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City collection Furniture is a large item that the household hauler collects by arrangement, and it is also eligible material on the city spring cleanup day. Furniture pricing is set by each hauler, and the city publishes no rate, so confirm the piece, the collection day and the charge with the company the address uses. The spring cleanup day is the free route once a year.
City collection A mattress goes out as a large item with the hauler, or can be self hauled to either authority landfill where each mattress and each box spring counts as one item. The hauler sets its own large item price and the authority's landfill charges its published disposal rates with each bedding piece counted as a separate item, so confirm which route is being used and what it costs before anything moves.
City collection Appliances need special handling rather than an ordinary extra item pickup, and the authority also recycles them at the landfill with the doors removed from refrigerators and freezers. The hauler sets its own appliance charge, and the authority's landfill publishes its own appliance recycling rate for a self hauled unit, so confirm the route and the price with the company or the site before the appliance leaves the house.
City collection Ankeny households subscribe to a private hauler for garbage service, and the recycling cart comes separately through the authority program. The city publishes no collection rate because there is no city service and each household contracts directly with one of the five listed haulers, so confirm the monthly price, the pickup day and the cart size with the company the address uses.
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?
Ankeny does not run a city collection service, so the first move for any large item is a call to the household's own hauler. The city lists five companies that serve the town and sends residents to them for rates, pickup days and the cost of taking furniture, appliances and extra trash. Recycling works differently: Metro Waste Authority issues the cart through its Curb It! program and collects every other week, and Ankeny Utility Customer Service handles starting and stopping that service. Everything the hauler will not touch has an authority route. Household chemicals, batteries, televisions and electronics go to the Metro Hazardous Waste Drop-Off in Bondurant, mattresses and appliances can be self hauled to Metro Park East Landfill, and yard waste goes to the compost center there year round. The city also runs free events for tree limbs, leaves and, once a year, large unwanted items.
Ankeny households subscribe to a private hauler for garbage service, and the recycling cart comes separately through the authority program.
City cost & eligibility
The city publishes no collection rate because there is no city service and each household contracts directly with one of the five listed haulers, so confirm the monthly price, the pickup day and the cart size with the company the address uses.
When & how
Garbage runs on the hauler's own schedule for the address, and the recycling cart is collected every other week on the green lid week shown on the cart and on the authority page for the street.
Get it ready
Bag everything that goes in a cart, keep carts within 18 inches of the curb with the metal bar facing the street, leave three feet between carts, yard waste bags and structures, close the lid, and keep single items under four feet because longer material will not fit or be collected. Have the cart out by 6 a.m. Construction material and hazardous waste do not belong in the cart.
Large items and extra trash are arranged with the household hauler, and the city also runs one free cleanup day a year for large unwanted items.
City cost & eligibility
The city sends residents to their hauler for large item and extra trash procedures and fees, and publishes no rate of its own, so confirm the item, the day and the price with the company the address uses, or use the free spring cleanup day.
When & how
Call the hauler to arrange the pickup, or hold the item for the city spring cleanup day, which is posted on the city recycling events page.
Get it ready
Keep the load to items the hauler agrees to take, keep construction and demolition material, hazardous waste, tires and appliances out of the curbside cart, and set the item out only after the pickup is arranged. Appliances need special handling, so the company schedules them rather than collecting them as an ordinary extra item.
Furniture is a large item that the household hauler collects by arrangement, and it is also eligible material on the city spring cleanup day.
City cost & eligibility
Furniture pricing is set by each hauler, and the city publishes no rate, so confirm the piece, the collection day and the charge with the company the address uses. The spring cleanup day is the free route once a year.
When & how
Arrange the pickup with the hauler ahead of the collection day, or hold the piece for the posted spring cleanup day.
Get it ready
Keep upholstery dry and the piece whole unless it comes apart easily, and keep furniture out of the garbage cart. Mattress and box spring pieces are treated as separate items, and anything a contractor removed from the property is the contractor's to haul.
