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Book before you bring it out.
Your items can still be inside when you book. Follow the readiness instructions in your confirmation.
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Choose a clear outdoor spot.
You arrange any carrying out of your home or down interior stairs. Keep entrances, sidewalks and shared access clear. We handle loading and haul-away from outside.
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Show us where to find it.
Add a photo and clear location notes. Contact us before booking if a gate, building rule or restricted access window needs an arrangement.
At a house: outside, accessible and easy to identify.At an apartment: an approved outdoor spot with shared access clear.
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City collection Furniture is named on the acceptable list for the bulky item collection, and furniture and appliances are the two categories exempt from the 150 pound single item limit. No charge. Included in the two annual bulky item collections at no additional cost for single-family households, inside the four cubic yard limit.
City collection Mattresses and box springs are named on the acceptable list for the bulky item collection, with no wrapping requirement published. No charge. Included in the two annual bulky item collections at no additional cost for single-family households, inside the four cubic yard limit.
City collection One major household appliance is accepted per scheduled collection, with water heaters, washing machines and dryers given as examples, and appliances are exempt from the 150 pound single item cap. No charge. One major household appliance per scheduled collection, included in the two annual bulky collections at no additional cost for single-family households.
City collection Union City single-family households with individual cart service get two bulky item collections a year at no additional cost, each limited to four cubic yards and scheduled with Republic Services. No charge. Two annual bulky item collections at no additional cost for single-family residential households with individual cart service. Apartment and multi-family residents arrange a collection through the property manager for an additional fee.
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?
Union City runs curbside refuse, recycling and compost with Republic Services and Tri-CED Community Recycling, and large household items come off the curb on a scheduled bulky item collection. A single-family household gets two collections a year at no additional charge, each limited to four cubic yards, and the acceptable list covers furniture, mattresses and box springs, carpeting, one major appliance per collection, up to four passenger car tires, small appliances and electronic waste, tied branches and clean unfinished wood. Anything hazardous, along with construction debris, rocks, bricks, dirt and concrete, is refused and takes another route. Electronic waste also drops free at the Tri-CED centre on Western Avenue six days a week, and batteries and cell phones ride beside the recycling cart in a Tri-CED bag. Renovation projects face a 65 percent diversion rule, with 100 percent of concrete, asphalt, clean soil and plant debris recycled.
Union City single-family households with individual cart service get two bulky item collections a year at no additional cost, each limited to four cubic yards and scheduled with Republic Services.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Two annual bulky item collections at no additional cost for single-family residential households with individual cart service. Apartment and multi-family residents arrange a collection through the property manager for an additional fee.
When & how
Call Republic Services on 510.657.3500 to schedule. The collection is set no more than 21 days after the call and a postcard confirming the date is mailed out.
Get it ready
Set items at the curb the night before or by 6:00 a.m. on the scheduled day, because putting them out early can attract extra or prohibited material and the pile may then not be collected. Loose items must be bagged or boxed or they will not be picked up, branches and prunings must be tied in bundles no more than five feet long or six inches across, and the whole collection may not exceed four cubic yards, described as six feet wide by six feet long by three feet high.
Furniture is named on the acceptable list for the bulky item collection, and furniture and appliances are the two categories exempt from the 150 pound single item limit.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Included in the two annual bulky item collections at no additional cost for single-family households, inside the four cubic yard limit.
When & how
Book the collection with Republic Services on 510.657.3500, then set the furniture out the night before or by 6:00 a.m. on the scheduled day.
Get it ready
Keep the piece out of the carts and inside the four cubic yard pile. Furniture may exceed 150 pounds because it is exempt from the single item weight cap, but it still counts toward the volume limit, and nothing painted or made of construction material belongs in the pile.
Mattresses and box springs are named on the acceptable list for the bulky item collection, with no wrapping requirement published.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Included in the two annual bulky item collections at no additional cost for single-family households, inside the four cubic yard limit.
When & how
Schedule with Republic Services on 510.657.3500, then set the mattress out the night before or by 6:00 a.m. on the scheduled day.
Get it ready
Keep the mattress dry and out of the carts, set it in the four cubic yard pile, and keep it clear of the street. Loose material that is not boxed, bagged or tied may not be collected.
