SALISBURY — Salisbury residents will have a chance to clear out all the unwanted leftovers from the holidays when the city conducts its Spruce Up Week early next month.

During Spruce Up Weeks, which occur four times annually, Salisbury residents can place items at the curb on their regular collection day before 7 a.m.

The Salisbury Public Works Department will pick up old appliances, tires without rims (up to 5) and extra bagged trash. It is a great time to encourage a neighborhood cleanup.

This collection is for residents living inside the city limits of Salisbury only and does not include business.

Acceptable items include:

• Extra bags, boxes, and bins of household items, trash, clothes, etc.
• Furniture (couches, love seats, dressers, recliners, chairs, tables, regular furniture)
• Mattresses and box springs — all sizes
• Old appliances
• Miscellaneous items such as treadmills, exercise equipment, bicycles, vacuums, lamps, artificial Christmas trees
• Lawn mowers are accepted — must be drained of all fuel
• Grills are accepted — must have gas tanks removed
• Tires without rims (limit 5 tires or less per location)
  (Tires won’t be picked up on your Spruce Up Week collection day, please leave them at the curb and they will be collected the following Monday. Tires are collected and taken to a separate facility, not the Rowan County Landfill.)

Unacceptable items include:

• Any type of building materials such as paint, lumber, sheet rock, carpet, padding, large area rugs, shingles, toilets, sinks, windows or doors. For those items, contact Rowan County Landfill at 704-278-2211.
• TVs, computers, or electronics or hazardous items. For those items, contact Rowan County Recycling Center at 704-216-8589. Call first about hazardous items, paints, oils, gas, liquids of any kind).
• Pianos
• Hospital beds