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City collection No Tulare page publishes a curbside bulky item pickup, so furniture has to be confirmed with the division, and the published route for a large load is the paid rental container program. The city publishes no per item furniture collection and no bulky pickup day, so confirm whether a couch or a table can be taken on request and what it costs, with the rental bin or roll-off as the published paid route for a whole load.
City collection A mattress is not named on any Tulare page, so the piece has to be confirmed with the division, and a large load goes into the city's paid container program. The city publishes no mattress charge and names no mattress on a collection route, so confirm acceptance and the price with the Solid Waste Division before the piece goes out, with the rental bin or roll-off as the paid alternative for a load.
City collection No Tulare page names an appliance route, so an appliance has to be confirmed with the division, and a load of them rides the paid container program. The city publishes no appliance collection or price, so confirm with the Solid Waste Division whether an appliance is collected separately and what it costs, with the rental container as the route for a load.
City collection An extra pickup on an existing container or an additional container is available at a published charge, with a form required before an extra container is delivered. From $28.1 for the published charge of $28.10 per container per extra service on the green, blue, brown or gray container, with an additional green, blue or trash container at $11.09 per month. City of Tulare residential accounts. An additional container requires a completed form before delivery, which is available at City Hall at 411 East Kern Avenue.
The highest first-item price applies once. Every remaining item uses its additional-item price. Loading, transportation and disposal are included. Applicable sales tax is shown before payment.
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The local disposal guide
Will the city take it?
Tulare runs its own solid waste division, and the city code requires every resident inside the city limits to hold a trash service account. Two containers are serviced early in the week and the third later in the week: the blue and green containers on Monday or Tuesday depending on the address, and the brown or gray container on Thursday or Friday, all of them out before 6 a.m. and brought in the same day. The city also changed service days for some properties from January 6, 2026 and mailed notices with a new boundary map. There is no published bulky item pickup: large loads move through the city's paid container program instead, with a three cubic yard bin, ten cubic yard roll-off or a larger roll-off with doors, all prepaid at City Hall before delivery, and construction and demolition projects are handled under the city's Construction and Demolition Ordinance with roll-offs arranged through the division. Electronics and paper shredding have their own drop-off events twice a year, leaves get a seasonal pickup that residents have to call to join, and the household hazardous products that cannot go in any cart go to the county hazardous waste facility or an approved drop-off, with batteries on a separate published list and paint following the city's own disposal rules.
Every residence inside the city limits holds a trash service account, two containers are serviced on Monday or Tuesday depending on the address and the third on Thursday or Friday, and all of them go out before 6 a.m. and come back in the same day.
City cost & eligibility
The city publishes the additional service and container charges but not the base residential rate on the page, so confirm what the account carries with the Solid Waste Division when the service is set up or changed.
When & how
Blue and green containers are serviced on Monday or Tuesday depending on the address, and the brown or gray container on Thursday or Friday depending on the address. Containers go out before 6 a.m. on the service day and are removed the same day. Service days changed for some properties from January 6, 2026, and the city mailed notices with a new boundary map.
Get it ready
Keep each container on its own collection day rather than putting them all out together, put them out before 6 a.m. and bring them in the same day, and keep household hazardous products out of every container because the city routes those to the hazardous waste facility or an approved drop-off. Damaged, dirty or missing containers are handled by the Solid Waste Division, which may charge for cleaning or replacement.
An extra pickup on an existing container or an additional container is available at a published charge, with a form required before an extra container is delivered.
City cost & eligibility
From $28.1 for the published charge of $28.10 per container per extra service on the green, blue, brown or gray container, with an additional green, blue or trash container at $11.09 per month. City of Tulare residential accounts. An additional container requires a completed form before delivery, which is available at City Hall at 411 East Kern Avenue.
When & how
Request the extra service when the extra material has to leave, and arrange an additional container in advance so the form is processed before delivery.
Get it ready
Keep the material inside the container and follow the same set-out time as the normal service day, since extra material left beside the container is not part of the published service.
Carry-out service, where the container is moved for the household, is available at no charge with a prior approved application supported by a doctor's note.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. City of Tulare residential accounts with a prior approved application and a doctor's note. The service itself carries no published charge.
