Broomfield Spring Cleanup To Collect Large Household Items

BROOMFIELD, CO – It's time for spring cleaning, and the City and County of Broomfield wants to help. Broomfield's public works program has expanded their Spring Cleanup Program which collects large, non-hazardous items that trash haulers do not normally pick up.

In addition, the Broomfield Rotary Club and ARC Thrift Store will coordinate a "front porch" pickup for clothes and reusable items on the same day as the waste pick-up.

The cleanup will be offered four consecutive Saturdays in different zones of the city (see map below).

April 20 - Area 1

April 27 - Area 2

May 4 - Area 3

May 11 - Area 4

Western Disposal will have two trucks picking up items - recycling and waste. Residents should divide items into two separate piles - recycling (wood and metal) and waste.

Here are waste items accepted:

• Scrap metal, carpet, wood doors, glass doors, cabinets, drywall, fencing materials, and scrap lumber (lightly stained or unpainted only)
• Non-freon appliances such as washers, dryers, ranges, dishwashers, microwave ovens, hot water heaters
• Furniture, bed frames, box springs, mattresses
• Bicycles, swing sets, kiddie swimming and wading pools, lawn furniture, railroad ties, large tree stumps over 12" in diameter
• Barbeque grills may be included if the propane tank has been removed.
• Lawnmowers, combustible engines, and transmissions may be included if all liquids have been drained and if they have been disassembled into parts weighing less than 100 pounds each.
• Other miscellaneous, non-hazardous large "junk" items

These Items will NOT be picked up.

• Small items that can be picked up by contracted trash haulers
• Any single item that cannot be lifted by two people
• Electronic waste of any kind is prohibited
• Liquid of any kind
• Any appliance with a Freon unit, such as refrigerators, freezers, and air conditioners
• Car bodies, car batteries, antifreeze, motor oil, NO TIRES
• Propane tanks from barbeques
• Concrete, concrete pavers, bricks, soil or sod, grass clippings
• Tree limbs or tree stumps less than 12" in diameter, shrubs (Tree limbs less than 12" in diameter may be disposed of year round at the Tree Limb Drop-off at 2990 W. 124th Avenue, on Wednesdays, 1 - 5 p.m., or on Saturdays, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.)
• Sealed containers or drums, any items listed as a hazardous material, any corrosives, pesticides, herbicides, paint
• Radioactive waste
• Pharmaceutical waste
• Business, commercial, industrial, or agricultural waste
• Household trash

These items should be taken to a landfill:

• Soil
• Sod
• Concrete
• Brick
• Rock
• Grass clippings
• Garbage

These items are treated as hazardous waste and must be disposed of correctly. View a comprehensive list of items to bring to a HHW Collection site.

• Electronic waste (also check with retailers for take-back programs)
• Batteries (non-alkaline household and automotive)
• Herbicides, pesticides, and fertilizers
• Paint and paint thinners
• Combustible material or liquid (lighter fluid, solvents, etc.)

Other Items Requiring Special Handling and NOT Accepted:

• Refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners: Freon is hazardous and requires handling by a state-certified operator. Contact your power company, (Xcel Energy or United Power) or certified Freon removal company to properly remove your appliances.
• Propane tanks can be recycled at no cost at MetroGas, 790 W 64th Ave. (between Pecos and Broadway). Call 303.428.3036.

For more information, contact Environmental Services at 303.438.6329 or email Public Works.