Weekly Collection, Monday through Friday

Place your waste curbside in a single location in front of your property after 7 pm the day before your scheduled pick up. In the downtown business district, businesses should put trash curbside two hours before the scheduled pickup, per the City ordinance . The DPW crew on most weeks starts the downtown around 3pm so placing trash curbside by 1pm is within the ordinance. Thank you!

Please note, the City has the right to inspect any curbside rubbish to ensure compliance with local, state and federal regulations. 

All properties are limited to 300 U.S. gallons of solid waste per week. For the City's Solid Waste Ordinances, click here. 

It is mandatory to recycle. For details of the recycling program and services click here. 

Click here for the Portsmouth Trash and Recycling Collection Route Map!

HOLIDAY SCHEDULE

**If the holiday is not listed, waste and recyclables are collected on your regular collection day.**

YARD WASTE CURBSIDE COLLECTION

• Starts April 1. Ends Nov 30.
• Use paper bags or trash barrel clearly marked "yard waste". 
• Bags no more than 50 lbs each. 
• Brush - must be bundled into groups for easy pick up. Bundles should not be greater than 1' in diameter and 4' in length. Brush pieces w/in bundles no greater than 5" in diameter. Use string or twine to bundle.
• More information click here

CURBSIDE RECYCLING COLLECTION

Recycling is mandatory for fiber/paper and commingled recyclables.

Cans, glass and plastic bottles should be rinsed out before being put in the green recycling bins and placed curbside on regular trash collection days. Lids, caps, corks and neck rings must be removed.

Recyclable paper includes newspapers, junk mail, inserts, magazines, office paper and manila folders, phone books, paperback books, paper board (cereal and pasta boxes), cardboard, wax-coated milk and juice cartons and paper egg cartons.

For more information on what to recycle please click here.

BULKY WASTE CURBSIDE COLLECTION

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ONLINE PAYMENT PORTAL

BULKY WASTE PICK-UP FLAT FEE = $10.00
  ^{(plus the cost of the item(s) below)}

FEE PER ITEM:
  $5.00 per item  
      Box Springs
      Clothes Dryer
      Clothes Washer
      Dishwasher
      Mattress
      Propane Tank (20 lbs. or larger)
      Tire
      Upholstered Furniture 
      Wood Furniture
      Gas Grill

  $10.00 per item
    Cooking Range
    Electronics

  $20.00 per item
    Refrigerator
    Items containing Freon - (CFC removal)

Please call (603) 427-1530 to schedule curbside bulky waste collection:

• Public Works will schedule date(s) for collection of specified materials
• Fees must be paid in advance of collection date
• Place the specified material(s) curbside no earlier than 7:00 p.m. the evening before the scheduled pick-up date but no later than 7:30 a.m. on the day of pick-up
• The Public Works Department will collect the material on the specified date(s)

Materials must be separated from weekly trash placed curbside, as directed by the Department of Public Works and in accord with the solid waste ordinance. 

Bulky waste will be collected on the following designated weeks of the month: 

1st week:  upholstered furniture, mixed material

2nd week:  appliances and other scrap metal (including freon containing units, such as refrigerators)

3rd week:  tires, TVs, computers and other electronics

4th week:  wood furniture and wood scraps (clean, painted & treated wood, pallets, etc.)

Residents are not to place the waste curbside without scheduling a collection date with Public Works.

The solid waste services and programs were put in place with fiscal responsibility in mind, as well as complying with environmental regulations.