Submitted by the Town of Friday Harbor

The Town of Friday Harbor is again offering its in-town, residential customers a once-a-year curbside pickup of items that are too large or too heavy for their refuse cans. Pickup of these oversized items will be the week of Monday, March 9, through Friday, March 13. This service is for non-commercial, single-family and 1-4-unit multi-family residential customers. Pickup will take place on their regular refuse collection day. “The Town appreciates our citizens’ efforts to maintain their homes and properties,” said Town Administrator Denice Kulseth. “This is our opportunity to thank them and encourage neighborhood cleanups.” This is the tenth year the Town has offered a spring cleanup service free of charge to its in-town customers.

Specific rules apply regarding the volume and type of items that will be accepted, including that items must fit in a standard pickup truck bed and weigh no more than 60 pounds. This pickup is for non-hazardous, non-liquid items such as large toys, scrap metal, mattresses, carpet, and unusable furniture smaller than a sofa. It is not for items such as yard or household waste, building materials, electronics, large appliances, or items that can be reused or recycled. Additional rules apply. Customers should review the information included with their monthly billing statement and posted on the Town website at www.fridayharbor.org or call Town Hall at (360) 378-2810.

The Town reserves the right to decline pickup of any items. Unaccepted items must be removed by the customer within two days of their refuse pickup day. Unremoved items and anything left in front of empty homes will be investigated by Code Enforcement as illegal dumping. This service is solely to assist existing Town refuse customers, and no items may be brought to or left in Town.

Regular refuse and yard waste pickups will occur separately that week as usual. Customers are to set these cans apart from their large refuse pickup pile.