The deal: two free bulky items a week, if you schedule ahead
The city's Sanitation Division (not a contractor) collects trash, recycling, and bulky items. If you're on Full Service (about $23.40/month), you can put out two bulky items or appliances per week, free, plus up to five bundles of brush. If you're on Limited Service(the cheaper tier), there's no free bulky pickup at all: each request runs $30.
The catch that surprises people: since 2020, every bulky pickup must be scheduled in advance. The deadline is 4:00 PM the day before your collection day (by 4:00 PM Friday for Monday routes). Request it online, call the Sanitation Division at (330) 971-8010, or email them, then have the item at the curb by 7:00 AM. Put it out without scheduling and it stays there.
Verify before you put it out
Rates and rules change. Check the current details or submit the pickup form at cityofcf.com or call (330) 971-8010to confirm your tier, your collection day, and this week's limits.
What the city will haul (scheduled, curbside)
- ✓Washers, dryers, and hot water tanks
- ✓Mattresses and box springs
- ✓Couches, tables, and large furniture
- ✓Rolled carpet, cut to 5-foot lengths (roughly one room’s worth per week)
- ✓Grills
- ✓Very large TVs
- ✓Wooden fencing, cut down to 4′ × 6′ sections
What it refuses (or charges extra for)
- ✗Construction and renovation debris (permit holders handle their own disposal)
- ✗Hazardous waste, paint, and chemicals
- ✗Tires and car parts
- ✗Anything beyond the volume limits without a paid special pickup
Bigger cleanouts fall under the city's Special Pickup: a $30 minimumthat covers roughly a pickup-truck bed of volume, climbing in $30 steps from there, weekdays only, and everything still has to be at the curb. The crew doesn't come inside, doesn't carry, and doesn't do stairs. That's the line where a full-service hauler starts making sense.
Mark your calendar: 2026 cleanup weeks
Twice a year the city runs cleanup weeks with free oversized-item and unlimited extra bagged-trash collection on your regular day (still no hazardous waste, tires, car parts, or construction debris):
- •Spring: May 4–8 and May 11–15, 2026
- •Fall: September 8–12 and September 14–18, 2026
- •Holiday: December 26–31, 2026 (extra trash after Christmas)
Electronics get their own path: the city keeps small-electronics bins at the Service Complex (2560 Bailey Rd.), Fire Station #4, and the Quirk Cultural Center, and runs larger e-waste drives the Saturday before each cleanup week. Large TVs can also go through regular scheduled bulky pickup.
When the city's program isn't the answer
The city program is built for one or two items at the curb on the city's schedule. Where it stops, we start: we come inside and do the carrying (basement, upstairs, garage, wherever it sits), we take renovation debris and full-house volumes the curb program can't, and we come same-day instead of after the next 4:00 PM deadline. Everything usable routes to donation first, and the price is confirmed face-to-face before we lift anything.
See how we price it on the pricing page, or check the Cuyahoga Falls service page for what we handle around the Falls.