Bulk garbage collection for Bonavista will be held on the designated day for your area. Registration is required for pick up. You must call or email the Town Hall to schedule collection. It may take several days for all bulk garbage items to be removed from all residences in the area. For example, if you are scheduled for curbside pick-up on Monday, if there are a high number of scheduled collections, the pickup may occur on the next day.
Register for Curbside Collection:
To arrange for bulk garbage curbside collection please contact the Town Hall.
Call: 1-877-571-9185 or 709-468-7747
Email: info@townofbonavista.com
Bulk collection Guidelines:
Place items at your own curb by 8 a.m. Only items placed on the curb will be removed. Municipal employees will not pick up items throughout your property.
Garbage must be accessible and boxes free of snow/debris
All items must be bagged or bundled and tied. Scattered or loose items will not be collected.
Car wrecks will not be accepted during this bulk collection. However, please contact town hall to arrange for pick up at a later time.
A limit of 500 lbs or one pick-up load (whichever is less) will be collected from each household.
Bulk items will not be picked up after the scheduled collection days.
ACCEPTED:
Sofas, tables, chairs, and furniture
Children's toys
Desks and bookshelves
Fridges, stoves, washers, dryers, and other household appliances
Box springs and mattresses
Dressers and bathroom fixtures
Carpet and flooring tied in rolls
Doors and window boxes
Tires
Tree limbs tied in bundles less than 1.5 m (4 ft)
Glass, securely placed in puncture-proof packaging and marked as BROKEN GLASS
Iron & removable car parts (all fluids must be removed by the resident prior to collection)
Other bulk items normally associated with a household
NOT ACCEPTED:
Scattered or lose items
Wood over 4 ft long
Items that do not fit in a pick-up truck
Fire pits and loose ash
Shingles and construction materials
Fish nets and gear
Car wrecks, car chassis, & frames
Animal carcasses & special wastes
Hazardous waste
Brick & concrete
Earthen materials, stumps, & large trees
Recyclables
Excrement & liquid waste
Biomedical waste
Bulk Collection Days
May 6 -- Division 1 – Canaille
May 13 -- Division 2 – Old Catalina Road
May 21 -- Division 3 – Bakeapple Marsh
May 27 -- Division 4 – Mockbeggar
June 3 -- Division 5 – Cellar Hill
June 10 -- Division 6 – Red Point
June 17 -- Division 7 - Bayley’s Cove