Department of Public Works, 680 Peverly Hill Rd, Portsmouth, NH 03801 Phone: (603) 427-1530, Fax: (603) 427-1539

HOUSEHOLD RUBBISH

Weekly Collection, Monday through Friday

Place your waste curbside in a single location in front of your property no earlier than 7:00 p.m. the day before and no later than 7:30 am the day of your scheduled pick up. In the downtown business district waste from businesses shall not be placed curbside prior to 2:00 pm on Mondays. Residential waste will be collected Tuesday mornings between 7:30-9:30 am in the downtown business district.

Please note, the City has the right to inspect any curbside rubbish to ensure compliance with local, state and federal regulations. 


All properties are limited to 300 U.S. gallons of solid waste per week. For the City's Solid Waste Ordinances, click here.

It is mandatory to recycle. For details of the recycling program and services click here.

Click here for the Portsmouth Trash and Recycling Collection Route Map

2017 HOLIDAY SCHEDULE

The re-scheduling of collection around the holidays, calendar year 2017:
**If the holiday is not listed, waste and recyclables are collected on your regular collection day.**

2017 HOLIDAY SCHEDULE
HOLIDAY	OBSERVED	TRASH/RECYCLING	YARD WASTE
Christmas Day	Mon, 12/26/16	Mon combined with Tues	N/A
New Year's Day	Mon, 1/2/17	Mon combined with Tues	N/A
Martin Luther King/Civil Rights Day	Mon, 1/16/17	No change	N/A
President's Day	Mon, 2/20/17	No change	N/A
Good Friday (Half Day)	Fri, 3/14/17	No change	N/A
Memorial Day	Mon, 5/29/17	Mon combined with Tues	Mon/Tues cancelled
Independence Day	Tues, 7/4/17	Tues combined with Wed	Tues/Wed cancelled
Labor Day	Mon, 9/4/17	Mon combined with Tues	Mon/Tues cancelled
Columbus Day	Mon, 10/9/17	No change	Mon cancelled
Veteran's Day	Fri, 11/10/17	No change	Fri cancelled
Thanksgiving	Thu, 11/24/17	Th combined with Wed	Wed/Th/Fri cancelled
Christmas Day	Mon, 12/25/17	Mon combined with Tues	N/A
Yard waste will be collected curbside from 4/1/17 through 11/27/17
YARD WASTE CURBSIDE COLLECTION Starts March 30, 2017

 

 

YARD WASTE CURBSIDE COLLECTION

• Starts March 30, 2017
• Use paper bags or trash barrel clearly marked "yard waste".
  
• Bags no more than 50 lbs each.
  
• Brush - must be bundled into groups for easy pick up. Bundles should not be greater than 1' in diameter and 4' in length. Brush pieces w/in bundles no greater than 5" in diameter. Use string or twine to bundle.
• More informaton click here

CURBSIDE RECYCLING COLLECTION

Recycling is mandatory for fiber/paper and comingled recyclables.

Cans, glass and plastic bottles should be rinsed out before being put in the green recycling bins and placed curbside on regular trash collection days. Lids, caps, corks and neck rings must be removed.

Recyclable paper includes newspapers, junk mail, inserts, magazines, office paper and manila folders, phone books, paperback books, paper board (cereal and pasta boxes), cardboard, wax-coated milk and juice cartons and paper egg cartons.

For more informion on what to recycle please click here

BULKY WASTE CURBSIDE COLLECTION

To schedule curbside bulky waste collection:

• Please call (603) 427-1530
• Public Works will schedule date(s) for collection of specified materials
• Place the specified material(s) curbside no earlier than 7:00p.m. the evening before the scheduled pick-up date
• The Public Works Department will collect the material on the specified date(s)

Materials must be separated from weekly trash placed curbside, as directed by the Department of Public Works and in accord with the solid waste ordinance.

Bulky waste will be collected on the following designated weeks of the month:

1st week:	stuffed furniture, upholstered furniture, mixed material
2nd week:	appliances and other scrap metal (including freon continuing units, such as refrigerators)
3rd week:	tires, TVs, computers and other electronics
4th week:	wood furniture and wood scraps (clean, painted & treated wood, pallets, etc.)

Residents are not to place the waste curbside without scheduling a collection date with Public Works.

The solid waste services and programs were put in place with fiscal responsibility in mind, as well as complying with environmental regulations.

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