The Greenfield Department of Public Works provides curbside
collection of household trash from houses containing four or fewer
housing units. All trash placed for curbside collection must be from
the housing units it is placed curbside in front of.
All trash placed curbside for collection must be in plastic
bags no larger than 33 gallons and tied so no spillage occurs. No
bag shall weigh more than 30 pounds. Bags must be either Town-printed,
purchased trash bags or have the proper size trash sticker placed
around the neck of the bag. Rates for bags and stickers are annually
set by the Mayor. Curbside trash for collection shall be placed on
the grass belt next to the roadway edge by 7:00 a.m. on the day of
collection, in front of the property where the trash is generated,
and should not block any ordinary pedestrian or vehicle traffic.
Bags must be placed curbside for collection between 7:00 p.m.
on the day before collection and 7:00 a.m. on the day of collection.
Rubbish barrels may be used; however, all contained trash should
be in plastic bags no larger than 33 gallons and which must be easily
removable from the barrels. Trash stickers must be on the bags within
the barrels, not on the barrel itself. Trash barrels and/or other
containers must not be out curbside except from 7:00 p.m. on the day
before collection to 7:00 p.m. on the day of collection.
Materials must be curbside by 7:00 a.m. on the day of collection.
The Town may vary the order in which routes are collected for efficiency
and staffing reasons.
No collection will be made from industrial or commercial establishments.
Food scraps, feces, pet litter box wastes, and cold ashes should
be contained in tied plastic bags which are then placed in plastic
bags no larger than 33 gallons and no heavier than 30 pounds.
The following special wastes are not acceptable for inclusion
in the plastic bags of this collection:
A. Recyclable paper, cardboard, aluminum cans, steel/tin cans, glass
containers, plastic containers, and waxed cardboard beverage containers.
B. Items that cannot fit in a thirty-three-gallon bag.
F. Paint, oil, and antifreeze.
G. Furniture and appliances.
H. Building demolition wastes: earth, brick, mortar, stone, concrete,
plaster, sheet rock, wood, boards, doors, windows, plumbing fixtures,
and other building components.
J. Chemical powders or liquids.
K. Hazardous materials. (However, empty hazardous material containers
may be included in disposal bags.)
L. Any explosives or gun cartridges.
P. Monitors and televisions.
Broken glass sheets can be included in bags for collection if
they are completely contained and tied or taped in cardboard to prevent
injury to collection personnel.
Violations of these regulations may result in withdrawal of
curbside collection of trash at any and all of the locations where
the violator lives or which the violator owns, at the sole discretion
of the Director of Public Works.
The refuse collection schedule by areas is set forth on a map
available from the Department of Public Works. The DPW reserves the
right to change days of collection in order to improve efficiency
and conserve fuel.
[Amended 1-18-2017 by Order No. FY 17-011]
During the weeks in which there is a holiday rubbish shall be
removed on a schedule to be established from time to time by the Department
of Public Works. In no case will any rubbish removal be more than
two days earlier or later than the non-holiday schedule. The Department
of Public Works shall cause a copy of the holiday schedule to be sent
to every resident in Greenfield where collection takes place at least
30 days in advance of any change.