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City collection A couch that will not fit the waste cart is a large item in Des Moines, so it leaves the curb under the city's sticker programme rather than through a private hauler. The pickup itself is scheduled by phone once the sticker is in place. $5 for for one pink Large Item sticker per large item under the City of Des Moines bulk trash programme, with the pickup then scheduled by phone. Des Moines households on the city collection service, with the sticker bought in advance from one of the listed retailers and the pickup scheduled at (515) 283-4950.
City collection No Des Moines page names a mattress, so bedding is not offered a dedicated route. The city's large item programme, which covers items that will not fit the cart, is the documented curbside path, and the free alternative is a SCRUB drop-off, so the item count and the correct route are confirmed with the city first. The city publishes no mattress entry or mattress rate, and the large item programme is priced per sticker rather than per item type, so confirm how many stickers a mattress or a mattress and box spring set needs, or whether a SCRUB event takes it, with the city at (515) 283-4950.
City collection An appliance is a large item in Des Moines with a published twist: it needs seven pink Large Item stickers rather than one, and the collection is scheduled by phone. The city's own image of the collection shows an appliance being lifted from the curb by the Public Works truck. $35 for for the seven pink Large Item stickers that an appliance requires at 5.00 each under the City of Des Moines bulk trash programme. Des Moines households on the city collection service, with the stickers bought in advance from the listed retailers and the pickup scheduled at (515) 283-4950.
City collection Des Moines prices its overflow material with stickers: a pink Extra Trash sticker for items, bags or boxes of trash once the cart is full, a pink Large Item sticker for anything too big for the cart, and a green Compost It! sticker for bulk tree limbs, branch bundles and holiday trees. The free route for a bigger load is a SCRUB drop-off event. $1 for for one pink Extra Trash sticker per extra item, bag or box of household trash once the cart is full, with Large Item stickers at 5.00 each and bulk yard waste requiring a green Compost It! sticker. Des Moines households on the city collection service, with stickers bought in advance at the listed retailers.
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?
Des Moines runs its large item program on stickers. Anything that will not fit the waste cart needs a pink Large Item sticker, an appliance takes seven of them, and the pickup is booked by phone, so a couch, a mattress or an appliance leaves the curb through the city's own collection rather than a private hauler. Extra bags or boxes of trash take a smaller pink sticker once the cart is full, and bulky yard waste takes a green Compost It! sticker, with the stickers sold at seven named locations around the city. The free alternative for a bigger load is a SCRUB event, where residents drop off large trash items, bulk yard waste and more at no charge during the monthly events that run from March through November, with the drop-off at the Metro Central Transfer Station on Delaware Avenue. Household chemicals and electronics move through the Metro Waste Authority instead, whose hazardous waste drop-off publishes its own opening days and takes bagged compost at the same window, while the authority's electronics and construction sections publish no acceptance list or rate in the material, so those items are confirmed rather than promised.
A couch that will not fit the waste cart is a large item in Des Moines, so it leaves the curb under the city's sticker programme rather than through a private hauler. The pickup itself is scheduled by phone once the sticker is in place.
City cost & eligibility
$5 for for one pink Large Item sticker per large item under the City of Des Moines bulk trash programme, with the pickup then scheduled by phone. Des Moines households on the city collection service, with the sticker bought in advance from one of the listed retailers and the pickup scheduled at (515) 283-4950.
When & how
Buy the pink sticker, attach it to the item, and call (515) 283-4950 to schedule the curbside collection. The free alternative is a SCRUB drop-off event, which runs monthly from March through November.
Get it ready
Attach the sticker where the crew can see it, keep the item at the curb rather than inside the cart, and remember that an appliance is not a single sticker item because it takes seven of them.
No Des Moines page names a mattress, so bedding is not offered a dedicated route. The city's large item programme, which covers items that will not fit the cart, is the documented curbside path, and the free alternative is a SCRUB drop-off, so the item count and the correct route are confirmed with the city first.
City cost & eligibility
The city publishes no mattress entry or mattress rate, and the large item programme is priced per sticker rather than per item type, so confirm how many stickers a mattress or a mattress and box spring set needs, or whether a SCRUB event takes it, with the city at (515) 283-4950.
When & how
Call (515) 283-4950 before buying stickers, and check the SCRUB event calendar for the monthly drop-off dates from March through November.
Get it ready
Keep the mattress dry and whole, ask whether a box spring counts separately, and do not set bedding out with a single sticker until the city confirms the count.
An appliance is a large item in Des Moines with a published twist: it needs seven pink Large Item stickers rather than one, and the collection is scheduled by phone. The city's own image of the collection shows an appliance being lifted from the curb by the Public Works truck.
City cost & eligibility
$35 for for the seven pink Large Item stickers that an appliance requires at 5.00 each under the City of Des Moines bulk trash programme. Des Moines households on the city collection service, with the stickers bought in advance from the listed retailers and the pickup scheduled at (515) 283-4950.
When & how
Buy seven pink stickers, attach them to the appliance, and call (515) 283-4950 to schedule the collection, or take the unit to a SCRUB drop-off event between March and November.