A mattress goes out as a large item with the hauler, or can be self hauled to either authority landfill where each mattress and each box spring counts as one item.
City cost & eligibility
The hauler sets its own large item price and the authority's landfill charges its published disposal rates with each bedding piece counted as a separate item, so confirm which route is being used and what it costs before anything moves.
When & how
Arrange the pickup with the hauler, take the bedding to Metro Park East Landfill during its posted hours, or hold it for the spring cleanup day.
Get it ready
Keep the mattress and box spring dry and count them as separate pieces, because each one is treated as its own item at the landfill and by most haulers. Confirm whether the hauler wants bedding bagged or wrapped before it goes to the curb.
Appliances need special handling rather than an ordinary extra item pickup, and the authority also recycles them at the landfill with the doors removed from refrigerators and freezers.
City cost & eligibility
The hauler sets its own appliance charge, and the authority's landfill publishes its own appliance recycling rate for a self hauled unit, so confirm the route and the price with the company or the site before the appliance leaves the house.
When & how
Call the hauler to schedule the appliance rather than setting it out with an extra trash pile, or take it to Metro Park East Landfill during its posted weekday and Saturday hours.
Get it ready
Empty the unit completely, remove the doors from a refrigerator or freezer before landfill recycling, and ask the hauler when the pickup is booked whether the refrigerant has to be recovered and tagged first, because the city does not publish that step. Secure any door left on a unit that is waiting for pickup.
Electronics go to the authority's hazardous waste drop-off, which charges by the pound for electronics and by screen size for televisions, and the landfill takes electronics by the ton but refuses cathode ray tube material.
City cost & eligibility
From $0.5 for the published per pound charge for computer waste and electronics at the Metro Hazardous Waste Drop-Off, with televisions charged per set by screen size and the landfill's electronics rate charged by the ton on a self hauled load. Any household bringing material to the Bondurant drop-off during its posted hours, with the same items available by appointment at the Grimes transfer station except that Grimes does not accept electronics or televisions at all.
When & how
Drop off during the posted weekday and Saturday hours at Bondurant, or by appointment at the Grimes transfer station, or take a load to Metro Park East Landfill during its posted hours.
Get it ready
Keep electronics out of the garbage cart and the recycling cart, remove and set aside any battery the household can take out safely, and expect cathode ray tube televisions and monitors to be refused at the landfill's electronics stream, which leaves the hazardous waste drop-off as the route for those sets.
Construction and demolition material is refused in the garbage cart, and the route is a self haul to the landfill at its published rate or a private hauler.
City cost & eligibility
The authority states that construction and demolition material is not allowed in the garbage cart, listing rubble, concrete, wood and metal among the material that has to stay out. The route is a self haul to Metro Park East Landfill, which publishes a per ton rate with a minimum for construction and demolition loads, or a private hauler or container.
When & how
Take the load to Metro Park East Landfill during its posted weekday and Saturday hours, or arrange a private hauler or container for a larger project.
Get it ready
Separate clean concrete, wood and metal so the load can be priced, keep hazardous material such as asbestos out entirely, and keep construction debris out of the carts and out of the yard waste pile, because the yard waste program excludes dirt, sod, stumps, mulch and rocks.
Exercise machines are not named on any published list, so the hauler is asked before the machine goes to the curb.
City cost & eligibility
No published rate covers an exercise machine because no page names the category, so call the household hauler and ask whether the machine counts as one large item and what it costs, or hold it for the free spring cleanup day for large unwanted items.
When & how
Confirm the machine with the hauler first, then arrange the pickup, or hold it for the posted spring cleanup day.
Get it ready
Break the machine down as far as it comes apart, take off loose weights and the console, and keep the pieces together. Leave it off the curb until a pickup is arranged, because an unarranged item is not a scheduled large item collection.
Yard waste cannot go in the landfill, so it leaves through the hauler, through the city's free limb and leaf events, or at the compost center at Metro Park East.
