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City collection Furniture is on the city's curbside bulky list, with sofa, chairs and recliners, bookcase and shelves, filing cabinet, desk, chest with drawers and a table or night stand named. Each household with a city garbage utility account gets one free bulky pickup a calendar year of up to three items. No charge. Residents living within the city limits who have a garbage utility bill with the City of Watsonville, except apartment complexes and businesses. One free pickup per calendar year with a maximum of three bulky items per service, and additional pickups are available at an additional cost.
City collection Mattresses and box springs are named on the curbside bulky list, and they are also listed as free recycle items at the city drop-off center, so either route works. The city publishes no count for a mattress and box spring set, so confirm how the set counts against the three item allowance when the pickup is booked. No charge. Residents inside the city limits with a city garbage utility account for the curbside bulky pickup, one free service a year with up to three items, or the Waste and Recycling Drop-off Center at 320 Harvest Drive, where mattresses are on the free recycle item list for city residents who have scheduled garbage collection.
City collection Refrigerators and air conditioning units are refused on the curbside bulky list, so the drop-off center is the route, where a residential customer gets one of each appliance free per year and pays the published fee after that. No charge. City residents with scheduled garbage collection, at the Waste and Recycling Drop-off Center, where one unit of each listed appliance is free per residential customer per year and a $13.00 fee applies after the yearly amount. The curbside bulky program explicitly refuses refrigerators and air conditioning units.
City collection The city runs a bulky item collection program for households inside the city limits: one free pickup a calendar year with a maximum of three items, scheduled in advance with the exact item list, and anything outside that allowance or on the refused list goes to the drop-off center. No charge. Residents within the city limits who have a garbage utility bill with the City of Watsonville, excluding apartment complexes and businesses. One free pickup per calendar year with up to three bulky items, and additional pickups are available at an additional cost that appears on the utility bill.
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?
Watsonville collects with its own city crew from the Municipal Service Center, and it also runs the Waste and Recycling Drop-off Center on Harvest Drive, which is where most of the items that will not fit a cart end up. The drop-off center takes mattresses, e-waste, appliances, exercise machines, tires and household hazardous waste, and its fee schedule lists mattresses, exercise machines and e-waste among the free recycle items, with appliances free once each per residential customer per year. The curbside bulky service is the other route: one free pickup a calendar year with up to three items, scheduled at least 48 hours ahead, and its list stops at furniture, mattresses, appliances that are not cooling units, carpet, bicycles and two rimless tires. Refrigerators, air conditioners, televisions and computers are refused on that curbside route and belong at the drop-off center instead.
Furniture is on the city's curbside bulky list, with sofa, chairs and recliners, bookcase and shelves, filing cabinet, desk, chest with drawers and a table or night stand named. Each household with a city garbage utility account gets one free bulky pickup a calendar year of up to three items.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Residents living within the city limits who have a garbage utility bill with the City of Watsonville, except apartment complexes and businesses. One free pickup per calendar year with a maximum of three bulky items per service, and additional pickups are available at an additional cost.
When & how
Contact customer service at (831) 768-3133 at least 48 hours in advance with the list of items, then put them at the curb by 7 a.m. on the collection day. The service runs Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. and is not available on holidays.
Get it ready
Keep the items within 4 feet wide by 5 feet long by 4 feet tall each and under 100 pounds, empty drawers, washers and dryers and tape the doors shut, and leave 3 feet of space between the items and the carts, parked cars and mailboxes, because blocked material is not collected. Items that were not on the service order are left behind.
Mattresses and box springs are named on the curbside bulky list, and they are also listed as free recycle items at the city drop-off center, so either route works. The city publishes no count for a mattress and box spring set, so confirm how the set counts against the three item allowance when the pickup is booked.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Residents inside the city limits with a city garbage utility account for the curbside bulky pickup, one free service a year with up to three items, or the Waste and Recycling Drop-off Center at 320 Harvest Drive, where mattresses are on the free recycle item list for city residents who have scheduled garbage collection.
