August Moving Days: How to Set Out Appliances, Furniture, & Bags That Won’t Fit in the Cart

The student move out collections run from August 4, 2025 until August 22, 2025 within the downtown student move out area.

In order for everyone to have a fast and safe move out, follow the below rules for the large items and bags of extra material that can’t fit into the carts:

Rules for Large Item Placement (Furniture, Appliances, Etc.)

• Keep items about 4 feet away from fire hydrants, utility poles, street signs and other obstructions.
• Do not place items under low-hanging wires and low tree limbs, or other overhead obstructions
• Keep your large item piles tidy.
  • For example, if you have taken apart a desk, stack the pieces neatly.
• Keep metal items and appliances separate from wood items and furniture.
  • This helps us collect the metals and appliances for recycling.
• Use bags for small things that can’t fit in the cart. No loose heaps of trash, clothes, or other scattered debris on the ground.
  • Excess recyclables must be in clear bags so crews know what is inside of them and stacked near recycling carts. Follow the recycling rules.
• Do not pile bagged trash or bagged recyclables on top of large items or appliances.

Bagged Trash & Extra Recyclables That Can't Fit in the Carts

• Use bags for small things that can’t fit in the cart. No loose heaps of trash, clothes, or other scattered debris on the ground.
  • Excess recyclables must be in clear bags so crews know what is inside of them and stacked near recycling carts. Follow the recycling rules for items included in your recyclables.
• Do not pile bagged trash or bagged recyclables on top of large items or appliances.

Following the Rules Keeps Workers Safe & Makes Collection Faster

When you set the items out within these guidelines, you create a safe environment for our collection staff. And you help everyone in the downtown moving area by allowing us an opportunity to work quickly.

Large item collection is performed by two different trucks.

Some items are collected by a truck-mounted crane. This is why you should not place items under low-hanging wires and branches. You can help keep our operators safe, and you can save us time so we do not have to drag items away from the overhead obstructions before we can safely use the crane.

We also use two-person crews to lift things from the curb by hand.  This is why you should keep your large item piles organized. 

The less time our crews have to spend gathering scattered items, the faster we can move. 

That will help us keep our trucks from creating more traffic congestion on the narrow downtown streets while we gather up all of the move out debris.