The city of Erie is running its annual large-item pickup program from April 6th through May 1st on your normal trash collection night. This is a great opportunity to clean out some of the household trash we all accumulate that we wouldn’t otherwise be able to throw away on trash night.
Acceptable items include furniture of all sorts in any condition, mattresses, televisions, microwave ovens, desks, shelves… just about anything you’ve been wanting to throw out that you couldn’t put in a trash bag. The rule is that only one item should be set out, and the collection crews will only pick up one item. Many people can actually put out more than that if the items are in good enough condition that someone else may want to pick them up before the city trucks arrive. Smaller items like old toys should be places in trash bags. As always, the city asks that you do not put any trash out more than 24 hours beforehand.
Some items are considered hazardous waste and are not acceptable. Major appliances like washers and dryers, power 
equipment like lawn mowers, non-recyclable items like tires, paint containers, and car batteries cannot be picked up. That only makes sense when you consider that the trash is not just magically disappearing. It’s being taken the Lake View Landfill in Summit Township, and you don’t want to put poisons in a landfill!
If you have any questions about what you can and cannot throw away during this period, please call the Erie recycling hotline at 814-870-1450
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