One major household appliance is accepted per scheduled collection, with water heaters, washing machines and dryers given as examples, and appliances are exempt from the 150 pound single item cap.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. One major household appliance per scheduled collection, included in the two annual bulky collections at no additional cost for single-family households.
When & how
Book the collection with Republic Services on 510.657.3500 and name the appliance when scheduling, since only one major appliance goes out per collection.
Get it ready
Empty the unit and tightly secure or remove doors and lids for safety, which the city asks for explicitly. Keep appliances out of the carts, and note that refrigerators, stoves, microwaves and dishwashers are not treated as electronic waste, so they belong on the bulky collection rather than at the electronics drop-off.
Electronic waste is accepted in the bulky item collection, and Tri-CED Community Recycling also takes it free year-round at its Western Avenue centre with no appointment.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Included in the two annual bulky collections at no additional cost for single-family households, and free with no appointment at the Tri-CED drop-off, which is open to the public.
When & how
Book a bulky collection with Republic Services on 510.657.3500, or drive to Tri-CED at 33377 Western Avenue from Tuesday to Saturday between 9:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
Get it ready
Wipe personal data before handover, keep electronics out of the carts, and remember that a refrigerator, stove, microwave, dishwasher, fan or hair dryer is not electronic waste and belongs on a bulky collection instead. Loose items in a bulky pile must be bagged or boxed.
Construction and demolition debris is refused in the bulky programme, rejected alongside rocks, bricks, dirt and concrete, and covered projects have to meet a 65 percent diversion rule with all concrete, asphalt, clean soil and plant debris recycled.
City cost & eligibility
No construction container or gate rate is published on the pages read here, and a covered project also posts a performance security deposit calculated as the lesser of three percent of project cost or 10,000 dollars. Confirm the container and the tipping charge with Republic Services on 510.657.3500 or with the receiving facility.
When & how
Order a roll-off box from Republic Services on 510.657.3500, use a C&D recycling contractor permitted by the city, separate material on site for self-haul, or take mixed loads to one of the mixed C&D facilities the city lists. Covered projects also submit a Green Halo waste management plan and upload receipts at least every 30 days.
Get it ready
Keep construction material, painted wood, rocks, bricks, dirt and concrete out of the bulky pile, because the city refuses all of them there. Recycling loads containing more than ten percent landfill material by weight or volume must be hauled by Republic Services, and debris contaminated with asbestos, lead or other hazardous material needs a waste management plan naming the disposal site and a letter from that site confirming the material cannot be recycled.
Exercise equipment is not named on the bulky acceptable list or the prohibited list, so a treadmill or weight machine has to be confirmed against the four cubic yard limit.
City cost & eligibility
No published list or rate names an exercise machine, and a bulky collection is free to single-family households only twice a year, so confirm the item with Republic Services on 510.657.3500 when the collection is scheduled.
When & how
Call Republic Services before the collection day and confirm the machine, then set it out on the scheduled bulky item day if it is accepted.
Get it ready
Describe the machine when you call. Anything other than furniture and appliances must weigh less than 150 pounds, so a heavy frame may not qualify, and the whole pile still has to fit four cubic yards with loose parts bagged or boxed.
A single-family household books one of its two free bulky item collections with Republic Services on 510.657.3500, and the collection is set within 21 days with a confirmation postcard mailed out. Items go to the curb the night before or by 6:00 a.m. on the scheduled day, because a pile set out early can collect extra or prohibited material and may then be refused. If the truck passes without collecting it, the household calls again to reschedule and moves the material out of public view in the meantime.
Four cubic yards, one major appliance, and the refused list
Each collection is capped at four cubic yards, described as six feet wide by six feet long by three feet high, and one major household appliance goes out per collection with doors or lids secured or removed. Loose items must be bagged or boxed, branches and prunings must be tied in bundles no longer than five feet or six inches across, and up to four passenger car tires are allowed. Items over 150 pounds are refused except furniture and appliances, and paint, solvents, pesticides, motor oil, car batteries, medical waste, painted wood, construction and demolition debris, rocks, bricks, dirt and concrete are all prohibited.
