Pflugerville Clean Up Day Canceled Due To Weather (Updated)

PFLUGERVILLE, TEXAS — The Cleanup Day that was scheduled this Saturday has been canceled given the possibility of thunderstorms, officials said Thursday.

The Pflugerville Cleanup Day had been scheduled to enable residents to leave large items on their curbs for work crews to retrieve and dispose of them. It's a spring tradition during which larger-than-normal items — from bed frames and chairs to mattresses and toilets — can be placed curbside during the weekly trash pickup schedule.

Enter Mother Nature to throw a wrench in the works. According to the National Weather Service, Saturday calls for a 90 percent chance of thunderstorms in the Austin area. The chance of thunderstorms drops to 50 percent by Saturday night, but by then it will have been a moot point given that Pflugerville Cleanup Day would have ended at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 6.

So hold the phone, alert your neighbors and don't exert yourself in hauling out those bulky items for now. A replacement date has not been announced. For more information on the bulk items pickup program, visit www.pflugervilletx.gov/trashtalk.

From March 25:

PFLUGERVILLE, TEXAS — Clean Up Day is right around the corner, a time when residents can safely dispose of such items as electronics, paint or vehicle batteries.

Clean Up Day is on April 6, 2019 from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at 1201 Railroad Ave. Following are some of the items collected during Clean Up Day:

• Appliances.
• Electronics.
• Latex water-based paint.
• Scrap metal items (bbq grills, basketball goals).
• Vehicle batteries (also accepted at the Recycle Center).
• Tires- 4 per vehicle (also accepted at the Recycle Center).
• Furniture (also accepted curbside).
• Paper, cardboard and plastics (also accepted curbside).
• Refrigerators (limit 2 per vehicle) (accepted curbside with Freon removed).
• Trash (also accepted curbside).
• Used motor oil, antifreeze & filters (accepted at the Recycle Center year-round).
• Brush and Tree limbs (also accepted curbside).

Chemicals, compressed gas cylinders, explosives, industrial/commercial waste, fencing, construction debris, medical waste, oil-based paint and any items labeled "caution" "warning" or "poison" are not accepted at Clean Up Day.

Due to the expense to host this event, Clean Up Day is only available to Pflugerville residents and utility customers. The following subdivisions are not in the city limits: Springhill, Sarah's Creek, Wells Branch and Brookfield. If you live off Howard Lane, in Round Rock, Hutto or Austin's extra-territorial jurisdiction you will not be able to participate. Each vehicle may be asked to show a photo ID or a city of Pflugerville utility bill. Vehicles must be in line by 11:30 a.m. to participate.

Don’t wait in line at Clean Up Day for items you could leave curbside year-round on your trash pickup day. You can leave up to six items curbside in addition to your trash cart including:

· Bulky items – furniture, couches, and mattresses are taken curbside on your trash day. Stoves, dishwashers, washers and dryers, gas grills with the tanks removed are accepted curbside.

· Refrigerators and freezers are taken curbside if you have the Freon removed by a licensed technician and a certification sticker applied to the item. Water softener tanks are accepted with salt removed.

• Up to 6 items (bags of trash, furniture, etc.) can be placed curbside with your trash cart on your trash day.

The Recycle Center accepts items not recycled curbside to include: brush and tree limbs, leaves, vehicle batteries, transmission fluid, motor oil, Anti-freeze, oil filters and tires (up to 4 per year).

For more information on a specific item, please call the City of Pflugerville Public Works Department at 512-990-6400 or email: publicworks@pflugervilletx.gov/cleanup. Visit the website at www.pflugervilletx.gov/cleanup.