When & how
Apply through the Solid Waste Division before the service begins, since approval has to be in place before the crew moves the container.
Get it ready
Keep the container accessible on the property, and keep hazardous products out of it as with any other cart.
Rental bins and roll-off containers for large loads
Accepted with preparation
Large loads that no cart can take move through the city's paid container program: a three cubic yard bin, a ten cubic yard roll-off for heavy material and thirty or forty cubic yard roll-offs with doors, all prepaid at City Hall.
City cost & eligibility
From $77 for the published prepayment of $77.00 for a three cubic yard bin, which covers delivery and one service, and $251.53 for a ten cubic yard roll-off with a $251.53 pull charge per service, with thirty and forty cubic yard roll-offs priced by the division. City of Tulare accounts arranging the container through the Solid Waste Division. Every prepayment is made in advance at City Hall at 411 East Kern Avenue before delivery.
When & how
Arrange the bin or roll-off with the Solid Waste Division, pay the prepayment at City Hall, and have the container delivered for the project or cleanup window.
Get it ready
Match the container to the load: the three cubic yard bin for a household cleanup, the ten cubic yard roll-off for heavy material, and the larger roll-offs with doors for demolition or bulky project debris. Keep hazardous products out of every container, because they are refused and belong at the hazardous waste facility.
No Tulare page publishes a curbside bulky item pickup, so furniture has to be confirmed with the division, and the published route for a large load is the paid rental container program.
City cost & eligibility
The city publishes no per item furniture collection and no bulky pickup day, so confirm whether a couch or a table can be taken on request and what it costs, with the rental bin or roll-off as the published paid route for a whole load.
When & how
Call the Solid Waste Division first, then either arrange the container or set the piece out if the division confirms a pickup.
Get it ready
Keep the piece whole and dry enough for two people to handle, empty drawers, and keep it out of the carts. If the household is clearing several rooms, the three cubic yard bin is the published option and covers delivery plus one service.
A mattress is not named on any Tulare page, so the piece has to be confirmed with the division, and a large load goes into the city's paid container program.
City cost & eligibility
The city publishes no mattress charge and names no mattress on a collection route, so confirm acceptance and the price with the Solid Waste Division before the piece goes out, with the rental bin or roll-off as the paid alternative for a load.
When & how
Call the division first, then set the mattress out only if a pickup is confirmed, or hold it for the rental container.
Get it ready
Keep the bedding dry and wrapped so it can be handled, keep it out of every cart, and count a mattress and box spring separately when a container is sized.
No Tulare page names an appliance route, so an appliance has to be confirmed with the division, and a load of them rides the paid container program.
City cost & eligibility
The city publishes no appliance collection or price, so confirm with the Solid Waste Division whether an appliance is collected separately and what it costs, with the rental container as the route for a load.
When & how
Call the division first, then either set the unit out if a pickup is confirmed or hold it for the container.
Get it ready
Empty the unit, secure or remove the doors, keep it out of the carts, and ask about any refrigerant requirement before moving a cooling appliance.
Electronics and paper shredding share a drop-off event that the city holds twice a year, and the city also publishes an electronic waste recycling flyer for household devices.
City cost & eligibility
The city publishes the drop-off event and the electronic waste flyer without a per item price, so confirm the next event date and any charge with the Solid Waste Division before the device is moved.
When & how
Use the paper shredding and electronic waste drop off, which runs two times a year, rather than a cart or a collection day.
Get it ready
Wipe personal data from the device first, keep electronics out of every cart, and separate any paper for the shredding side of the same event.
Construction and demolition work is covered by the city's own ordinance and diversion requirement, and project debris moves in a city roll-off arranged with the division.
City cost & eligibility
From $251.53 for the published $251.53 prepayment for a ten cubic yard roll-off with a $251.53 pull charge per service, with thirty and forty cubic yard roll-offs arranged through the division. City of Tulare projects following the Construction and Demolition Ordinance and Ordinance 7.18 on recycling and diversion, with the container prepaid at City Hall before delivery and demolition permits obtained through the air district where they apply.
When & how
Plan the debris before the work starts: arrange the roll-off with the Solid Waste Division, pay the prepayment at City Hall, and follow the ordinance requirements for diversion as the project runs.
