Meriden, CT Trash & Recycling: Bulk Item Disposal (2026)

Section 176-1(E) gives the Department of Public Works the power to implement a bulky waste pickup program and to promulgate its own regulations, which must specify exactly which items qualify as bulky waste and set out procedures for orderly, safe collection. Those DPW regulations cannot conflict with anything else in Chapter 176, and every other provision of the chapter, including how ordinary garbage must be stored and set out, still applies while a bulky pickup is underway. The chapter's general enforcement clause, Section 176-1(C)(1), backs this up: a Meriden police officer, the Director of Public Works, a sanitarian, the Director of Health and Human Services, the Associate Director of Health or the Environmental Health Administrator may all issue citations for violations.

The base penalty is a citation of up to $250 per violation, and each day a violation persists is treated as a separate offense. The chapter traces its authority to Connecticut General Statutes § 7-148, and the City Council separately adopts, by resolution, the collection districts and the frequency of pickup before any contract or municipal collection begins. Residents who need the specific list of accepted bulky items or the current pickup schedule should check the DPW's published regulations, since the ordinance itself delegates those operational details rather than printing them.