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Brush and Bulk Trash Collection

Brush and bulk trash can be collected by simply calling 311 or email 311emails@chattanooga.gov to request collection. After submitting your request, make sure to place your items in front of your property for collection within the city's guidelines. Trucks will collect the items within 8 working days. It's important to ensure that you follow the city's guidelines regarding what items are acceptable for pick-up and where they should be placed to avoid delays or issues with collection.

Guidelines for Brush Collection

How to set out your brush and loose leaves

Piles should be positioned as close as possible to a public street in front of the residence without blocking the roadway, sidewalks, drainage ditches, or catch basins

Wood waste may not be larger than 8-ft in length, 18-in in diameter, and 4 ft in height

Brush piles must not have garbage or other refuse stacked on top or intermixed

Brush must be separated from bulk trash and leaves

Small amounts of bagged leaves, and bagged grass clippings may be placed inside your garbage container for weekly collection

Land clearing will not be collected

Do not approach collection trucks while they are collecting

Brush should be natural wood such as tree limbs and hedge bushes

No treated wood such as 2x4's, cross-ties, particle boards, and pallets

 

Placement

  • Brush must be assembled at only one location adjacent to or on the property where it was generated
  • Place brush separate from other items and at least 5 feet away from parked cars, mailboxes, and all other objects
  • Do not place brush in alleyways
  • Do not place brush over water meters or under low-hanging wires
  • Brush should be placed as near as practicable to a public street in front of the residence. Do not block the roadway, sidewalk, drainage ditch, or catch basins

 

Contractors and Businesses

  • Contractors who perform land clearing are not eligible for collection
  • Businesses are not eligible for collection

Guidelines for Bulky Trash Collection

This service is NOT offered to businesses, apartment complexes, or landlords

You or a relative must live at the address requesting service

Material must not be mixed with household garbage, brush, or other unacceptable material

Do not approach collection trucks

 

Placement

  • Place items separate from household items and at least 5 feet away from other stationary objects
  • Bulk trash should be placed as near as practicable to a public street in front of the residence
  • Do not place bulk trash in alleyways
  • Do not block the roadway, sidewalk, drainage  ditch, or catch basins
  • Do not place bulk trash over water meters or low-hanging wires 

Additional Information

Acceptable Materials 
BBQ GrillsMattresses
Heavy AppliancesFurniture
Carpet and paddingWater Heaters 
Large toysTV's                                  

 

Non Acceptable Materials 
55 gallon drumsLiquids 
Hot materialsBuilding materials
Auto partsLumber                                
Household garbageCompressed gas tanks
InsulationPropane tanks
BrickConcrete
Railroad tiesTires
Cross tiesCardboard Boxes
RecyclablesPallets
DirtHazardous materials
TileGlass and Mirrors
Drywall 

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