The City of Brownwood continues its collection of brush and bulky items, at no charge, to Brownwood residential customers.
Residential (noncommercial customers) may call 643-4200 to request the service during normal business hours. After hours, customers may leave a message. A link has been posted to the Sanitation Department’s web page to allow residents to request service online. ci.brownwood.tx.us/sanitation.htm
The following rules apply:
- Items must be left at the curb or place in the alley if trash is collected from the alley.
- City employees are not permitted to go on private property to collect these items.
- Items to be collected must be segregated according to type; brush, furniture or metals. Mixed piles will not be collected.
- This service is not available to: commercial customers, apartments, schools, churches, evictions, or storage units.
- Waste shall be stacked away from mail boxes, fences, poles, cars and low hanging wires.
Bulky items include:
-Air conditioners*
-Bed Frames*
-Bikes*
-Brush and tree limbs (contractors are required to haul their own trimmings to the recycling center – cut into 5’ lengths or less, no stumps or root balls and not missed with dirt or any other waste)*
-Couches (love seats)
-China Cabinets (hutches)
-Chairs
-Chests of drawers
-Dish Washers
-Desks
-Dressers
-Entertainment Centers
-Freezers (must be free of food)
-Grills*
-Hampers
-Lawn mowers*
-Metal swing sets (must be disassembled and concrete removed from posts)*
-Moving boxes (cardboard if clean may be recycled)*
-Microwaves
-Patio Furniture
-Pianos
-Pool Covers
-Refrigerators (must be free of food)*
-Stoves*
-Space Heaters
-Sinks
-Toilets
-Toys (large)
-Washing Machines*
-Water Heater*
*denotes items accepted at Recycling Center
Items Not Collected by the City of Brownwood
-Anything with a title of ownership (automobile chassis, motorcycles, trailers, boats, etc)
-Any waste that is banned for disposal in a Type 1 landfill
-Automobile Batteries*
-Concrete
-Construction and remodeling debris (includes carpet, plywood, bricks, rocks, aggregate, cinder block, stone, mortar, sand, sheet rock, insulation, flooring, shingles, siding, steel roofing, glass mirrors, lumber)
-Hazardous materials (paints, solvents, etc)
-Tires (of any kind)*
-Land Clearing Debris*
-Liquids (of any kind)
Not all waste or recyclables are accepted at the landfill and recycling center. Please call the landfill at 646-6574 and the recycling center at 641-8832 for information on prohibited items.