City cost & eligibility
The city sends yard waste collection fees to the hauler and Ankeny is not on the authority's Compost It! city list, so confirm the curbside price with the company the address uses. The city tree and branch events and leaf collection days are free to city residents.
When & how
Curbside yard waste follows the hauler's schedule. Tree and branch collection runs three times a year, in May, June and October, leaf collection days fall in October and November, and the compost center at Metro Park East takes yard waste year round during landfill hours.
Get it ready
Keep yard waste out of the garbage cart, separate it from household trash, and keep dirt, sod, tree stumps, mulch, rocks and food out of the pile. For the city branch events, keep limbs between 1 inch and 8 inches in diameter, stack the cut ends at the end of the vehicle and leave roots, stumps and other yard waste at home.
Household chemicals go to the authority drop-off in Bondurant, which is free for most items and publishes its fees for the rest.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Most household chemicals are free at the Metro Hazardous Waste Drop-Off up to a 75 pound limit per visit, with a per pound charge above that limit and published fees for specific items such as latex paint, small appliances, electronics, televisions, paper shredding, propane bottles and tires. Houseside collection is also available to Ankeny residents for a fee.
When & how
Drop off during the posted weekday and Saturday hours at Bondurant, by appointment at the Grimes transfer station, or use the houseside collection service the city says is available on an as needed basis.
Get it ready
Keep chemicals, batteries and lawn products out of every cart, bring them in original or clearly labeled containers, and use the listed sharps container or pay the published fee when sharps arrive loose. The Grimes location keeps containers because it cannot pour material off.
Carts go out by 6 a.m. on the collection day with everything inside bagged and the lid closed. The cart sits within 18 inches of the curb with the metal bar facing the street, and three feet of space is left between other carts, yard waste bags and structures. Items longer than four feet do not fit and will not be collected, and carts that overflow are not emptied.
Five haulers serve the city, and each one prices its own service
Ankeny Sanitation, Aspen Waste Systems, Garbage Guys, Waste Connections of Iowa and Waste Management of Iowa all collect residential garbage in the city, and the city sends residents to the company they use for rates, pickup days and times, yard waste fees, large item and extra trash procedures, missed collections and cart changes. The city itself publishes no collection rate.
The free city events for limbs, leaves and large junk
Spring cleanup day lets residents inside the corporate limits dispose of large unwanted items free of charge at the Ankeny Sanitation site on SE Delaware Avenue, with proof of residency and no trucks larger than a pickup. Tires come off the rim and are limited to 5 per household. Tree and branch recycling runs three times a year at the City Maintenance Facility on SE Lorenz Drive, and leaf collection days run in October and November.
Two gates for household chemicals, plus a houseside option
The Metro Hazardous Waste Drop-Off at 1105 Prairie Drive SW in Bondurant takes household chemicals during its posted weekday and Saturday hours and is where containers can be poured off. The Grimes transfer station takes the same material by appointment only, keeps the containers, and does not accept electronics, appliances or tires. Ankeny residents can also use the houseside collection service on an as needed basis for a fee.
Metro Park East Landfill takes the self hauled loads
The landfill at 12181 NE University Ave. in Mitchellville is open Monday through Friday from 6:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and on Saturday from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. between April 1 and October 31 or from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. between November 1 and March 31. Small vehicles pay a flat rate by vehicle and larger vehicles pay by the ton with a minimum, and a load mixing material types is charged at the highest applicable rate.
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.
A household with a couch, mattress, appliance, exercise machine or pile of extra trash that will not fit in the cart.
Cost & conditions
There is no city rate because each household contracts privately, so call the company that serves the address for the item price, the collection day and any special handling an appliance needs.
Arrange it
Call the hauler the address uses, list every item, ask whether an appliance or refrigerant unit needs special handling, and set the items out only for the agreed collection day.
Each company sets its own prices and its own list of what it will take, and construction and demolition material, hazardous waste and tires are not cart waste.
Private haulers under contract with Ankeny households, with Metro Waste Authority and the City of Ankeny Public Works
City spring cleanup day
A household inside the corporate limits with large unwanted items that can wait for the posted cleanup date.
