Fall Clean-Up Week in Crookston will be October 26 – October 30. Clean-up items will be picked up only on your regular garbage pickup day and must be placed on the street boulevard.
Please note: Compost material – grass clippings, lawn, or garden waste – WILL NOT have to be in City compost bags for this week only. Cleanup items should be separated into the following piles: Garbage, clothing, cardboard, etc.; Appliances; Branches and yard waste; Furniture, metal items, demolition, etc. and Tires. Placing these items out in separate piles will help speed the clean-up process.
Polk County Public Health advises to not bring furniture, mattresses, box springs, or bed frames found on the street into your home in order to prevent the spread of bed bugs. https://www.bedbugs.umn.edu/. As required by State Law, all video display devices (TVs, computer monitors, etc.) cannot be sent to the landfill. Therefore, these items will not be collected during the clean-up. These devices may be disposed of at Polk County Environmental Services (Transfer Station).
Concrete, batteries, partially full paint cans, other chemicals, or large amounts of demolition debris will not be accepted. Branches must be cut in four-foot lengths and bundled.
Items should be placed on boulevards no more than 72 hours prior to your collection day. Remember, Fall Clean-Up Week is October 26 – October 30 in Crookston.
