The deal: two bulk items a week, rules attached
Full-service Stow customers (curbside runs about $24.25/month) get two bulk items included every week. The rules that trip people up:
- •Two bulk items per week are included with full service; each extra is $45
- •Keep items under about 50 pounds; cut large pieces into 4-foot sections
- •Wrap and seal upholstered furniture in plastic
- •Kimble asks for bulk requests about 48 hours ahead: (800) 201-0005
Verify before you put it out
Rules and rates change. Check the city's trash page at stowohio.gov or call Kimble at (800) 201-0005to confirm your pickup day and this week's limits.
What Kimble will take at the Stow curb
- ✓Sofas, recliners, dressers, tables, chairs, and single beds
- ✓Mattresses and box springs (upholstered items wrapped and sealed in plastic)
- ✓Washers, dryers, stoves, water heaters, and microwaves
- ✓Fridges, freezers, AC units, and dehumidifiers ONLY with Freon professionally removed and tagged
- ✓Carpet, doors, single windows, sinks, toilets, and tubs
- ✓Lawn mowers, bikes, grills, and disassembled swing sets
The Freon catch (why fridges get left behind)
The city's page says it flat out: bulk items with Freon are not accepted. A refrigerator, freezer, window AC, or dehumidifier only rides the Kimble truck if a certified technician has already removed the refrigerant and tagged the unit. Most homeowners discover this after wrestling the fridge to the curb, watching the truck pass, and wrestling it back. Hiring the tech, scheduling the evacuation, and re-staging the appliance usually costs more effort than the appliance is worth. That handling is built into our appliance removal: EPA-compliant refrigerant recovery is part of the job, and we carry it up from the basement ourselves.
Yard waste: the Stow brush drop-off
Stow residents (photo ID required, no contractors) can take trees, trunks, branches, and shrubs to the city's Brush Drop Off at 5070 Stow Road, across from Silver Springs Park: weekdays 8:00 AM–2:30 PM plus the 2nd and 4th Saturdays, 10 AM–2 PM, weather permitting. It refuses grass, leaves, bags, lumber, construction debris, bricks, and root balls. Free mulch when they have it. Loose fall leaves get their own curbside program on a district schedule the city posts each fall.
When the curb program isn't the answer
Two items a week works fine until the week you have twelve. Whole-garage cleanouts, downsizing a split-level, estate clears, renovation debris, or anything you can't (or shouldn't) cut into 4-foot, 50-pound pieces and wrap in plastic: that's us. We come inside, do all the carrying, and take the whole pile in one visit, with usable furniture routed to donation and the price confirmed face-to-face before we start. See the Stow service page or how our pricing works.