Clean Up Week - The Week of June 8, 2020

!!!CLEAN UP WEEK!!!

Town of Mount Desert - June 8, 2020 thru June 12, 2020

The Town of Mount Desert Clean-up Week WILL HAPPEN!! during the week of June 8th to be exact. Of course, this date is subject to change depending on circumstances surrounding the CV-19 situation at that time. The daily schedules, items to be collected, amount allowed, etc. have not changed from prior years. The plan is to follow the same routes we always have beginning in Northeast Harbor on June 8th. The rest of the schedule is shown below. This information can also be found on the town website.

There will be only ONE pick-up of your items, so please have them out by 7:00 A.M on Monday to be on the safe side.

Please note that your regular household trash will be collected on your regular pick up day.

The schedule for the week is flexible and will vary depending upon the volume of trash that is set out to be collected. Due to cost and time constraints, we are not able to backtrack so please pay particular attention to the schedule.  As stated above, there will be only one pick-up per residence.  

Monday:  We will start in Northeast Harbor.

Tuesday: We will start at the intersection of Routes 3 (Peabody Drive) & 198 (Sound Drive) and work towards Seal Harbor.

Wednesday:  We will start in Otter Creek and work back towards Seal Harbor.

Thursday:  We will start on Route 198 (Sound Drive) and work towards and into Somesville.

Friday:  We will collect from the general area including Hall Quarry, Pretty Marsh and Beech Hill areas.

If we find a larger than expected volume of materials, the schedule might get pushed into the following week. As we always do, bags of leaves will be collected the beginning of the following week, either Monday the 15th or Tuesday the 16th.

One truck will collect materials that include small amounts of asphalt shingles, tarpaper, sheet rock, insulation, plastic bags, and other non-wood materials. Total amounts of all materials are limited to approximately the size of a pick-up truckload, 8' X 6' X 3.5', approximately six (6) cubic yards.

Another truck will collect a maximum of four tires per residence without rims (the rubber only) and metal appliances such as stoves, freezers, refrigerators, washing machines, and dryers.  The doors must be completely removed from freezers and refrigerators.  If they are not, they will not be picked up because we cannot dispose of them.

Another truck will collect burnable wood waste such as brush and tree limbs and a separate truck will collect lumber and other wooden materials.  To be collected, all wood waste must be less than four-feet in length and less than six-inches in diameter.  Amounts are limited to approximately the size of a pick-up truckload, 8' X 6' X 3.5', approximately six (6) cubic yards. Stumps will not be collected.

Engine blocks and vehicle motors with bases removed will be collected.  They must be free of all fluids.

All materials must be in suitable containers or bundles able to be handled by one person.

Materials that will not be collected include batteries of any kind, boats, hazardous waste (petroleum products, antifreeze, etc.), universal waste (TV's, computer components, etc.).

The onsite supervisor will determine what is acceptable and what is not.  That person will also determine acceptable load sizes.  This information can be found on the town website and in prior years annual reports.  If you have any questions, please contact Ben Jacobs, Highway Superintendent at 207-276-5744 or highway@mtdesert.org or Tony Smith, Public Works Director at 207-276-5743 or, director@mtdesert.org.  Your assistance and conformance with the guidelines set forth above will be greatly appreciated.  Thank you very much.