One of Moorhead’s favorite times of the year is almost here…Cleanup Days. During the weeks of May 6-10 and May 13-17 (Oakport neighborhood is May 21), furniture, household goods, and appliances will be collected at single-family residence curbs on scheduled garbage days beginning at 5 am at no additional cost.
- Your Cleanup Day will be your garbage day, OPPOSITE your recycling week.
- If you are on A Week Recycling (red), your Cleanup Day will be on your garbage day the week of May 13-17.
- If you are on B Week Recycling (blue), your Cleanup Day will be on your garbage day the week of May 6-10.
- Exception: Oakport neighborhood will be May 21, same as recycling day.
- Apartments are not eligible for curbside pickup.
- All residents may bring excess garbage to the Resource Recovery Center at the times noted below, free of charge with proof of residency.
For more information, visit the Cleanup Days page or call 218.299.5347 from 8 am-noon or 218.299.5465 from noon-3:30 pm.
Cleanup Days require a huge amount of effort, coordination, and cooperation. Please follow these guidelines:
- 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).
If you would like to get a jump on spring cleanup, bring furniture, household goods, and excess garbage to the Resource Recovery Center (3322 15 Ave N) from April 29-May 18 (open Saturday May 4 and 18), from 8 am-4 pm, free of charge. (This also applies to apartments.) Fees will apply for demolition/construction materials; proof of Moorhead residency required (i.e. driver’s license).
Crews will not collect the following items curbside:
Demolition/construction materials
- Lumber, concrete, sheet rock, fencing material, windows, doors, asphalt shingles, vanities and cabinets
Take items to:
- Clay Demolition Debris Landfill, 6 miles west of Hawley and ¼ mile north of Highway 10; 701.642.3207
- Resource Recovery Center, Monday-Friday, 8 am-4 pm; first and third Saturday of each month, 8 am-11:30 am; 3322 15 Ave N, Moorhead; 218.299.5016. Enter the 15 Ave N entrance.
Residential electronics
- Computers, computer monitors, computer peripherals, televisions, fluorescent bulbs, LEDs, cell phones, rechargeable batteries
Household chemicals
- Paint, stain, varnish, automotive fluids
Take items to:
- Resource Recovery Center, Monday-Friday, 8 am-4 pm; first and third Saturday of each month, 8 am-11:30 am; 3322 15 Ave N, Moorhead, MN; 218.299.5016. Enter through the 15 Ave N entrance.
