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311 Complaint Line – A Useful Tool

311 is the City of Pittsburgh’s non-emergency complaint and information line initiated by Mayor Luke Ravenstahl. 311 allows residents to call one easy-to-remember number in order to receive information and access to city services. You can call 311 to ask simple questions such as when is trash day, how to recycle newspapers, and more. 311 is also a useful tool for reporting building, health, and safety code violations in your neighborhood. All 311 calls are answered by a live operator from 8:00am to 4:30pm, Monday through Friday. Each call and complaint receives a tracking number, in case you need to check back on the status of your complaint. 311 is an easy-to-use tool that can help improve our neighborhood and the entire City of Pittsburgh.

Trash Pickup and Recycling

Trash day in Central, South, and West Oakland is every Tuesday. North Oakland’s collection is on Wednesday. A city recycling schedule for 2010 can be downloaded here.

Download 2010 Collection Schedule

Curbside recycling occurs every other week. On the planned recycling pickup days, just put out your recycling with your normal trash—newspapers, plastic, glass, metal, and aluminum containers should be placed in blue bags only.

Bulk pickup occurs weekly in Oakland and throughout the City of Pittsburgh. Bulk pickup service gives residents a chance to place their bulky waste items out on the street for free pickup. Bulk items include large items such as furniture, large appliances, and discards from small renovation projects – sofas, recliner chairs, tables, box springs, mattresses, dressers, TVs, stoves, washers, dryers, toilets, hot water tanks, and windows. No more than 2 bulky items per week per household are to be placed at the curb. Items such as carpet or lumber must be cut into three-foot lengths.

Please note that the City of Pittsburgh does not collect the following items: car or truck parts, tires, refrigerators, air conditioners, dehumidifiers, and construction materials. For collection of freon appliances, call the Appliance Warehouse at 412-381-8800 or call Construction Junction at 412-243-5025 or visit their website: www.constructionjunction.org

Also, please keep in mind that when a holiday falls on or before your collection day, your pickup will be one day later.

Where to Eat, Shop and Play in Oakland

Click here to learn more about the many ways to spend a leisurely day in Oakland. Here you will find information on museums, parks, restaurants, shops and more.

Local Institutions

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