Batteries ride beside the cart, chemicals go to the county
Single-family and parcelised multi-family residents can put common household batteries and cell phones out for curbside collection in a clear zip-lock bag from Tri-CED, placed on the ground next to the recycling cart rather than inside it on the regular collection day, with lithium battery ends taped to prevent combustion. Car batteries are excluded from that programme and go to an Alameda County household hazardous waste facility or an auto parts store. Paint, solvents, pesticides and motor oil are refused in the bulky pile and go to the Alameda County program on 800.606.6606 or the facility on West Winton Avenue in Hayward.
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 Union City Recycling & Solid Waste Division, with Republic Services and Tri-CED Community Recycling
Book one of the two free bulky collections
A single-family Union City household with furniture, a mattress, carpeting, one major appliance, tires or electronic waste that will not fit the carts.
Cost & conditions
No charge. Two annual bulky item collections at no additional cost for single-family residential households with individual cart service. Multi-family households arrange a collection through the property manager for an additional fee.
Arrange it
Call Republic Services on 510.657.3500, wait for the confirmation postcard, and set the pile out the night before or by 6:00 a.m. on the scheduled day.
Four cubic yards per collection, one major appliance per collection, up to four passenger car tires, loose items bagged or boxed, nothing over 150 pounds except furniture and appliances, and hazardous waste, medical waste, painted wood, construction debris, rocks, bricks, dirt and concrete all refused.
City of Union City Recycling & Solid Waste Division, with Republic Services and Tri-CED Community Recycling
Drop electronics and batteries at Tri-CED
A household with a television, laptop, monitor, keyboard, printer, copier, stereo, cell phone or household batteries to recycle.
Cost & conditions
No charge. Electronic waste drop-off is free at Tri-CED Community Recycling with no appointment and no residency restriction published, and the battery and cell phone bag programme is free to single-family and parcelised multi-family residents.
Arrange it
Drive through at 33377 Western Avenue in Union City between 9:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on a Tuesday through Saturday, or request a battery and cell phone bag from Tri-CED on (510) 429-8030 for curbside set-out beside the recycling cart.
Closed Monday and Sunday. Refrigerators, stoves, microwaves, dishwashers, fans and hair dryers are not electronic waste and go on a bulky collection instead, and car batteries are excluded from the curbside battery programme.
City of Union City Recycling & Solid Waste Division, with Republic Services and Tri-CED Community Recycling
Take hazardous waste to the Alameda County facility
A household with paint, solvents, pesticides, motor oil, car batteries or other household hazardous products.
Cost & conditions
No charge. Free to Alameda County residents at the four county facilities with no appointment and county identification. Businesses use a separate service.
Arrange it
Drive to the Hayward facility at 2091 West Winton Ave. on a Thursday, Friday or Saturday, stay in the vehicle with the material in an unlocked trunk, and let staff unload it.
Each visit is limited to 125 pounds or 15 gallons in containers no larger than five gallons or 50 pounds, the facility is closed Sunday through Wednesday and on the listed holidays, and the waste must be carried by the household resident rather than a hauler.
A household or contractor with construction and demolition material that the bulky collection refuses.
Cost & conditions
No container or tipping rate is published on the pages read here, and a covered project also posts a performance security deposit of the lesser of three percent of project cost or 10,000 dollars, so confirm the box size and the charge with Republic Services on 510.657.3500.
Arrange it
Order the roll-off box from Republic Services, the city's exclusive franchised hauler, or use a permitted C&D recycling contractor, and file the Green Halo waste management plan for a covered project.
Recycling loads containing more than ten percent landfill material by weight or volume must be hauled by Republic Services, covered projects must hit the 65 percent diversion rate, and contaminated debris needs a waste management plan naming the disposal site plus a letter confirming it cannot be recycled.
State-certified electronic waste and buy-back centre in Union City
Tri-CED Community Recycling
33377 Western Avenue, Union City, CA
Electronic waste at no cost and with no appointment, including televisions, laptops, computer monitors and keyboards, desktop printers and copiers, stereos and stereo equipment, cell phones and other electronic devices. The site also issues the clear zip-lock bags used for the curbside battery and cell phone programme.
Refrigerators, stoves, microwave ovens, dishwashers, small appliances such as fans and hair dryers, and other bulky items are not electronic waste and are not accepted here; they go on a bulky item collection instead. Car batteries are not part of the curbside battery programme and go to a county household hazardous waste facility or an auto parts store.