Get it ready
Empty and defrost the unit, secure the doors, and buy all seven stickers before calling, because the page states that appliances require seven of them and the crew will not take a unit that is not stickered.
The Metro Waste Authority publishes an electronics entry in its recycling and disposal guide and runs a hazardous waste drop-off with published hours, but the guide lists no device list and no rate, so device acceptance and any charge are confirmed with the authority before a trip.
City cost & eligibility
The authority publishes the drop-off hours and points to its accepted items and rates rather than a device list with prices, so confirm what the Metro Hazardous Waste Drop-off takes and what it charges with the authority before a television or computer leaves the house.
When & how
The Metro Hazardous Waste Drop-off is open Tuesday to Friday from 10 AM to 6 PM and Saturday from 8 AM to noon, closed on major holidays.
Get it ready
Wipe personal data before handover, keep electronics out of the waste cart, and confirm the accepted device list with the authority before loading a vehicle.
The city runs no curbside construction route, and the Metro Waste Authority recycles sorted project material at Metro Park East Landfill: rubble, concrete, clean wood and metal loads each go in at no charge per ton while a commingled load carries the authority's published C&D rate, so the load has to be sorted before it leaves the property.
City cost & eligibility
The authority publishes an accepted material table rather than a household fee: rubble, concrete, clean wood and metal are taken at no charge per ton and a commingled load is charged at the authority's published C&D rate, which it keeps on its Metro Park East Landfill rates page, so confirm the current rate and the sort rules with the authority on 515.244.0021 before the material is hauled.
When & how
Take the separated load to the Metro Park East Landfill during its published hours, or arrange the load with a private container company. Confirm the rate and the load rules with the Metro Waste Authority first.
Get it ready
Keep construction material out of the waste cart and off any stickered large item pile. Sort clean rubble, concrete, unpainted wood and metal into their own loads rather than mixing them, because the authority refuses a mixed load in those streams and charges a commingled load instead. Keep treated, painted or stained wood, plywood, particle board, shingles, cardboard, plastic and garbage out of the clean streams, and remember that concrete has a size restriction with slabs not allowed.
Exercise equipment is named nowhere in the Des Moines material, so a treadmill or weight machine has to be confirmed against the large item programme before a sticker is bought.
City cost & eligibility
No published entry or rate covers an exercise machine, so confirm whether it qualifies as a large item at one sticker or needs another arrangement, and whether a SCRUB event will take it, by calling the city at (515) 283-4950.
When & how
Call the city before buying stickers, or check the SCRUB event calendar for the monthly drop-off dates from March through November.
Get it ready
Describe the machine and its weight when calling, break it down as far as it will go, and keep it off the curb until the city confirms that it can be collected as a large item.
Des Moines prices its overflow material with stickers: a pink Extra Trash sticker for items, bags or boxes of trash once the cart is full, a pink Large Item sticker for anything too big for the cart, and a green Compost It! sticker for bulk tree limbs, branch bundles and holiday trees. The free route for a bigger load is a SCRUB drop-off event.
City cost & eligibility
$1 for for one pink Extra Trash sticker per extra item, bag or box of household trash once the cart is full, with Large Item stickers at 5.00 each and bulk yard waste requiring a green Compost It! sticker. Des Moines households on the city collection service, with stickers bought in advance at the listed retailers.
When & how
Stickers go on before collection, the cart lid has to close completely for the cart itself to be emptied, and SCRUB events run monthly from March through November for free drop-offs of large trash and bulk yard waste.
Get it ready
Keep the cart lid closed, sticker any overflow separately, cut limbs to ten feet or less with a maximum diameter of twenty-four inches for vegetative debris collection, and keep piles three feet from utilities, mailboxes, trees and other structures.
Large items and overflow are handled with stickers
Des Moines prices its curbside overflow with stickers: a pink Large Item sticker for anything too big for the cart, seven of them for an appliance, a pink Extra Trash sticker for extra items, bags or boxes once the cart is full, and a green Compost It! sticker for bulk tree limbs, branch bundles and holiday trees. The prices sit in the sticker charge records, the stickers are sold at seven locations around the city, and the large item collection is scheduled by calling (515) 283-4950.
Residents can drop off large trash items, bulk yard waste and more at no charge during the SCRUB events, which run monthly from March through November. The city's own photograph shows a SCRUB event at the Metro Central Transfer Station on Delaware Avenue, where residents unload large trash from their vehicles.
When the city runs a vegetative debris collection, debris must be at the curb by 7 a.m. on the stated date, only tree and yard waste is eligible, limbs must be cut to ten feet or shorter with a maximum diameter of twenty-four inches across, and piles must stay at least three feet from utilities, mailboxes, trees and other structures.
Chemicals go to the Metro Hazardous Waste Drop-off
Household chemicals do not ride any city route. The Metro Waste Authority operates the Metro Hazardous Waste Drop-off, open Tuesday to Friday from 10 AM to 6 PM and Saturday from 8 AM to noon, closed on major holidays, with accepted items and rates published on the authority's hazardous waste page, and the same window accepts bagged compost.
