The Public Works Department provides services to include maintenance of all City roads, weekly pickup of residential trash, and the pickup of small amounts of yard waste, and limited recycle.
RESIDENTIAL TRASH PICKUP:
Tusculum will pick up residential trash weekly on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Trash must be placed in a Tusculum City Tote (Totes are availablle for $75.00 at the Tusculum City Hall) and set by the curb with at least a 6 foot clearance araound, it no later than 7:30 am on pickup days.
CLIPPINGS, CUTTINGS, AND LEAF PICKUP:
Tusculum will pick up small/fine hedge clippings, flower cuttings and leaves which are placed in plastic bags; weight should not exceed 35 lbs. Limbs must be tied up in bundles no longer than 6 ft and weighing no more than 35 lbs. Clippings, cuttings and bagged leaves will not be picked up during November and December during roadside leaf pickup which ends on Dec 27. Please call Tusculum CIty Hall at 638-6211 to let us know if you have items above for pickup.
APPLIANCE/FURNITURE PICKUP:
When purchasing new appliance/furniture, please require that the supplier remove the old appliance/furniture as part of the transaction. Old carpeting, rugs and building materials will not be picked up. If you have a mattress, information for disposal can be found at
https://www.mattressadvisor.com/mattress-disposal-guide/.
RECYCLE: Temporarily stopped
Recycle cans, plastic and newspaper/ magazines are picked up every 2d and 4th Mondays of the month. Note: When pickup days fall on a holiday, pick up will be the day following the holiday. Cans and plastic should be empty and rinsed and placed in a recycle bin at the curb. Note: Greene County has placed cardboard, plastic and newspaper/magazine recycle dumpsters at the Tusculum City Hall for 24 hours access.
NOTE: Removal of heavy trimmed limbs from trees and cut or fallen trees is the responsibility of the resident/owner. If you use a professional tree trimmer to trim or cut your trees, it is the responsibility of the homeowner to dispose of the tree/limbs.
LEAF PICKUP
Residents are encouraged to use their lawn mowers to chop up leaves or pile leaves for future use as a mulch product. Leaf pickup for the City of Tusculum occurs during the months of November and December. If you would like your leaves removed, you should rake your leaves to the edge of the street for pickup with a leaf vacuum. The leaves must be free of limbs, sticks, rocks, walnuts, etc. If not, the leaves will not be removed. Do not bag leaves during this time.
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2019 Schedule for Leaf pickup will begin November 4, 2019.
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