Here's what residents need to know about the city's updated trash collection process, including a bulk pickup change coming Sept. 1. For Tony Goodwin, who has lived in Portsmouth's Park View neighborhood with his family for decades, regular trash pickup has not been a problem. Overloaded trash cans could be skippedOne of the changes residents need to know involves how much trash can be placed in a single container. Jerod Roberts, Portsmouth's public works director, said severely overloaded trash cans will be skipped by collection crews. Bulk pickup requests are changingThe city is also changing how residents request bulk waste pickup.