The City of Tyler Solid Waste Department and Keep Tyler Beautiful are sponsoring a free bulky item collection for city residential customers, excluding multi-family home communities and businesses, from Monday, Oct. 2, through Friday, Oct. 6.

The City of Tyler Solid Waste Department and Keep Tyler Beautiful are sponsoring a free bulky item collection for city residential customers.

Those participating in this campaign with a Monday/Thursday collection day should place bulky items on the curb by 6 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 2, and no sooner than 5 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 29.

After crews have collected on your street, do not place more bulky items on the curb. These items will be charged a pickup fee.

If bulky items are not collected by Monday, Oct. 9, please call the Solid Waste Office at 903-531-1388 to place a work order.

Those participating in this campaign with a Tuesday/Friday collection day should have bulky items on the curb by 6 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 16, and no sooner than 5 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 13.

If bulky items are not collected by Monday, Oct. 23, please call the Solid Waste Office at 903-531-1388 to place a work order.

Bulky items to be picked up at no charge include furniture, appliances, carpet, fence material, old toys and other large items that generally require a special fee. No liquid waste, tires, limbs, brush, tree stumps, or construction material will be picked up. Paint must be dried out with oil dry or cat litter.

There is no need to call the Solid Waste Office when bulky items are placed at the curb. However, note that items may be collected on a different day from regularly scheduled garbage collection.

Call the Solid Waste Office to place a work order if your bulky items have yet to be collected by May 8.