Posted February 28, 2024

~ The program provides residents with two planned opportunities to dispose bulk and brush items ~

RICHMOND, Va. – With spring cleaning right around the corner, the Department of Public Works (DPW) will kick-off the city’s annual Neighborhood Clean-Up Program on Saturday, March 16 for residents in the Bellevue/Ginter Park and Washington Park neighborhoods. The citywide clean-up program offers residents in each of the designated 15 neighborhood zones across city with free curbside bulk and brush pickups between March 16 and November 2.

Residents can use the DPW Service Finder to verify clean-Up dates for their neighborhood.

Program details for 2024:

• The program is operational on select Saturdays, March 16 through November 2 (see the specific schedule with dates and locations below)
• All clean-ups are from 8 a.m. until Noon (rain or shine)
  
  • Residents should place items out Friday evening
• DPW crews will collection items curbside and in alleys (wherever trash is normally placed to be collected)

Examples of acceptable items include:

• Furniture
• Mattresses
• Tires (four per household) 
• Appliances and
• Brush (all brush must be cut into four-foot lengths and bundled)

Items NOT collected include:

• • Electronics
  • Construction debris
  • Hazardous waste items and
  • Broken glass

Neighborhood Clean-Up Schedule

In addition to Neighborhood Clean-Up Program, residents can also place bulk and brush items out for collection during the bi-weekly bulk and brush collection which coincides with the recycling schedule.

For information on how to organize an “adopt” a street, intersection, park, gateway (almost anywhere), or to get volunteer opportunities for “Keep Richmond Beautiful” clean-up events, contact DPW’s Clean City Commission representatives at AskPublicWorks@rva.gov or call 804-646-8325. Together, we can all help keep Richmond clean.

For more information, go to https://www.rva.gov/public-works/neighborhoodcleanups or email us at AskPublicWorks@rva.gov or call 804-646-8325.

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The City of Richmond Department of Public Works (DPW) is one of only 195 currently accredited public works agencies in the United States. DPW’s portfolio comprises a wide array of services to include leaf collection; street, sidewalk and alley maintenance; trash collection; recycling; grass cutting;  graffiti removal; parking enforcement; urban forestry; street signs; traffic signals and pavement markings and civil engineering. In addition, DPW maintains upkeep on most city buildings; issues permits for working in the city’s right-of-way; manages the RVA Bike Share program and maintains the fleet of city vehicles. DPW’s operating budget comes from the general fund of the City of Richmond.  For more information about DPW services, click here or call 3-1-1.