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TRASH COLLECTION

Trash Collection Rules and Guidelines

Middletown, CT    Program  Food ScrapsWhat to Recycle  |  Trash Collection  |  FAQs

As part of the Co-collection pilot program, all regular household trash should be bagged only in the official City-issued Orange trash bags before being placed out in your trash cart for collection.

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Each household and business in the Sanitation District will be provided with two 15-gallon orange trash bags and one 8-gallon green food scraps bag per week for the length of the pilot program. If after recycling and separating out your food waste, you find that your household needs more than 2 bags per week, you can purchase additional trash bags at local retailers. (Retailer list to be provided at a later date.)

Place your Orange trash bags and Green Food scraps bag in your trash cart and place curbside by 7am on your collection day.

Do not place the following items in the Orange city-approved bags:

  • Recyclable plastic, glass, or metal (place in recycling bin)

  • Food scraps (use green bags)

  • Yard waste (wait for seasonal brush pick up or bring to Recycling Center)

  • Dirt, sod, concrete, or rock

  • Construction/demolition debris

  • Household hazardous waste

  • Hot ashes or flammable materials such as oil, gas, or paint

For more information on bulky and oversized waste, please see the City of Middletown's Bulk Waste Collection and Disposal guidelines

Certain items such as hazardous waste, medications, chemicals, construction materials, electronics, etc. cannot be disposed of in the regular trash or through curbside recycling. To learn more, visit the City of Middletown Recycling page

More Information

For more information, please contact the City of Middletown Department of Public Works

Middletown Public Works is open Monday through Friday from 8:30am to 4:30pm.

CONTACT >

City of Middletown

245 deKoven Drive
2nd Floor, Room 210
Middletown, CT 06457


860-638-4850
www.middletownct.gov

Recycling@middletownct.gov

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