When & how
Book the curbside pickup at least 48 hours ahead by calling (831) 768-3133, or take the unit to the drop-off center at 320 Harvest Drive, which is open Tuesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Get it ready
Keep the unit dry and out of the garbage, recycling and organics carts, and confirm how a mattress and box spring set counts against the three item allowance when you book on (831) 768-3133. At the drop-off center the load has to be covered with a tarp or an extra fee applies, and the vehicle and trailer together cannot exceed 30 feet.
Stove, washer, dryer, dishwasher and microwave are on the curbside bulky list, and the drop-off center takes appliances free once each per residential customer per year. Refrigerators and air conditioners are the exceptions, because the curbside list refuses cooling units.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Curbside: one of the three bulky items inside the free annual pickup for a household with a city garbage utility account. Drop-off center: residential customers get one of each listed appliance free per year, with a $13.00 fee after the yearly amount, and the list covers air conditioners, clothes dryers, dishwashers, freezers, microwaves, ovens, refrigerators, stoves, wall heaters, washing machines, water heaters and water coolers.
When & how
Book the curbside pickup at (831) 768-3133 at least 48 hours ahead, or take the appliance to 320 Harvest Drive Tuesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Get it ready
Empty the appliance and tape the doors shut before it goes out, because the bulky program requires it, and keep each unit within the 4 by 5 by 4 foot size limit and under 100 pounds. Keep a refrigerator or air conditioner off the curbside list entirely and take it to the drop-off center instead.
Refrigerators and air conditioning units are refused on the curbside bulky list, so the drop-off center is the route, where a residential customer gets one of each appliance free per year and pays the published fee after that.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. City residents with scheduled garbage collection, at the Waste and Recycling Drop-off Center, where one unit of each listed appliance is free per residential customer per year and a $13.00 fee applies after the yearly amount. The curbside bulky program explicitly refuses refrigerators and air conditioning units.
When & how
Take the unit to 320 Harvest Drive, open Tuesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and cover the load with a tarp or an extra fee applies.
Get it ready
Empty the unit and secure the doors before the trip, keep it off the curbside bulky order, and never put it in a cart. The vehicle and trailer together cannot exceed 30 feet, and address verification is required at the gate.
E-waste is refused on the curbside bulky list and in the carts, and it is free at the drop-off center, where the e-waste list covers televisions, computers and monitors, keyboards and printers, fax and copy machines, stereos, telephones and VCR or DVD players.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Watsonville residents and small businesses at the Waste and Recycling Drop-off Center, where e-waste is on the free list and household hazardous waste including electronic waste is accepted free. The state transport limit of 15 gallons of liquid or 125 pounds of solid material applies to hazardous material loads.
When & how
Take the items to 320 Harvest Drive, open Tuesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and cover the load with a tarp or pay the extra fee.
Get it ready
Wipe personal data before handover, keep televisions, monitors, computers and consoles out of all three carts and out of the bulky pickup order, and separate them from garbage so the load can be processed quickly. Batteries are accepted on the same free route.
Exercise machines are named on the drop-off center's free recycle item list, so a treadmill or weight machine goes there rather than on the curbside bulky order, which does not list exercise equipment.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Watsonville residents with scheduled garbage collection at the Waste and Recycling Drop-off Center, where exercise machines are listed among the free recycle items.
When & how
Take the machine to 320 Harvest Drive, open Tuesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Get it ready
Break the machine down as far as it will go so it can be handled and separated at the site, take off any console or battery pack so it can be handled with the electronics, and cover the load with a tarp before the gate.
The city runs a bulky item collection program for households inside the city limits: one free pickup a calendar year with a maximum of three items, scheduled in advance with the exact item list, and anything outside that allowance or on the refused list goes to the drop-off center.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Residents within the city limits who have a garbage utility bill with the City of Watsonville, excluding apartment complexes and businesses. One free pickup per calendar year with up to three bulky items, and additional pickups are available at an additional cost that appears on the utility bill.
When & how
Call customer service at (831) 768-3133 at least 48 hours ahead, list the three items, and put them at the curb by 7 a.m. on the collection day. Service runs Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. and is not available on holidays, and the account has to be current.
