issues each residential customer one black        90 gallon roll out container that must be placed at the curb by 7:00 AM on your scheduled collection day.  City ordinance requires the removal of the container from the curb by 7:00 PM the day of collection.  The container must have a clearance of 5 feet on each side and 15 feet above the container to be serviced.

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The Sanitation Division provides yard waste collection on the same day as garbage collection. Yard waste must be at the curbside by 7:00 AM on collection day.  Residents may bag, stack or containerize their yard waste. If containers are used, they are to be provided by the customer and must not exceed 32 gallons in capacity and/ or 50 pounds in weight.  If bags are used, only clear bags will be serviced.  The roll out container and recycling bin are not to be used for yard waste.  Loose tree limbs collected by yard waste crews should not exceed 4 feet in length or 6 inches in diameter.  Limbs that are more than 4 feet in length or large in volume will be collected at a later time by a different truck.

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The Sanitation Division provides bulk waste (tree limbs and junk) collection on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday on a convenience schedule.  Tree limbs may not exceed 8 feet in length and 6 inches in diameter.  The limbs must be stacked in a neat pile with no overhead obstruction.  Bulk junk must be properly separated.  Metal, appliances (refrigerators, freezers, microwaves, ranges, water heaters) and other junk cannot be mixed with limbs and/or brush.  There will be a charge for 3 cubic yards or over of bulk waste.

Certain items are not collected by the City and should not be placed on the curb.  Some of the items not collected are:  building, remodeling and contractors waste including wood, automobile parts, tires, batteries, dirt, rock, masonry, sealed containers, liquids, chemicals, hazardous wastes, paints, logs, stumps, fluorescent lights, recyclables and bulk waste from businesses and institutions.

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The City contracts Tidewater Fibre, Corp. to provide curbside recycling service (corrugated cardboard & chipboard, newspaper, inserts, magazines, phonebooks, mixed paper aluminum and steel cans, glass bottles and jars, plastic milk jugs, soda bottles and water bottles) every other week.  Do not place these items in the black City container or yard waste container.

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Questions concerning recycling, call: 

TFC (Tidewater Fibre Corp.)     222-8465

Questions concerning solid waste service, call:

Sanitation    222-5111

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