Get it ready
Separate recyclable construction material as the ordinance requires, match the container size to the debris volume and weight, and keep hazardous products out of the load entirely, because they are refused and belong at the hazardous waste facility.
Yard material rides the green container, and the city also runs a seasonal leaf collection that residents have to call to join, with leaves raked into a pile at the curb rather than into the gutter.
City cost & eligibility
The city publishes no separate leaf collection price and lists the green container as part of the residential service, so confirm what applies to the address with the Solid Waste Division.
When & how
Use the green container on its collection day, and for the seasonal leaf program call the division to be placed on the pickup list, which runs annually from the first Monday after Thanksgiving to the second Friday of January and is worked in the order addresses are called in.
Get it ready
Rake leaves into a pile no wider than two feet and place it two feet from the curb rather than in the gutter, and never blow or rake leaves into the gutter. Keep yard material out of the trash and recycling containers, and keep treated wood out of the green container.
Hazardous products never go in a cart: they go to the county hazardous waste facility or an approved drop-off, with paint following the city's own rules and batteries on a published list.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. City of Tulare households using the Visalia hazardous waste facility or an approved drop-off location, and the published battery drop-off locations. The city publishes no fee for residents on this page, so confirm while planning the trip.
When & how
Take the material to the county facility or an approved drop-off rather than putting it out with the carts, and use the battery drop-off list for household batteries.
Get it ready
Soak up leftover latex paint with kitty litter and put it in the gray container, while oil based paint has to go to the hazardous waste facility, an event or an approved drop-off. A completely empty and dried out paint container can go in the blue cart, batteries go to an approved drop-off rather than a cart, and sharps follow the city's own disposal guidance.
Blue and green containers are serviced on Monday or Tuesday depending on the address, and the brown or gray container on Thursday or Friday. Everything goes out before 6 a.m. on the service day and comes back in the same day, and containers left out are subject to the city's code rules. Damaged, dirty or missing containers are reported to the Solid Waste Division, which may charge for cleaning or replacement.
A three cubic yard bin, a ten cubic yard roll-off for heavy material, or a thirty or forty cubic yard roll-off is arranged with the Solid Waste Division and paid for in advance at City Hall at 411 East Kern Avenue before delivery. The bin covers delivery and one service, and every roll-off service carries a pull charge, so size the container before paying.
The seasonal leaf collection runs annually from the first Monday after Thanksgiving to the second Friday of January and works through the addresses in the order residents called, so call the Solid Waste Division to join the list. Rake the leaves into a pile no wider than two feet and place it two feet from the curb, never in the gutter, because leaves blown or raked into the street are not collected.
Use a permitted, accessible outdoor spot. Arrange the move out of your home, keep shared access clear and follow your confirmation’s readiness instructions. Check with your building about access or staging limits before booking.
City of Tulare Public Works Solid Waste and Recycling Division
Rent a city bin or roll-off for a large load
A Tulare household or project with furniture, appliances, mattresses, yard debris or construction material that no cart can take.
Cost & conditions
From $77 for the published $77.00 prepayment for a three cubic yard bin covering delivery and one service, and $251.53 for a ten cubic yard roll-off with a $251.53 pull charge per service, with larger roll-offs priced by the division. City of Tulare accounts arranging the container with the Solid Waste Division and prepaying at City Hall before delivery.
Arrange it
Call the division, choose the container size for the load, pay the prepayment at City Hall, and have the container delivered for the cleanup or project window.
Paid and prepaid before delivery, sized by volume and weight, with hazardous products refused and the pull charge applying to each roll-off service.
City of Tulare Public Works Solid Waste and Recycling Division
Order an extra service or an additional container
A household with more material than the container holds on a normal week.
Cost & conditions
From $28.1 for the published $28.10 per container per extra service, with an additional green, blue or trash container at $11.09 per month. City of Tulare residential accounts, with a completed form required at City Hall before an additional container is delivered.
Arrange it
Call the Solid Waste Division for an extra service on an existing container, or complete the form at City Hall for an additional container.
Priced per container per service, with additional containers billed monthly and hazardous products still refused.
City of Tulare Public Works Solid Waste and Recycling Division
Take hazardous products to an approved drop-off
A Tulare household with oil based paint, solvents, cleaners, pesticides, batteries or other hazardous products.