Get it ready
Keep every item within 4 feet wide by 5 feet long by 4 feet tall and under 100 pounds, leave 3 feet of clearance from carts, cars and mailboxes, and leave the accepted list alone: garbage, roofing and construction material, car parts, mirrors and glass, yard waste, propane tanks, e-waste, refrigerators and air conditioners, hazardous material and landscaping material are all refused on this route and belong at the drop-off center.
Roofing and construction materials are refused on the curbside bulky program, and the city handles project loads with debris boxes and containers instead. City and state rules require at least 65 percent of construction and demolition material to be recycled, and the city publishes the Construction Waste Management Plan contractors use to comply.
City cost & eligibility
The city quotes debris box and container service for projects rather than publishing a single rate, and the drop-off center prices concrete and dirt by volume at $13.00 per cubic yard if a resident hauls it there. Confirm the box, the material stream and the price with the Solid Waste Division at (831) 768-3133.
When & how
Order the debris box or container from the city before the project starts, or take separated concrete and dirt to 320 Harvest Drive during open hours.
Get it ready
Separate reusable material, metal, concrete, dirt, plastic, cardboard, gravel, office recyclables, yard and food waste and the ADC stream of painted wood, roofing, shingles and drywall, because the city collects them separately and concrete or dirt in a drop box is limited to a 15 cubic yard box filled no more than two thirds. Garbage has to go through city services even when recyclables go to another company.
Book the bulky pickup 48 hours ahead with the exact item list
Contact customer service at (831) 768-3133 at least 48 hours before the collection, list the three bulky items, and put only those items at the curb by 7 a.m. on the collection day. Empty drawers, washers and dryers and tape the doors shut, keep each item within 4 feet wide by 5 feet long by 4 feet tall and under 100 pounds, and leave 3 feet of clearance from the carts, parked cars and mailboxes, because blocked material is not collected. The service runs Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. and the account has to be current.
Carts go out the night before and bulky items never go in a cart
Cart wheels should touch the curb with the handles facing the house, carts need three feet of clearance on all sides from signs, poles and cars, and they go out the night before because collection starts at 4:30 a.m. Garbage and recyclables are collected weekly and recycling runs every other week from the free 95 gallon blue cart. The city is explicit that bulky items do not belong in the carts and should go to the drop-off center instead.
The drop-off center is for city residents on a garbage account
The Waste and Recycling Drop-off Center is open to Watsonville residents living within the city limits, address verification is required, and users must have regularly scheduled city garbage collection. Loads have to be covered with a tarp or an extra fee applies, the combined vehicle and trailer length cannot exceed 30 feet, and the site asks users to separate garbage, clean wood, yard waste, tires, mattresses, electronic waste, metal, plastics, hazardous waste and recyclables before arriving so the load can be processed quickly.
Household hazardous waste is free with a transport limit
Household hazardous waste is accepted free at the drop-off center for Watsonville residents and small businesses, and state law limits what one trip may carry: 15 gallons of liquid or 125 pounds of solid material. Accepted material includes paint, batteries of every household sort, fluorescent tubes and compact bulbs, motor oil, oil filters, transmission fluid, brake fluid, antifreeze and electronic waste such as computers, monitors, phones and televisions, and containers should arrive sealed and unmixed.
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 Watsonville Solid Waste Division, Municipal Service Center
Book the free annual bulky item pickup
A Watsonville household with a city garbage utility account and up to three items such as a couch, a mattress, a stove, a washer, a dryer, a dishwasher, a microwave, carpet, a bicycle or two rimless tires.
Cost & conditions
No charge. Residents within the city limits with a garbage utility bill with the city, except apartment complexes and businesses, for one free pickup per calendar year of up to three items. Additional pickups are available at an additional cost.
Arrange it
Call customer service at (831) 768-3133 at least 48 hours ahead with the item list, then set the items at the curb by 7 a.m. on the collection day.
Three items per service and one free service a year, items limited to 4 by 5 by 4 feet and under 100 pounds, no apartment complexes or businesses, and e-waste, cooling appliances, construction materials, yard waste and hazardous material are refused.
