Free Neighborhood Clean-Up, Recycling Day This Saturday

MILPITAS, CA — Got stuff piling up in your garage or home? Get rid of it this Saturday, for free, at two drop-off points in Milpitas. The hours are 7 - 11 a.m. You must unload items yourself.

Important Tips to Remember for this annual Clean-Up & Recycling Event:

• Photo ID with home address is required.
• You may visit more than once.
• This Clean-Up & Recycling Event only takes place once per year, but Household Dump Day occurs every 2nd & 4th Saturday year-round at Newby Island Landfill.
• Personal vehicles or rented pick-up trucks advertising a business may be used to haul materials to the Clean-Up & Recycling Event. No flatbeds or dump trucks.

Here's a list of what is accepted:

• Appliances
• Household Items
• Metals (Washer/Dryer, Water Heaters, Bed Frames)
• Clean Wood (Unpainted)
• Clean Cardboard
• Foam Packaging Blocksand Clean Foam Food Containers (all foam must be placed in clear plastic bags, no “peanuts”)

• Refrigerators/Freezers
• Mattresses & Box Springs
• Furniture
• Commercial Waste
• Carpets
• Concrete
• Tires, Construction & Demolition Waste
• Computers/TVs
• Household Hazardous Waste
• Auto Batteries & Engines
• Styrofoam packing peanuts

Drop-off locations:

• Curtner Elementary School, 275 Redwood Ave, Milpitas, 95035
• Murphy Park, Yellowstone Avenue east of South Park Victoria Drive

-AP Photo/Seth Wenig

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