GREENFIELD — The Department of Public Works will be stopping its Friday trash pick-up to consolidate services.

The DPW will also close the transfer station on Fridays. Both changes begin the week of July 15, according to outgoing Director of Public Works Don Ouellette.

The change will affect about 400 customers, according to DPW’s Janine Greaves. Some recycling weeks will be modified, as well.

The end-of-day pick-up times on Monday through Thursday will extend from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Ouellette said the change will eliminate full-size trucks stopping at smaller public locations, like Poet’s Seat and some downtown trash cans. He said a smaller vehicle could be used for this.

All streets with Friday pick-ups will now be happening on Thursdays, except for Miner Street, Woodward Road and Shelburne Road East, which will move to Mondays.

The following Thursday street pick-ups will be moved to Wednesdays: Carpenters Lane, Conway Drive, Coombs Avenue, George Street, Main Street, Meads Street, Mill Street, Orchard Street, Power Court, Power Square, Spring Terrace.

Thursday street pick-ups moving to Tuesdays are: Bonneville Avenue, Colorado Avenue, Cumberland Road, Meridian Street, Petty Plain Road, Solar Way and Water Street.

Silver Place will be moved from Tuesday to Monday, as well.

According to Ouellette, the decision came as the city was looking to reduce the number of trucks the department has for trash pick-up from eight to six.

“We felt we had two days that were kind of light, Thursday and Friday,” Ouellette said. “We felt we could consolidate those and spread it out.”

He said there are no layoffs with the move and salaries are not being changed. Instead, on Fridays, crews will be focusing on vehicle and building maintenance, as well as upkeep of the transfer station.

Ouellette said the decision does save money long-term because now two of the city’s trucks do not need to be replaced.

“If we stayed we would have had to replace those two trucks,” Ouellette said. “Now we are going to get into a more ideal situation.”

The cost to replace the vehicles would have been about $700,000, he said.

Notifications of the changes will be mailed to all residents. The DPW will have two interns hanging informational material about the changes on the doors of homes directly affected. Information on the changes will also be available on the city’s website.