Citywide Garage Sale
If you’re a buyer...
June 6, 2015
• You may also register your sale by
calling (925) 671-5806.
• Deadline to register is Thursday, June 4,
2015.
June 6, 2015
• Start early but not
before listed times.
Experienced shoppers
come early to find the
best buys.
• Bring a reusable bag,
which will allow you to
carry heavier items more
easily and to protect fragile objects.
Citytwide Garage Sale
in the city of Pleasant Hill
Spring Cleanup Week
• To direct traffic to your sale, post street signs
and advertise online or in newspapers.
June 15 -19, 2015
A joint effort by the City of Pleasant Hill & Republic Services
to protect the environment and conserve resources through reuse.
FREE E-WASTE RECYCLING EVENT: SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 2015
Overflow Parking Lot #7
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 20, 2015
For more information
call toll free (866) 335-3373 or
visit www.noewaste.com
Sponsored by Electronic Waste Management
in conjunction with Republic Services
Electronic Items Accepted
Audiovisual Equipment
Cell Phones
Copy Machines
Computers
Fax Machines
Microwave Ovens
Monitors
Phone Equipment
Don't throw away;
join the City of
Pleasant Hill's annual
citywide garage sale!
Spring Cleanup Week
Sponsoring Business:
Diablo Valley College
CLEANUP EVENTS
Printers
Power Cables
Televisions
Toner Cartridges
VCRs & DVD players
Video Game Sets
Stereo Equipment
Wires
Please, no household appliances,
furniture, fluorescent bulbs or paint.
E-Waste
Event
at DVC
Spring Cleanup Collection Days;
pickup is same day as garbage service.
Printed on Recycled Paper
CLEANUP: Same day as trash service
• Register the address of your sale by
visiting and entering your information at
www.pleasanthillgaragesale.com.
Insert #PH143
Citywide Garage Sale
• Visit www.pleasanthillgaragesale.com to
find which households in your neighborhood and throughout Pleasant Hill are
participating in the garage sale.
If you’re a seller...
City of Pleasant Hill's 2015
REUSE: Don't toss; sell reusable items
PLEASANT HILL CITYWIDE GARAGE SALE: JUNE 6, 2015
June 15 -19, 2015
Free for residential customers of Republic Services;
maximum load: 2 cubic yards of extra trash.
Recycle wood and
household batteries, too
PLEASANT HILL CITYWIDE CLEANUP: WEEK OF JUNE 15-19, 2015
Pleasant Hill Residents
Have Three Free Cleanups
R
epublic Services provides free to residential
customers in Pleasant Hill three cleanups each
year, two of which are on-call, and the third citywide.
This flyer offers guidelines for your citywide
spring cleanup which, this year, is scheduled for the
week of June 15-19 (see calendar) and includes the
recycling of batteries and cell phones. Our crews will
pick up your extra refuse on the same day as your
regular garbage service.
To ensure a smooth cleanup, please follow the
accompanying guidelines.
Customers can also schedule two on-call cleanups. Cleanups offer customers the chance to dispose
of items too large for garbage carts.
Recycling Yard Waste and Wood
During this year’s citywide spring cleanup, we
will again collect yard waste and wood for recycling.
Please see the accompanying instructions for
yard waste and wood recycling in this flyer.
The maximum amount of cleanup material including yard waste and wood is 2 cubic yards.
Recycling Household Batteries
You may leave out household batteries for recycling during this year's citywide spring cleanup.
Please see the instructions in this flyer to ensure
that your cell phones and batteries are recycled safely.
Maximum Load
PLEASE NOTE: You may leave up to a maximum 2
cubic yards of refuse (fourteen 32-gallon bags) on
your cleanup day. Total includes yard waste and
wood.
All Containers Taken, Unless…
NOTE: Containers (except wood and yard waste containers) will be taken including metal and plastic trash cans
unless indicated otherwise with a note on the can.
Do's and Don'ts for Your Spring Cleanup Days
Total cleanup volume =
5'
2 cubic yards
4'
or
3'
2'
3' x 3' x 6'
1'
1'
9'
✓
8'
7'
6'
5'
4'
3'
2'
2'
3'
1'
Place items at the curb before 5:30 a.m.,
preferably the night before your cleanup day.
All items must be stacked in one place.
Tree branches must be 3 inches or less in
diameter Cut and tie branches, prunings or
wood so bundles are 3 feet or less in length
and less than 24 inches in diameter. Tree
stumps cannot be collected.
Bag or tie items with rope, cord or string strong
enough to keep bundles intact or place in containers, including metal and plastic trash cans.
All containers will be taken away unless indicated otherwise with a note on the container.
Place cleanup items in a single pile at a distance of 5 feet or more from refuse cart.
✓
✓
✓
✓
No single item may weigh more than 150 lbs. or be
longer than 4 feet. Bags cannot weigh more than
50 pounds.
No large car parts (tires, transmission blocks,
engines, etc.) or large furniture. For collection of
large items call our customer service department.
No refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners or any
other appliance with Freon.
No rocks, dirt or concrete.
No tree stumps or large tree trunks.
No TVs, computer monitors or computer peripherals (keyboards, mice, hard drives, etc.) or
products that need electricity to operate such as
VCRs, stereos, cordless phones, copiers and fax
machines. See FREE E-Waste Drop-off information on the other side of this insert.
No hazardous wastes including paint, oil filters,
motor oil, car batteries, antifreeze, solvents, pesticides, cleaners. For hazardous waste information
call 800-646-1431.
Do not place cleanup items near or in front of
refuse carts. No loose piles.
No stoves, microwave ovens, clothes dryers, water
heaters, space heaters, furnaces and other appliances with mercury switches. Please call (925) 6854711 to arrange a pickup for a fee.
How to Recycle Household Batteries
R
esidents can now recycle single-use, household batteries as part of the Spring Cleanup
by doing the following:
✓ Place household batteries in a clear, quart-size plastic bag, i.e., Ziploc.
✓ Household batteries include single-use AA, AAA, C, D and 9V batteries only.
✓ No rechargeables.
bagged batteries next to your wood and yard waste pile or next to your
✓ Place
recycling cart. Please, no other e-waste will be collected.
Household
Batteries
Place in
Sealable,
Quart-Sized
Plastic Bag
Place Bag
Next to Wood &
Yard Waste Pile
FIRE DANGER: Cell phones with batteries can be flammable. None will be collected. Please take your
cell phones to an electronics recycling facility or to the E-Waste Event on Saturday, June 20, at Diablo Valley College.
Recycling Wood
and Yard Waste
Do’s
✓
Place yard waste and wood at the curb
before 5:30 a.m. or, preferably, the
night before your cleanup day.
✓
Keep yard waste and wood separate from
your regular spring cleanup refuse.
✓
Branches must be 3 inches or less in
diameter. Tie branches or lumber in
bundles that are 3 feet or less in length
and 2 feet or less in diameter. Bundles
must weigh less than 75 pounds.
✓
Place leaves in cardboard boxes, paper
bags or containers 32 gallons or less in
size. Containers will be taken away unless
indicated otherwise by a note attached to
the container.
Don’ts
No tree stumps and no branches with
diameters greater than 3 inches.
No painted or treated wood.
Please, NO plastic bags; leaves placed in
plastic bags CANNOT BE RECYCLED.