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Everywhere I've lived in the U.S. has a periodic oversized/miscellaneous waste pickup day where they will pick up almost anything that doesn't go in the normal
by mjn 9y ago
Everywhere I've lived in the U.S. has a periodic oversized/miscellaneous waste pickup day where they will pick up almost anything that doesn't go in the normal trash, for free. Well, by free I mean for no existing charge above whatever you might already pay as a waste fee or tax. I'm not sure where you live so it's possible this doesn't exist everywhere though (it might only be a U.S. thing?).
The everything-else waste pickup day will take bulky things that don't go in the normal trash or recycling: ladders, washing machines, couches, desks, lamps, tires, bicycles, sewing machines, etc.
For example, Houston has this kind of everything-else pickup 6 times a year. There's once a month pickup of oversized waste of two kinds. It takes tree-related waste in odd-numbered months, and non-tree-related waste in even-numbered months: https://houstontx.gov/solidwaste/treewaste.html https://houstontx.gov/solidwaste/treewaste.html
- ingenuous2 9y agoSmall data point, but I've lived all over California and never heard of such a thing.
- mjn 9y agoFrom what I can find online, it seems to be fairly common in California too, at least in the larger cities, though some require you to call to schedule a pickup rather than it being a regularly scheduled day. Usually googling for "[city] bulky item pickup" will find the info, if it exists. For example, here are the pages for Los Angeles, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, and San Jose, which all offer the service free of charge: https://www.lacity.org/for-residents/popular-services/bulky-item-collectiondisposal https://www.lacity.org/for-residents/popular-services/bulky-..., https://www.recology.com/recology-san-francisco/bulky-items/ https://www.recology.com/recology-san-francisco/bulky-items/, http://www.cityofsantacruz.com/government/city-departments/public-works/resource-recovery-garbage-recycling-sweeping/residential-services/bulky-item-pickup http://www.cityofsantacruz.com/government/city-departments/p..., https://www.sanjoseca.gov/index.aspx?nid=3649 https://www.sanjoseca.gov/index.aspx?nid=3649
- zip1234 9y agoHave this near where I live, but wish there was just a place to take it throughout the year. Don't like having to keep stuff around for ages until one of those days comes around.
- EADGBE 9y agoOur city handles this twice a year, they work something out with the regular trash people; who otherwise will only take things if they fit inside their robot-operated arm things. This is also when scrap hunters drive by with their trailers looking for resale items. Everyone wins.