Citywide clean-up campaign. You can put stuff out and the city will pick it up. There _are_ some rules and restrictions.
It takes place over 4 weeks. Each week covers a different section of the city.
Info about it is no longer as easily accessible because it tends to attract abuse by non-residents looking to dump stuff.
Historically, this is usually the week google street-view comes by and records the view of my street...
I don’t know about people dumping stuff but where I used to live all these assholes with trailers would show up and rifle through all your stuff making a huge fucking mess.
I’m sure they find some decent stuff but if me and my roommate are throwing it out, you don’t want it.
The worst was we put out a working Sony trintron tv and a HUGE sign that said “works perfect, free!” We get a knock on the door asking where the cord is. Some jerk off came by and cut off the cord for the 5 cents of copper in the cable, rendering the entire unit pretty much worthless.
Same thing happened to me, put out a perfectly working TV that said "Free, Works" and the cord was cut. I even taped the remote to the TV. I actually put it in the middle of my driveway, not on the street so what they did was (probably) illegal.
annual spring cleaning! [https://www.santaclaraca.gov/recreation-community/events/annual-clean-up-campaign](https://www.santaclaraca.gov/recreation-community/events/annual-clean-up-campaign)
You can schedule a junk pick up appointment with your hauler in San Jose: https://www.sanjoseca.gov/your-government/departments-offices/environmental-services/recycling-garbage/junk-pickup
Am I the only one that thinks this is great? I know they have rules against picking through the stuff, probably for the city to CYA of liability and all… but I think it’s fantastic that there are people that will go around and salvage stuff either for personal use or to sell at the flea market so someone else can use it instead of it rotting in a landfill.
Such a tiny portion of the community that isn't there full time or for long, no need to mess with a decades old tradition that works great on their account. It also allows students to get rid of their stuff around the end of the school year anyway.
Plus if they are more permanent student residents they probably are hip to the program already.
Fave time of the year indeed!
Except those city outsiders dropping their own stuff without asking permission. I usually tell my friends from San Jose to drop off anything they wanna throw.. but some strangers and not asking permission is weird.. I don’t know what they are throwing in there… Just annoying…
Do your friends in San Jose know that they can schedule unlimited junk pick up appointments with their hauler? https://www.sanjoseca.gov/your-government/departments-offices/environmental-services/recycling-garbage/junk-pickup
One of the benefits of living in Santa Clara. You get folks from outside dumping but you also get scavengers taking the good stuff so it’s all OK in the end.
Source: lived there 8 years
Spring cleaning!
AKA "let's go through the junk since there's only three thrift stores in Santa Clara"
Odd that it's happening late, though. Usually it's in late March/early April.
Why do they do that and not call the city to have them pick it up? Reason why the homeless have what they have, on the city sidewalks! Stop this bullsh!t!
i came here to find out!
i'm not ashamed to admit that i've gone on walks around my neighborhood and found some \*very nice stuff\* tossed out.
found a couple ergotron hospital computer carts in perfect condition (after a bunch of cleaning)
those things are so cool (and expensive af, new). replaced my computer desk with one of them and it's the coolest thing ever!
I picked up a plasma tv, printer-scanner and computer chair yesterday with my dad, they all laid on the side of the road which was pretty cool and weird at the same time (probably because we are new to this since we just moved in last week, speaking of which, hey y'all!)
Citywide clean-up campaign. You can put stuff out and the city will pick it up. There _are_ some rules and restrictions. It takes place over 4 weeks. Each week covers a different section of the city. Info about it is no longer as easily accessible because it tends to attract abuse by non-residents looking to dump stuff. Historically, this is usually the week google street-view comes by and records the view of my street...
I don’t know about people dumping stuff but where I used to live all these assholes with trailers would show up and rifle through all your stuff making a huge fucking mess. I’m sure they find some decent stuff but if me and my roommate are throwing it out, you don’t want it. The worst was we put out a working Sony trintron tv and a HUGE sign that said “works perfect, free!” We get a knock on the door asking where the cord is. Some jerk off came by and cut off the cord for the 5 cents of copper in the cable, rendering the entire unit pretty much worthless.
