FARGO-MOORHEAD – Get ready to put unneeded things onto boulevards in Fargo-Moorhead because the dates for Cleanup Week have been announced.
The event will be held May 5 through 9 and May 12 through 16 in Fargo and Moorhead. Oakport Township will have theirs May 20.
Sanitation workers will collect things on your recycling day in Fargo from 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM. The Week A schedule will have things collected May 5 through 9 and Week B will have things collected May 12 through 16. You can also get rid of things at the Fargo Landfill at 4501 7th Avenue North for free on weekdays from 7:15 AM to 5:00 PM and on Saturday from 7:15 AM to 1:00 PM, but building materials and concrete won’t be accepted.
In Moorhead, cleanup days will be on your garbage day opposite your recycling week starting at 5:00 AM. A Week is scheduled for May 12 through 16, B Week is May 5 through 9.
Oakport Township’s cleanup day is May 20, the same as recycling day.
Fargo Cleanup Week reminders:
- A limit of two appliances per household will be accepted.
- Up to four tires and rims will be collected per household.
- Logs and brush up to 10 inches in diameter will be accepted.
- Building materials like wood and concrete will not be collected.
- Electronics, including televisions and computers, as well as household hazardous waste, including paints, stains and varnishes, should not be set out for pickup.
- One television and one computer per household per month may be disposed of at the Household Hazardous Waste Facility, along with other household hazardous waste.
Click here for more information on Cleanup Week.
Moorhead Cleanup Week reminders:
- Tires will NOT be collected at the curb. Homeowners will need to dispose of them at retail tire stores or the Resource Recovery Center for a fee.
- Sort appliances, furniture, household garbage, metal, etc. into piles; different trucks collect specific items.
- Use disposable containers such as cardboard boxes (no loose garbage please).
- Do not set items out more than one day earlier than your Cleanup Day.
- During Cleanup Days, crews will not return to pick up garbage set out after your garbage day.
- Two appliances per household will be picked up free of charge. Remove refrigerator and freezer doors for children’s safety.
- Do not place food or waste inside appliances.
- No commercial waste will be accepted.
- Keep garbage totes at least 4 feet away from Cleanup Days items.
- Empty propane tanks will also be collected (valves need to be removed or a hole needs to be drilled into the tank).
