The Town of Christiansburg will host the annual Fall Cleanup from Oct. 5 through Oct. 18. During this time, the Town will collect special items placed out at the curb at no cost to the resident.
These special materials must be placed out on the resident’s regular garbage collection day. (Note: The special collection trucks may run behind schedule due to volume but will attempt to follow the regular solid waste pickup schedule.) While there is no charge for items picked up during this time, there will be a charge assessed for items placed out after Oct. 18.
Items must be placed within 10 feet of the street pavement and must be placed in piles separate from normal trash. Loose materials must be placed in containers not exceeding 32 gallons. Place piles at least three feet from any objects (including garbage and recycling containers).
During Fall Cleanup, all residents are strongly encouraged to move any items away from the street that are not intended for pickup (i.e. basketball goals, lawn and gardening equipment, etc.). It can be difficult for cleanup crews to determine which items are intended for the pickup and which are not, so please move all personal property back from the street. The Town will not be responsible for any items left at or near the street that residents did not intend to have hauled away.
Items the Town will pick up during the Fall Cleanup include furniture, appliances including sinks and tubs (limit 2 per household), passenger car & truck tires (limit 4 per household; no larger than 20-inches), tire rims (no limit), tree limbs, trimmings, brush, tree stumps and leaves (bagged only).
If you do not want to bag your leaves, you can place loose leaves out during Leaf Collection, which typically runs in November and December, weather permitting.
Other items that will be picked up include landscape timbers, paint cans and sealer cans (only if open and dry), barrels/drums (only if dry, ends are removed and do not contain hazardous material) and railroad ties/timbers (limit 5 per household)
Separate materials into piles by material type. Pile bagged leaves, tree limbs and trimmings in separate piles. Pile tree limbs – 4-inches in diameter and smaller – separate from logs and tree limbs larger than 4-inches. Logs must have a maximum length of 4 feet. Please remove all limbs. Do not block drainage ditches, gutters and sidewalks, water meters and sewer cleanouts.
Some items the Town WILL NOT pick up during Fall Cleanup include any construction and demolition materials (including but not limited to wood, metal, concrete, stone, etc., except as noted above), heavy machinery, automobile parts or accessories, kerosene heaters, fuel oil tanks of any size, commercial truck, tractor/trailer tires, hazardous household wastes such as paint, pesticides and cleaning chemicals, tree/brush materials associated with land/lot clearing for construction, pressurized containers and electronic components such as televisions and computers.
Residents are encouraged to call Public Works at (540) 382-1151 for clarification before placing out questionable items. Information can also be found on the Town website at www.christiansburg.org/cleanupFAQ or by calling Town Hall at 382-6120.
Hazardous Household Waste and Electronic Waste can be disposed of through the Montgomery Regional Solid Waste Authority (MRSWA). Please contact MRSWA at 381-2820 or visit their website at www.mrswa.com for further information.