Cost & conditions
No charge. The city describes the spring cleanup day as free disposal of large unwanted items for residents inside the corporate limits, with proof of residency required and trucks larger than a pickup prohibited.
Arrange it
Watch the city recycling events page for the date, load the vehicle, and bring proof of residency to the Ankeny Sanitation headquarters on SE Delaware Avenue.
Antifreeze, asphalt, batteries, clothes dryers and washers, computer monitors, dehumidifiers, dishwashers, freezer and refrigerator, furnaces, microwave ovens, oil, ovens and stoves, paint, pesticides, propane and helium tanks, television sets, tree stumps, water heaters and yard debris are refused. Tires are accepted off the rim up to 5 per household.
Private haulers under contract with Ankeny households, with Metro Waste Authority and the City of Ankeny Public Works
Houseside collection of household chemicals
An Ankeny household with hazardous waste that cannot be taken to a drop-off during the posted hours.
Cost & conditions
The authority lists houseside collection as a service available for a fee, and the price depends on what is collected, so confirm the materials and the charge before the appointment.
Arrange it
Request the houseside collection through the authority, describe every material being set out, and follow the container and labeling instructions given at the time of the request.
The service is for household hazardous waste rather than for trash, furniture or construction material, and the same acceptance rules apply as at the drop-off, including the limit on the free weight allowance.
A household or contractor with construction, remodeling or demolition material, or a load larger than a curb pickup takes.
Cost & conditions
No public rate covers a container or a construction haul, so confirm the container size, the material, the access at the property and the price directly with the company before it is delivered.
Arrange it
Describe the material and where it will be staged, ask whether the load will be separated by material type, and confirm the destination before the container arrives.
Construction and demolition material cannot go in the garbage cart, and the landfill charges a load that mixes material types at the highest applicable rate, so keeping concrete, wood and metal apart can change the cost.
Household hazardous waste, batteries, cooking oil, light strands, lawn and garden chemicals, automotive chemicals, household cleaners, gasoline, light bulbs, motor oil with oil filters, antifreeze, oil based paint, pesticides, pool chemicals, stains and varnishes, sharps in an acceptable container, small appliances, computer waste, electronics, televisions, fire extinguishers, paper for shredding, one pound propane bottles and tires, plus bagged compost, recycling drop-off and bottle and can redemption on the same schedule.
Most items are free up to 75 pounds per visit with a per pound charge above the limit, and specific items carry published fees, including small appliances, electronics and computer waste by the pound, televisions by screen size, latex paint by the gallon can, paper shredding by the pound, one pound propane bottles, fire extinguishers and tires by size. Sharps cost extra when they arrive without an acceptable container. This site pours containers off; the Grimes transfer station keeps them and does not accept electronics, appliances or tires.
Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon, closed on major holidays.
No charge. Most household chemicals, batteries, light bulbs, motor oil, antifreeze and oil based paint are free to households up to a 75 pound per visit allowance, with a per pound charge above the allowance and published fees on the items listed in the restrictions.
Residential garbage, construction and demolition material, yard waste at the compost center on site, mattresses and box springs, appliances including refrigerators, freezers, ranges, air conditioners, dehumidifiers, water heaters, furnaces, washers, dryers, dishwashers and microwaves, electronics and televisions that do not contain a cathode ray tube, tires and bulky waste such as telephone poles and unprepared trees.
Cathode ray tube electronics and televisions are refused, doors must be removed from refrigerators and freezers before appliance recycling, loads carrying more than one material type are charged at the highest applicable rate, and payment is due at the time of service by cash or card. Bulky waste over 6 feet long and 18 inches in diameter carries its own per ton rate.
Monday through Friday from 6:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Saturday from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. between April 1 and October 31 and from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. between November 1 and March 31.