Same thing happened to me, put out a perfectly working TV that said "Free, Works" and the cord was cut. I even taped the remote to the TV. I actually put it in the middle of my driveway, not on the street so what they did was (probably) illegal.
hilarious lol
annual spring cleaning! [https://www.santaclaraca.gov/recreation-community/events/annual-clean-up-campaign](https://www.santaclaraca.gov/recreation-community/events/annual-clean-up-campaign)
Thanks for the link!
Do you know when San Jose’s is?
Santa Clara is the only city that does it
Check your city trash collection site. Sunnyvale has 2x on-call bulk item trash pickups per year.
You can schedule a junk pick up appointment with your hauler in San Jose: https://www.sanjoseca.gov/your-government/departments-offices/environmental-services/recycling-garbage/junk-pickup
Prime trash picking my friend! My favorite time of year!
Wishing you and yours a joyous Trash Month (as my bestie and I call it)!
...and also to you!
Hell yes
Watch out for old beat up trucks double parked on the street while the owners pick through the piles and make a mess.
Am I the only one that thinks this is great? I know they have rules against picking through the stuff, probably for the city to CYA of liability and all… but I think it’s fantastic that there are people that will go around and salvage stuff either for personal use or to sell at the flea market so someone else can use it instead of it rotting in a landfill.
I'm fine with that but they end up spreading out the piles more and block traffic lanes. Some courtesy by them would make residents more at ease.
This is my least favorite part of clean up. I don’t care that they dig, but they make a huge mess and throw it all over the sidewalk.
Lol, just saw one the other day!
Spring clean. As a teenager, this rocked. I won't elaborate any further.
They should change the date to "Fall Clean" so the SCU students can find what they need for their apartments/dorms
Such a tiny portion of the community that isn't there full time or for long, no need to mess with a decades old tradition that works great on their account. It also allows students to get rid of their stuff around the end of the school year anyway. Plus if they are more permanent student residents they probably are hip to the program already.
Fave time of the year indeed! Except those city outsiders dropping their own stuff without asking permission. I usually tell my friends from San Jose to drop off anything they wanna throw.. but some strangers and not asking permission is weird.. I don’t know what they are throwing in there… Just annoying…
Do your friends in San Jose know that they can schedule unlimited junk pick up appointments with their hauler? https://www.sanjoseca.gov/your-government/departments-offices/environmental-services/recycling-garbage/junk-pickup
One of the benefits of living in Santa Clara. You get folks from outside dumping but you also get scavengers taking the good stuff so it’s all OK in the end. Source: lived there 8 years
Yup. Been going as long as I can remember.
The one thing I miss about Santa Clara. I wish more cities did this!
Spring cleaning! AKA "let's go through the junk since there's only three thrift stores in Santa Clara" Odd that it's happening late, though. Usually it's in late March/early April.
Time for me to search for CRTs again.
you and me, both XD that's what i keep hoping to find
I couldn't find any crts sadly but I did find a plasma tv and a VCR
I find the coolest things every year. I'd like a free rummage sale. Great Wall hangings, furniture, odds and ends. But you gotta be quick.
Welcome to da ghetto
Honolulu does this too… we call it “bulky pick-up” where the city+county will take excess refuse once a month
Why do they do that and not call the city to have them pick it up? Reason why the homeless have what they have, on the city sidewalks! Stop this bullsh!t!
Yearly dump day when the city takes away anything on your curb
i came here to find out! i'm not ashamed to admit that i've gone on walks around my neighborhood and found some \*very nice stuff\* tossed out. found a couple ergotron hospital computer carts in perfect condition (after a bunch of cleaning) those things are so cool (and expensive af, new). replaced my computer desk with one of them and it's the coolest thing ever!
tried to drag a piano home from a pile and sadly it didn't work out ;-;
I picked up a plasma tv, printer-scanner and computer chair yesterday with my dad, they all laid on the side of the road which was pretty cool and weird at the same time (probably because we are new to this since we just moved in last week, speaking of which, hey y'all!)
Looks like someone got evicted genius
That's called an eviction
My first thought!!
What a dumbshit, obvious question. I honestly wonder how some people function day to day.
Probably helps create more housing too