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In order to assure the highest quality waste collection service possible, the City is requesting that its residential customers assist the City by adhering to the following collection policies:
Residential Household Waste
A limited volume of residential waste will be collected from each residence on a weekly basis. This waste should be contained in no more than six (6) plastic garbage bags, no larger than thirty-three (33) gallons each. If the smaller household garbage bags are used, we request they be placed in the larger bags or standard waste cans (no more than three cans, please). NO LOOSE TRASH OR IMPROPERLY CONTAINERIZED TRASH (EXAMPLE: CARDBOARD BOXES OR PAPER SACKS) WILL BE COLLECTED. If cans are used, waste must first be placed in plastic garbage bags and then placed inside cans. As a reminder, household waste must be out no later than 7:30 a.m. on the scheduled day of pick up. (The City requests that residents place waste at curbside no earlier than the evening before collection.)
The City of Salem will not collect large bulky items, i.e. household furnishings, rugs, carpets, mattresses, bedsprings, or any other waste not considered typical household waste, except during special collections. (Larger items may be taken to Salem Municipal Landfill #2, at a charge, Monday through Friday between 7:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.) Additionally, Salem Landfill does not accept white goods, computers and monitors, asbestos, insulation materials, galvanized sheeting from buildings, herbicides or insecticides, automobile parts, paint cans (unless triple washed and verified clean), hazardous wastes, drums, medical wastes, large, solid pieces of metal, iron or steel, trees, bushes or large limbs.
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