Cost & conditions
No charge. Households using the Visalia hazardous waste facility or another approved drop-off, and the published battery drop-off locations. The city publishes no residential fee on the page, so confirm while planning.
Arrange it
Take the material to the facility or approved drop-off, and use the battery list for household batteries.
Not collected at the curb and never placed in a cart, with latex paint handled through the gray container rule instead and oil based paint refused by the carts entirely.
Prices, timing and the details that matter at your address.
How much does pickup cost?+
Choose your items to see the exact price. A standard sofa is $79 first and $29 additional. The highest first-item price applies once; every remaining item uses its additional-item price. Loading, transportation and disposal are included. Review any applicable sales tax and the final total before payment.
Can I book a pickup for today?+
Book by 2pm at your pickup address for same-day pickup, where available. Choose from the dates shown at checkout. Your booking is for a pickup day, and we text you when your hauler is on the way.
Do my items need to be outside when I book?+
You can book while your items are still inside. Arrange any indoor carrying and have everything outside and accessible according to your confirmation. We load and haul it away from there. Contact us before booking if your property has restricted access.
How do I rent a dumpster from Tulare?+
Call the Solid Waste Division, choose the container and pay the prepayment at City Hall before delivery. The published options are a three cubic yard bin for a household cleanup, a ten cubic yard roll-off for heavy material, and thirty or forty cubic yard roll-offs with doors, with the pull charge applying to each roll-off service.Official guidance
Will Tulare pick up a couch from the curb?+
Confirm it with the Solid Waste Division. Tulare publishes no bulky item pickup day, so the published route for a large load is a rental container from the city: a three cubic yard bin or a roll-off, prepaid at City Hall, with the bin covering delivery and one service.Official guidance
How do I get rid of a mattress in Tulare?+
Confirm it with the Solid Waste Division. No Tulare page names a mattress on a collection route or publishes a mattress price, so ask whether a pickup is possible, and otherwise use the city's rental bin or roll-off, which is prepaid at City Hall before delivery.Official guidance
Where do televisions and computers go in Tulare?+
To the city's paper shredding and electronic waste drop off, which runs twice a year, or to an approved location listed on the city's electronic waste recycling flyer. Electronics do not belong in any cart, and the division can confirm the next drop-off date.Official guidance
Where do paint and chemicals go in Tulare?+
To the Visalia household hazardous waste facility or another approved drop-off, not to the carts. Leftover oil based paint has to go to the facility or an approved drop-off, latex paint is soaked up with kitty litter and put in the gray container, an empty dried out container can go in the blue cart, and household batteries go to one of the published drop-off locations.Official guidance
Who collects trash in Tulare?+
The City of Tulare Public Works Solid Waste and Recycling Division does, and the municipal code requires every residence inside the city limits to hold a trash service account. Two containers are serviced early in the week and the third later in the week, all out before 6 a.m. and brought in the same day.Official guidance
What does disposal cost in Tulare?+
The base rate is billed on the utility account, and the published extras are an extra service on a container at a per container charge, an additional container at a monthly charge, and the rental containers: a three cubic yard bin prepaid with delivery and one service included, and a ten cubic yard roll-off with a prepayment plus a pull charge for each service. Carry-out service is free with an approved application and a doctor's note.Official guidance
How do I get rid of a couch or a mattress in Tulare?+
Ask the Solid Waste Division first, because the city publishes no bulky pickup day and no per item price for either. The published route for a whole load is a city rental container: a three cubic yard bin that covers delivery and one service, or a roll-off for heavy material, both prepaid at City Hall before delivery.Official guidance
Does Tulare take electronics from the curb?+
To the city's paper shredding and electronic waste drop off, which runs twice a year, or to an approved drop-off listed on the electronic waste flyer. They never go in a cart, and the division can confirm the next date.Official guidance
What do I do with leftover paint in Tulare?+
Oil based paint goes to the Visalia hazardous waste facility or another approved drop-off, while leftover latex paint is soaked up with kitty litter and placed in the gray container. A completely empty and dried out container can be placed in the blue cart, and batteries go to the published drop-off locations rather than any cart.Official guidance
