The Town of Bristol will resume residential yard waste pick-up beginning Monday, March 27.
Please place your yard waste bags and/or barrels at curbside by 7:30 am on your regularly scheduled trash pickup day.
Acceptable Items
- Barrel size is limited to 35 gallons
- Brush must be tied in bundles of 4 foot lengths
- Containers must be clearly marked ‘compost’
- Only grass clippings, leaves and brush are to be placed in the paper bags
- Weight limit for bags and barrels is 50 pounds maximum
Yard Waste Containers
- Trash barrels being used for yard waste must be clearly market COMPOST
- Weight limit for bags and barrels is 50lbs MAX
- Barrel size is limited to 35 gallons
- The same weight and size limits apply to store bought reusable yard waste bags/containers
- If using yard waste bags, the limit is 20 bags per week
- If using barrels, the limit is 10 barrels per week
Unacceptable Containers
- Custom-made barrels, overweight barrels, and/or oversized barrels will NOT be emptied
- Barrels that are on wheels or that have been fabricated in any way (rope handles, etc.) will NOT be emptied
Unacceptable Items
- Any material left behind will be tagged and not picked up until the following week, if acceptable
- Containers with foreign matter (dirt, sod, rocks, plastic, trash, etc.)
- Overweight or over-sized containers
- Plastic bags
For more information, please call the Water Pollution Control Department at 401-253-8877.