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 Des Moines Public Works and Metro Waste Authority
Buy stickers and schedule a curbside collection
A household with a couch, an appliance, a mattress or a pile of extra trash that will not fit the cart.
Cost & conditions
$5 for for one pink Large Item sticker per large item, with appliances requiring seven stickers at 5.00 each and extra trash taking a pink 1.00 sticker per item, bag or box. Des Moines households on the city collection service, with stickers bought in advance at one of the seven listed retailers and the pickup scheduled at (515) 283-4950.
Arrange it
Buy the stickers, attach them to the material, and call (515) 283-4950 to schedule the collection.
The programme prices by sticker rather than by item type, ordinary household trash still belongs in the cart, and anything the city does not accept as a large item has to be confirmed before stickers are bought.
City of Des Moines Public Works and Metro Waste Authority
Drop chemicals and possibly electronics at the authority
A household with paint, chemicals, batteries, electronics or other material the city will not take.
Cost & conditions
The authority publishes the drop-off hours and a link to its accepted items and rates rather than a schedule of charges, so confirm the accepted material and any fee before a trip.
Arrange it
Drive to the Metro Hazardous Waste Drop-off during its open hours, Tuesday to Friday 10 AM to 6 PM and Saturday 8 AM to noon, closed on major holidays.
Chemicals never ride the city collection, and electronics acceptance and pricing have to be confirmed with the authority first.
A household with construction and demolition debris or another load the city and the authority do not clearly accept.
Cost & conditions
The city publishes no construction rate. The Metro Waste Authority takes sorted rubble, concrete, clean wood and metal at no charge per ton and charges a commingled load at its published C&D rate, so confirm the rate and the sort rules with the authority on 515.244.0021 or take a quote from a private container company.
Arrange it
Contact a private container company or the Metro Waste Authority and confirm the receiving site, the acceptance rules and the price.
Nothing in this category qualifies automatically for the sticker programme, and hazardous material still goes to the authority's hazardous waste drop-off.
Transfer station that hosts the city's free SCRUB drop-off events
Metro Central Transfer Station
4198 Delaware Avenue, Des Moines, IA
Large trash items, bulk yard waste and more, dropped off free of charge during the monthly SCRUB events that run from March through November.
Event based rather than open on demand, and the accepted material is set by the SCRUB event rules, so confirm what the next event takes before loading.
SCRUB events run monthly from March through November, and the city publishes each date; no standing public hours are given in the material.
No charge. Free to Des Moines residents at the SCRUB events for the large trash items and bulk yard waste the events accept.
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 Des Moines collect a couch?+
Buy a pink Large Item sticker, attach it to the piece, and call (515) 283-4950 to schedule the curbside pickup, because large items that do not fit the waste cart require that sticker at the price carried in the charge record. The free alternative is a SCRUB event, where residents drop off large trash items and bulk yard waste at no charge during the monthly events from March to November.Official guidance
How many stickers does an appliance need in Des Moines?+
Seven. The city states that large items need a pink Large Item sticker and that appliances require seven of them, so a unit takes seven stickers at the published price before the pickup is scheduled at (515) 283-4950. Extra bags or boxes of trash take a separate Extra Trash sticker once the cart is full.Official guidance
How do stickers and SCRUB events work in Des Moines?+
Extra items, bags or boxes of trash need a pink Extra Trash sticker once the waste cart is full, anything too large for the cart needs a pink Large Item sticker, appliances need seven of those stickers, and bulk tree limbs, branch bundles or holiday trees need a green Compost It! sticker. The free alternative for a large load is a SCRUB drop-off event, where large trash items and bulk yard waste are accepted at no charge during the monthly events from March to November.Official guidance
How does the Des Moines sticker system work?+
Large items that will not fit the waste cart need a pink Large Item sticker and an appliance needs seven of them, extra items, bags or boxes of trash need a pink Extra Trash sticker once the cart is full, and bulk tree limbs, branch bundles or holiday trees need a green Compost It! sticker. The prices are in the sticker charge records, the stickers are sold at seven locations including 3221 SE 14th St and 420 Court Ave, and the large item pickup is scheduled by calling (515) 283-4950.Official guidance
What are the Des Moines SCRUB events?+
SCRUB events let residents drop off large trash items, bulk yard waste and more for free, and they run monthly from March through November. The city's own photograph shows an event at the Metro Central Transfer Station on Delaware Avenue, where residents unload large trash from their vehicles, so a household with a big load can avoid buying stickers entirely by waiting for the next event.Official guidance
Where do Des Moines chemicals and electronics go?+
Household chemicals go to the Metro Waste Authority's Metro Hazardous Waste Drop-off, open Tuesday to Friday from 10 AM to 6 PM and Saturday from 8 AM to noon and closed on major holidays, with accepted items and rates on the authority's hazardous waste page; bagged compost is taken in the same window. The authority also publishes an electronics entry in its recycling and disposal guide, but that guide lists no accepted devices and no price, so confirm both before a trip.Official guidance
