CONTACT: Susan Harding, Acting Public Information Officer, 301-600-1385
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 30, 2006

SEMI-ANNUAL BULK WASTE COLLECTION

Frederick, MD --- The City of Frederick will begin the Semi-Annual Bulk Waste Collection Campaign for City residents. Crews from the Department of Operations will pick up bulk waste that has been set in the City right of way and meets all criteria. Items not meeting these criteria will be left behind and tagged with the disposal responsibility falling back to the resident.

Collection for Area 1, east side of the City (east of route 15) will begin Wednesday, September 6, 2006 andruns untilSaturday, September 9, 2006. Please have all items curbside for collection by Tuesday, September 5, 2006. The Sanitation Department will begin collection once their normal routes are completed on the morning of September 6, 2006.

Collection for Area 2, west side of the City (west of route 15) will begin Wednesday, September 13, 2006and runs untilSaturday, September 16, 2006. Please have all items curbside for collection by Tuesday, September 12, 2006. The Sanitation Department will begin collection once their normal routes are completed on the morning of September 13, 2006.

Once an area has been cleared the trucks will not return to that area again.

Acceptable materials include: Small amounts of building materials, other acceptable wood products will be collected if cut into no longer than four (4) foot lengths and tied into bundles not exceeding twenty-five (25) pounds in weight ( yard waste will NOT be collected), televisions and electronic equipment, steel pipe, furniture and appliances. Note: It is the homeowner's responsibility to remove any hazardous materials, i.e., refrigerants (gasses), from air conditioning and refrigeration units.

Unacceptable materials consist of: Household hazardous wastes such as paint, pesticides, solvents, antifreeze, motor oil, chemicals; tires and batteries; items longer than 7 feet in any dimension; yard waste, all other tree waste, and all land clearing debris, any individual item weighing over one hundred fifty (150) pounds; concrete, asphalt, stones, dirt, sod; rolls of chain link fence (unless cut into lengths no longer than four (4) feet long); propane tanks; oil tanks; compressed gas cylinders; medical waste; automobiles or automobile parts such as engines, radiators, transmissions, fenders, doors, gas tanks; any wood with nails, screws, hinges, or other metal or foreign objects contained therein; metal fence posts with concrete attached; building materials left by a private contractor; construction and demolition waste except as specified in subsection (e) of Section 10-21. General Restrictions of the City's Solid Waste Management Code.

Materials not eligible for the City’s bulk trash collection can be disposed of at the Frederick County Landfill. For further information contact the Frederick County Landfill at 301-600-1848.

Additional information on the City’s bulk trash collection can be obtained by contacting Department of Public Works at 301-600-1440.

IMPACT TO AREA :

There will be minor traffic delays when the trucks must stop to collect the waste. Also, in some cases, the waste material will stay out for three days before it can be collected.