City of Watsonville Solid Waste Division, Municipal Service Center
Take the load to the Harvest Drive drop-off center
A city household with mattresses, e-waste, appliances, exercise machines, tires, metal, clean wood, yard waste or extra garbage that the carts and the bulky order will not take.
Cost & conditions
The center prices loads by item and volume: garbage at $4.00 for a 32 gallon can, $6.00 for 68 gallon and $10.00 for 95 gallon with $13.00 per cubic yard, concrete and dirt at $13.00 per cubic yard, and yard waste at a $4.00 minimum and $9.00 per cubic yard, while mattresses, exercise machines, e-waste, metal, clean wood and used motor oil are on the free recycle list and appliances are free once each per residential customer per year with $13.00 after that. Confirm the material and the amount at (831) 768-3133.
Arrange it
Take the load to 320 Harvest Drive, open Tuesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., with the load covered and the vehicle and trailer under 30 feet combined.
Open to city residents with scheduled garbage collection and address verification, closed on Sundays and Mondays, requires a tarp over the load, and the free appliance allowance is one of each item per residential customer per year before the per item fee applies.
City of Watsonville Solid Waste Division, Municipal Service Center
Use the free household hazardous waste service
A city household or small business with paint, batteries, motor oil, oil filters, transmission fluid, brake fluid, antifreeze, fluorescent bulbs or electronic waste.
Cost & conditions
No charge. Free at the Waste and Recycling Drop-off Center at 320 Harvest Drive for Watsonville residents and small businesses only, with the state transport limit of 15 gallons of liquid or 125 pounds of solid material per trip.
Arrange it
Take the material to 320 Harvest Drive on a Tuesday, Wednesday or Saturday during regular business hours, with containers sealed and unmixed.
Small business customers face limited amounts, the transport limit is set by state law, and paint, batteries, oil and antifreeze should arrive in their original or clearly labelled containers rather than mixed together.
City of Watsonville Solid Waste Division, Municipal Service Center
Order a city debris box for a project
A household or contractor clearing a remodel, a roof, a demolition or a landscaping job where construction material has to leave the property.
Cost & conditions
The city provides debris box and container services for construction and demolition loads but prices them per job rather than on a public rate page, so the box, the material stream and the disposal have to be quoted by the Solid Waste Division at (831) 768-3133.
Arrange it
Call (831) 768-3133 to order the box or container, and separate concrete and dirt into their own box, which is limited to 15 cubic yards filled no more than two thirds.
Garbage must go through city services even when recyclables go to another company, the project has to meet the city and California Green Building Standards Code requirement to recycle at least 65 percent of construction and demolition material, and roofing and construction material is never collected on the curbside bulky route.
City waste and recycling drop-off center for bulky, hazardous and hard to recycle items
Watsonville Waste and Recycling Drop-off Center
320 Harvest Drive, Watsonville, CA 95076
Extra garbage, clean and untreated wood, yard waste, tires, mattresses, electronic waste, metal items, plastics except Styrofoam, household hazardous waste including paint, batteries, motor oil, oil filters, transmission fluid, brake fluid, antifreeze, fluorescent tubes and bulbs, and recyclables such as cardboard, paper, glass and metal cans. Free recycle items include mattresses, exercise machines, batteries and most electronics, and appliances are free once each per residential customer per year.
Open to Watsonville residents living within the city limits with regularly scheduled garbage collection and address verification, closed Sundays and Mondays, loads must be covered with a tarp or an extra fee applies, and the combined vehicle and trailer length cannot exceed 30 feet. Styrofoam counts as garbage, hazardous waste is limited to 15 gallons of liquid or 125 pounds of solid material per trip, and after the yearly appliance allowance each unit is charged the published per item fee.
Tuesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., closed Sundays and Mondays and on the published holiday dates; the fee flyer for the same address prints a 2:30 p.m. close, so confirm the closing time before a trip.
Garbage is priced by the can or by volume, concrete, dirt and yard waste are priced by the cubic yard, tires have tiered per item fees, and mattresses, exercise machines, e-waste, metal, clean wood and used motor oil are free, with appliances free once each per year before the per item fee applies. Confirm the exact material and amount at (831) 768-3133.