Tuesday through Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., closed Monday and Sunday.
No charge. Electronic waste is accepted at no additional cost with no appointment during business hours, and the battery and cell phone bag is free on request from Tri-CED on (510) 429-8030.
Alameda County household hazardous waste drop-off nearest to Union City
Alameda County Household Hazardous Waste Facility, Hayward
2091 West Winton Ave., Hayward, CA
Batteries, paint, electronics, chemicals, motor oil and more, free for Alameda County residents.
Alameda County residents only, not businesses, with the waste carried by the household resident rather than a hauler. Bring Alameda County identification such as a driver license, a recent utility bill, or a rental or ownership agreement, stay in the vehicle with the items in an unlocked trunk, and stay within 125 pounds or 15 gallons per visit in containers no larger than five gallons or 50 pounds.
Thursday and Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., closed Sunday through Wednesday and on July 4, from November 23 to 28 and from December 21 to 26.
No charge. Free to Alameda County residents with no appointment required, and the city separately refers residents to the county programme on 800.606.6606.
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 many bulky collections does a Union City household get?+
Two a year at no additional cost for single-family residential households with individual cart service. Call Republic Services on 510.657.3500 to schedule, expect the collection within 21 days and a confirmation postcard by mail, and keep the pile to four cubic yards, about six feet wide by six feet long by three feet high.Official guidance
Will Union City pick up a couch at the curb?+
Yes. Furniture is on the acceptable list for the bulky item collection, and a single-family household gets two of those collections a year at no additional cost. Call Republic Services on 510.657.3500 to schedule, then put the couch out the night before or by 6:00 a.m. on the collection day, because a pile set out early may not be collected.Official guidance
How many appliances can go out in one Union City bulky collection?+
One major household appliance per scheduled collection, with water heaters, washing machines and dryers given as examples. Tightly secure or remove doors and lids for safety, and keep the appliance within the four cubic yard pile. Appliances are excluded from the electronic waste definition, so a refrigerator, stove, microwave or dishwasher goes on the bulky collection rather than to the Tri-CED electronics drop-off.Official guidance
Where do televisions and computers go in Union City?+
Electronic waste is accepted in the bulky item collection, booked with Republic Services on 510.657.3500, and it also drops off free at Tri-CED Community Recycling at 33377 Western Avenue, open Tuesday to Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with no appointment. Televisions, laptops, monitors, keyboards, printers, copiers, stereos and cell phones are all taken there.Official guidance
Who collects trash and bulky items in Union City?+
The city Recycling & Solid Waste Division works with Republic Services, the franchised hauler, and Tri-CED Community Recycling, and answers on 510.675.5433 or info@unioncityrecycles.org. Republic runs the curbside refuse, recycling and compost collection and the bulky item bookings, and Tri-CED runs the buy-back and electronic waste centre.Official guidance
How do I book a bulky item collection in Union City?+
Call Republic Services on 510.657.3500. A single-family household with individual cart service gets two collections a year at no additional cost, each set within 21 days of the call and confirmed by postcard, and the pile is limited to four cubic yards, about six feet wide by six feet long by three feet high.Official guidance
What cannot go in a Union City bulky pile?+
Hazardous waste such as paint, solvents, pesticides, motor oil and car batteries, medical waste, painted wood, construction and demolition debris, and rocks, bricks, dirt and concrete are all prohibited. Single items over 150 pounds are refused except furniture and appliances, and loose items must be bagged or boxed or they will not be picked up.Official guidance
Where can I drop off electronics in Union City?+
Tri-CED Community Recycling at 33377 Western Avenue takes electronic waste free with no appointment, open Tuesday through Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and closed Monday and Sunday. Televisions, laptops, monitors, keyboards, printers, copiers, stereos and cell phones are all accepted, while refrigerators, stoves, microwaves, dishwashers and small appliances go on a bulky collection instead.Official guidance
How do batteries leave a Union City home?+
Common household batteries and cell phones go out in a clear zip-lock bag from Tri-CED, placed on the ground next to the recycling cart rather than inside it on the regular collection day, with lithium battery ends taped to prevent combustion. Car batteries are not part of that programme and go to an Alameda County household hazardous waste facility or a local auto parts store. There are also battery drop-off stations at City Hall and four community centres.Official guidance
