Pinkerton & Sons Disposal from Belfast handles all trash, recycling and the spring and fall cleanup days.
Trash pickup in Prospect is every Thursday. There is usually a set route that is followed, but this is not guaranteed. Pinkerton & Sons Disposal state that to be guaranteed your trask is picked up on any given Thursday, to have the trash at the curb by 7:00AM. The town pays for trash pickup by weight, so much per ton.
If trash will not be picked up on a given Thursday, due to holidays, or unforeseen circumstances, the town’s home page on website and the Facebook page will be updated as soon as possible with this notification.
Recycling is picked up once a month, on the third Wednesday of the month. Recycling is zero sort, which means you do not have to separate glass, plastic, or paper goods.
WANT TO LOWER YOUR TAXES A BIT?
If you recycle your bottles, cans, plastics and paper, we do NOT pay by the ton for this recycling. The fees for recycling are included in the month charge we pay for trash pickup.
There are two clean up days in Prospect, one in the spring and one in the fall. This years clean up days are:
Spring Cleanup – May 23, 2026
Fall Cleanup – October 3, 2026
Acceptable Items:
Metals and white goods, wood and furniture, floor coverings, and plastics. All items must be free of liquids, i.e.: petroleum, antifreeze, water, or oils. Any metal, for example: Stoves, refrigerators and freezers (doors must be removed or secured), microwaves, toasters, vacuum cleaners, radios, speakers, blenders, washers, dryers, metal or plastic gutters and gutter pipes, tin, bed springs, box springs, frames, headboards, mattresses, bicycle frames. Wood is Limited to one pile no bigger than 3ft x 3ft x 3ft and single pieces no longer than 3 feet. Stuffed chairs, couches, and other stuffed furniture, wood furniture, window frames with or without glass, porcelain (sinks, toilets, etc) rugs, linoleum, plastic (toys, lawn furniture, garden hose, etc)
Unacceptable Items:
Sheetrock, asphalt shingles, televisions, propane bottles, brush, branches, garden or lawn debris.
Tires; small quantities of rimless tires no bigger than 16” can be put out with trash on Fridays.
Televisions and computer monitors are not acceptable items for Spring/Fall Clean-Up
UNIVERSAL WASTE DROP OFF DAY
The last Saturday of each month is Universal Waste Drop Off Day at the Stockton Springs Town Garage from 9AM to noon. Stockton Springs & Prospect residents can dispose of the following items:
- Computers, printers, modems, hard drives, monitors, televisions, DVD, VCR players, Air conditioners, scanners, fax machines, tablets, microwaves, keyboards, mice, and electronics.
- Fluorescent lamps, coated lamps, crushed lamps, U-lamps, HID lamps.
- Batteries, cell phones
- Ballasts, mercury containing devices
- Waste oil, gas, transmission fluid, and fryer oil
If you are unsure of an item, or have any questions, you can call the Stockton Springs Town Garage at 567-3408.
At this time the Town Office be accepting ink cartridges and eye glasses, but WILL NOT be accepting cell phones and batteries.