Bowling Green will hold its large item refuse pickup starting on Sept. 12.
The large item pickup is conducted to pick up furniture, appliances and similar household items which are too heavy, or too large to be handled by the refuse trucks. Refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners and dehumidifiers will not be picked up by the city refuse crews.
Mattresses and box springs will be collected for an additional fee. The fee is $25 for the first mattress or box spring and $15 per additional mattress or box spring up to a total of three. The fee must be paid prior to collection at 304 N. Church St., in the public works office, phone 419-354-6227. This service is provided anytime of the year, not just at large item refuse collection.
Items must be placed curbside by 7 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 12, to ensure pickup. Items may be placed curbside no earlier than 5 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 11. Pickup will start in Ward 1 and proceed through all four wards.
Once the crew leaves a street, they will not return. Pickup is by ward and not by the normal refuse collection day. The city crews will collect the large items throughout the city independent of the normal refuse collection schedule.
Additional information can be found at www.bgohio.org /Public Works Division. This is not an unlimited refuse collection.
As with the city’s normal residential trash pickup, the large item collection is only for one- and two-family dwellings and is not for those places presently served by private trash haulers.
By law, the city is not authorized to pick up building materials, construction or demolition refuse, sod, rocks or yard waste. Property owners make take these items to the Wood County Landfill for a fee.