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 does Watsonville collect a couch?+
Through the city's bulky item pickup. A sofa is on the accepted list, the household needs a city garbage utility account, and the first pickup of the calendar year covers up to three items at no charge. Call customer service at (831) 768-3133 at least 48 hours ahead and put the couch at the curb by 7 a.m. on the collection day.Official guidance
Where do mattresses go in Watsonville?+
Either on the curbside bulky pickup, where mattresses and box springs are on the accepted list, with the count against the three item free allowance confirmed when the pickup is booked on (831) 768-3133, or at the city Waste and Recycling Drop-off Center at 320 Harvest Drive, where mattresses are listed among the free recycle items for residents who have scheduled garbage collection.Official guidance
Is there a limit on free appliance drop off?+
Yes. Residential customers get one of each listed appliance free per year at the drop-off center, covering air conditioners, clothes dryers, dishwashers, freezers, microwaves, ovens, refrigerators, stoves, wall heaters, washing machines, water heaters and water coolers, and the per item fee applies only after that yearly amount has been used. The curbside bulky route instead accepts washers, dryers, dishwashers, microwaves and stoves inside the three item allowance.Official guidance
Where do Watsonville televisions and computers go?+
To the city's Waste and Recycling Drop-off Center at 320 Harvest Drive, where e-waste is a free recycle item covering televisions, computers and monitors, keyboards and printers, fax and copy machines, stereos, telephones, VCR and DVD players and batteries. The curbside bulky program refuses e-waste, so it should never go on a bulky order or in a cart.Official guidance
How many bulky items can Watsonville collect in a year?+
One free pickup per calendar year with a maximum of three bulky items, for a household inside the city limits with a city garbage utility account. Additional pickups cost extra and can be added to the utility bill, and only the items listed on the service order are collected.Official guidance
Who collects trash in Watsonville?+
The City of Watsonville itself: the Municipal Service Center's Solid Waste Division collects garbage and recyclables from more than 11,000 homes and businesses each week, and it also runs the Waste and Recycling Drop-off Center at 320 Harvest Drive. Customer service answers at (831) 768-3133 and utility services start at (831) 768-3455.Official guidance
What are the limits on the Watsonville bulky pickup?+
One free pickup per calendar year with a maximum of three items, for a household inside the city limits that has a city garbage utility account, and additional pickups cost extra. Items must be within 4 feet wide by 5 feet long by 4 feet tall and under 100 pounds, and only the items on the service order are collected.Official guidance
What can never go on a Watsonville bulky order?+
Garbage, roofing and construction materials, car parts, mirrors and glass, yard waste, propane tanks, e-waste such as televisions, computers and gaming consoles, refrigerators and air conditioning units, hazardous materials like paint, batteries, fertilizer and oil, and landscaping materials such as dirt, sand and stumps. Those go to the Waste and Recycling Drop-off Center instead.Official guidance
Who can use the Watsonville drop-off center?+
Watsonville residents living within the city limits who have regularly scheduled city garbage collection, with address verification required at the gate. Loads must be covered with a tarp or an extra fee applies, the vehicle and trailer together cannot exceed 30 feet, and the site is open Tuesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.Official guidance
What is free at the Watsonville drop-off center?+
Mattresses, exercise machines, electronic waste such as televisions, computers and monitors, batteries, metal items, glass bottles and jars, cardboard, paper, clean and untreated wood, bicycles, metal bed frames, used motor oil and Christmas trees are on the free recycle list. Appliances are free once each per residential customer per year before the published per item fee applies, and household hazardous waste is free at the same site for residents and small businesses.Official guidance
How should the carts be set out in Watsonville?+
Cart wheels should touch the curb with the handles facing the house, carts need three feet of clearance on all sides from signs, poles and cars, and they go out the night before because collection starts at 4:30 a.m. Garbage and recyclables are collected weekly, recycling every other week from a free 95 gallon blue cart, and bulky items do not belong in any cart.Official guidance
