Weekly Brush Collection Limits for the City of Franklin 

 6 x 4 x 2.5 =2.22 Cubic Yards

Approximately 20 Wheelbarrow Loads 

The Sanitation and Environmental Services Department uses knuckle-boom trucks to load piles of brush. This method of collection is safer and allows the Department to provide a quicker and more efficient service.

The City suspends its excess brush policy directly after major storms. Please exercise patience during storm clean-up and heavy brush season.

Brush from commercial landscaping and tree services must be disposed of by the company or contractor. Sanitation and Environmental Services Department will assess a fee of $125 per load to collect landscape contractor debris.

Per Title 17: Residential excess. Any excess waste collected at residences may, based on volume and at the discretion of the Sanitation and Environmental Services Department Director or his designee, be assessed a fee commiserate with the standard commercial bulk collection fees.

• Please leave enough room for the knuckle-boom to operate. Place your brush at least 5 ft. away from your garbage container and other potential obstacles such as mail boxes, fences, walls, water meters, utility connection boxes and parked vehicles. Avoid placing brush under low-hanging tree limbs or power lines.
• Stack your piles of brush end to end, or on top of one another (not tangled). All brush needs to be cut to fit the pick-up truck parameter.
• Brush must be placed at the edge of the street, curb or alley (within the City’s right of way) no later than 7:00 a.m. on your regular trash pick-up day. Brush SHALL NOT be placed on cul-de-sac islands, vacant lots, or boulevards and MUST NOT be materials resulting from tree pruning or removal at an address other than the collection point.
• Please place all brush close enough to the curb or street for the truck to reach it. Brush will not be collected if it’s inaccessible.
• Lumber and construction material will not be picked-up if placed at curbside
• Please reach our office at 615-794-1516 is there are any questions.