From $12 for the flat rate for a car load under 200 pounds, with vans and SUVs and then large vehicles at higher flat rates, and vehicles over 6,000 pounds charged by the ton with a minimum for residential garbage, yard waste, construction and demolition material and electronics, plus separate appliance, television and tire rates. Any household delivering waste to the landfill, with payment due at the time of service. A load that mixes material types is charged at the highest applicable rate, and appliance recycling has its own published residential rate.
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 get rid of a large item in Ankeny?+
Contact the household's private hauler, because the city lists large items, extra trash and their fees among the things each company handles for its own customers. The city spring cleanup day is the free alternative once a year, for residents inside the city limits.Official guidance
What counts as an extra item?+
Anything that will not fit in the cart with the lid closed, such as a couch, a mattress, a large appliance or a pile of bagged trash. In communities that use the authority's orange sticker, extra bags and large items are stickered for collection, and an appliance takes its stickers as well as a scheduled pickup, which the authority books on 515.244.0021.Official guidance
How do I dispose of a mattress in Ankeny?+
Ask the household hauler to take it as a large item, or self haul it to Metro Park East Landfill in Mitchellville, where mattresses and box springs are accepted during posted hours. The city spring cleanup day is the free once a year alternative.Official guidance
Does a box spring count separately from the mattress?+
Yes on the authority side: each mattress and each box spring counts as one item when a household brings bedding to a landfill. Ask the hauler the same question when a curbside pickup is arranged, because a set may be priced as two pieces.Official guidance
How are appliances removed in Ankeny?+
The authority notes that an appliance needs special handling and a scheduled collection, so the hauler is called ahead rather than the unit being set out with the trash. The alternative is a self haul to Metro Park East Landfill, which recycles appliances at its published residential rate.Official guidance
What has to be done to a refrigerator first?+
Empty it, and remove the doors before taking it to the landfill for appliance recycling, which the rates page requires for refrigerators and freezers. For a curbside unit, ask the hauler whether the refrigerant has to be recovered and tagged, because no city or authority page publishes that step for a home pickup.Official guidance
Where do televisions and electronics go in Ankeny?+
To the Metro Hazardous Waste Drop-Off at 1105 Prairie Drive SW in Bondurant, which accepts computers, electronics and televisions and publishes its hours. The Grimes transfer station takes hazardous waste by appointment but not electronics or televisions, and the landfill refuses cathode ray tube material.Official guidance
What do electronics cost at the drop-off?+
Computer waste and electronics are charged by the pound, and a television is charged per set by screen size, with the smaller size costing less than the larger one. The same program takes batteries, light bulbs and oil based paint at no charge within its weight allowance.Official guidance
Who collects the garbage in Ankeny?+
A private hauler the household chooses, because Ankeny runs subscription collection rather than a city service. The city lists Ankeny Sanitation, Aspen Waste Systems, Garbage Guys, Waste Connections of Iowa and Waste Management of Iowa, and each company sets its own rate and schedule.Official guidance
How does the recycling cart work in Ankeny?+
Metro Waste Authority issues the cart through its Curb It! program and collects every other week on the green lid week, with the schedule printed on the cart lid. Start and stop requests go to Ankeny Utility Customer Service on 515-963-3565 and cart or missed collection questions go to the authority on 515-244-0021.Official guidance
What is the city spring cleanup day?+
Once a year in the spring, residents inside the corporate limits can dispose of large unwanted items free of charge at the Ankeny Sanitation headquarters on SE Delaware Avenue, with proof of residency and no trucks larger than a pickup. A published refusal list covers chemicals, appliances, electronics, paint, propane tanks, tires in quantity, stumps and yard debris.Official guidance
When is the hazardous waste drop-off open?+
The Metro Hazardous Waste Drop-Off at 1105 Prairie Drive SW in Bondurant is open Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon, closed on major holidays. The Grimes transfer station takes the same material by appointment only.Official guidance
Is a mattress set one item or two?+
On the authority side each mattress and each box spring counts as one item when it is brought to a landfill. Ask the hauler the same question when a curbside pickup is booked, because a set may be priced as two separate large items.Official guidance
