City of Flint holds 12th annual Love Your City month

Flint, MI — City officials are encouraging residents and neighborhood groups to join an effort to clean up Flint during the 12th annual Love Your City Month throughout May.

Residents can take advantage of special waste collection days with unlimited pickup of specific items and get assistance with neighborhood cleanups. In addition, a tire buyback event will occur on May 18, 2024.

The City of Flint’s partner, Keep Genesee County Beautiful, will provide free yard waste bags, garbage bags, and cotton work gloves to individuals and groups organizing outdoor cleanup activities in public areas like parks, schools, traffic medians, libraries, and right-of-ways. Groups should request supplies at least 10 days before their scheduled cleanup by calling Keep Genesee County Beautiful at 810-767-9696 or emailing AEdwards1@gcparks.org.

Flint-based organizations can also request dumpsters for neighborhood cleanups by calling the City of Flint Blight Office at 810-237-2090. Dumpsters should be requested at least two weeks before an event. They will be provided to organizations only, not for personal use. The Blight Office will supply one dumpster per neighborhood association.

General questions about Love Your City month events can be directed to the City of Flint Waste Services Coordinator at 810-410-1134.

Priority Waste is partnering with the City of Flint to offer special pickups on normal collection days. All items must be placed curbside by 7 a.m. on residents’ regular weekly collection days. For questions about what can be placed at the curb week, please call Priority Waste at 855-927-8365. Waste collection will be delayed by one day the week of May 27, Memorial Day.

May 6-10: Unlimited Large Item Pickup

No refrigerators, air conditioners, dehumidifiers, cast iron tubs, tires, shingles, demolition debris, plumbing, countertops, concrete, or eviction/moving cleanouts.

May 13-17: Unlimited Bagged Trash Pickup
All trash must be bagged; each bag must weigh less than 50 lbs.

May 20-24: Unlimited Flattened and Bundled Cardboard
We will accept unlimited amounts of flattened, bundled, and tied cardboard as recycling pickup.

Bundles of cardboard must weigh less than 50 lbs. each. All cardboard must be flattened and tied to prevent it from blowing around and limit potential contamination with Styrofoam or other hidden materials.

May 28 – June 1 (No collection May 27, Memorial Day): Unlimited Bundled Brush Pickup
All brush must be in bundles no larger than four feet long, and branches must be less than two inches thick. Each bundle of brush must weigh less than 50 pounds. No trees, tree trunks, stumps, or logs. The brush should be bundled with rope or twine (no wire or belts). Regular compost collection will continue as usual.