Town of Mount Desert 2015 Spring Clean-up
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April 20, 2015 @ 8:00 am - April 24, 2015 @ 5:00 pm
Spring Clean-up Week coincides with school vacation in April of each year. This year it is April 20th to April 24th. There will be only ONE pick-up of your items, so please have them out by 7:00 A.M. on Monday. The following schedule will be generally followed:~ Monday – start in Northeast Harbor; Tuesday – starting at the intersection of Routes 3 & 198 and working towards Seal Harbor; Wednesday – starting in Otter Creek and working towards Seal Harbor; Thursday – starting on Route 198 and working towards and into Somesville; Friday – the general area including Hall Quarry, Pretty Marsh and Beech Hill.~ This schedule is subject to change based on weather and the volume of material collected
We will collect trash, rubbish, and garbage including asphalt shingles, tarpaper, sheet rock, insulation, plastic bags, and other non-wood materials.~ Amounts are limited to approximately the size of a pick-up truckload, 8’ X 6’ X 3.5’, approximately six cubic yards.
A second crew will collect tires (maximum of 4) without wheels and metal appliances such as stoves, freezers, refrigerators, washing machines, and dryers. The owners must remove the doors from the refrigerators and freezers before putting them curbside or we cannot accept them.~ If the doors are not removed, they will not be collected.~
Another crew will collect burnable wood waste such as brush and tree limbs (NO stumps, please).~ Lumber and other wooden materials will be collected separately; amounts are limited to approximately the size of a pick-up truckload, 8’ X 6’ X 3.5’, approximately six cubic yards. Wood materials and waste may not be greater than 4 feet long and maximum 6 inches in diameter.
Please keep bagged leaves and grass clippings free of sticks, twigs, and gravel
Vehicle motors with bases removed and engine blocks will be collected.~
All refuse and other materials must be in suitable containers or tied in bundles of not over 4 feet in length, except tires and large metal appliances. Tied bundles and containers must be able to be handled by one person.
Contact Tony Smith at [email protected] or Ben Jacobs at [email protected] with any questions.