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City collection Household furniture is one of the bulky items Carmel's hauler collects, so a couch leaves on a scheduled bulky pickup at an additional charge per item. The city asks for at least 48 hours of notice before the normal pickup day. $20 per bulky item under the City of Carmel programme, paid by the resident in addition to the monthly trash and recycling charge, with bulky landscape waste priced separately at 40.00 per pickup. Carmel residential addresses on the mandatory city programme, with the bulky pickup arranged in advance through Republic Services.
City collection Mattresses are not named on Carmel's bulky item list, which gives household furniture, some appliances and bicycles as the examples, so bedding has to be confirmed with the hauler rather than treated as a published service. The city publishes a 20.00 per bulky item fee with prior arrangement, but its list does not name mattresses, so confirm whether bedding is collected as a bulky item and what it costs with Republic Services at 317-917-7300.
City collection Carmel's bulky service covers some appliances, while a unit that holds refrigerant goes to Hamilton County instead, where refrigerators and freezers are accepted as Freon-containing material at the hazardous waste drop-off center. The city publishes a 20.00 per bulky item fee for the appliances its bulky service takes, and the county does not publish a separate appliance charge, so confirm the unit, the route and any cost before the appliance leaves the house.
City collection Carmel's bulky service is a scheduled pickup at an additional per item charge with 48 hours of notice, and bulky landscape waste has its own charge. The base programme includes three carts, with each extra cart billed monthly, and trash and recycling are collected weekly. $20 per bulky item under the city programme, with bulky landscape waste at 40.00 per pickup, additional carts at 6.75 each per month, and the monthly programme charge published at 16.03 for 2026. All residential addresses inside the Carmel city limits, where participation in the city programme is required.
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?
Carmel makes trash and recycling collection mandatory for every address inside the city and runs it through a Republic Services contract, with three carts included in a monthly programme charge and extra carts billed separately. Large material is a scheduled service rather than a curbside habit: a bulky item costs an additional twenty dollars per item and has to be arranged at least 48 hours before the normal pickup day, with bulky landscape waste priced separately. Furniture, some appliances and bicycles are the examples the city gives, so a couch is straightforward while bedding and an exercise machine need a call to confirm. Televisions and other electronics leave through Hamilton County instead, at the hazardous waste drop-off center in Noblesville, where televisions carry a published twenty dollar fee, computer monitors without an antenna, computers, tablets, gaming systems and peripherals are accepted, and the county's vendor shreds or wipes data storage devices. Household chemicals, Freon appliances and tires go to the same county center, and the City of Carmel also runs its own hazardous waste site free of charge for Carmel residents and Carmel Utilities customers.
Household furniture is one of the bulky items Carmel's hauler collects, so a couch leaves on a scheduled bulky pickup at an additional charge per item. The city asks for at least 48 hours of notice before the normal pickup day.
City cost & eligibility
$20 per bulky item under the City of Carmel programme, paid by the resident in addition to the monthly trash and recycling charge, with bulky landscape waste priced separately at 40.00 per pickup. Carmel residential addresses on the mandatory city programme, with the bulky pickup arranged in advance through Republic Services.
When & how
Call Republic Services at 317-917-7300 at least 48 hours before the normal pickup day, and expect collection within the published 7:00am to 6:00pm service window.
Get it ready
Have the piece at the curb for the arranged day, keep it out of the cart, and confirm the item with the hauler because the city names household furniture, some appliances and bicycles rather than listing every acceptable piece.
Mattresses are not named on Carmel's bulky item list, which gives household furniture, some appliances and bicycles as the examples, so bedding has to be confirmed with the hauler rather than treated as a published service.
City cost & eligibility
The city publishes a 20.00 per bulky item fee with prior arrangement, but its list does not name mattresses, so confirm whether bedding is collected as a bulky item and what it costs with Republic Services at 317-917-7300.
When & how
Call at least 48 hours before the normal pickup day if the hauler confirms the item, and keep the mattress out of the cart in the meantime.
Get it ready
Keep the mattress dry and whole, ask whether a box spring counts as a separate item at the per item rate, and do not set bedding out until the pickup is arranged.
Carmel's bulky service covers some appliances, while a unit that holds refrigerant goes to Hamilton County instead, where refrigerators and freezers are accepted as Freon-containing material at the hazardous waste drop-off center.
City cost & eligibility
The city publishes a 20.00 per bulky item fee for the appliances its bulky service takes, and the county does not publish a separate appliance charge, so confirm the unit, the route and any cost before the appliance leaves the house.
When & how
Call Republic Services at 317-917-7300 for the bulky route at least 48 hours ahead, or take a Freon unit to the county center during its Tuesday to Saturday hours.
Get it ready
Empty and defrost the unit, secure the doors, and confirm whether the appliance is accepted as a bulky item or has to go to the county center because it contains refrigerant.
Electronics leave Carmel for Hamilton County, where the hazardous waste drop-off center takes televisions for a published per television fee and accepts computers, tablets, gaming systems, peripherals and monitors without an antenna. The county vendor shreds or wipes data storage devices before recycling.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Free for Hamilton County residents at the county drop-off center for computers, tablets, gaming systems, peripherals and computer monitors without an antenna, with a 20.00 fee per television payable in exact cash or by credit card with a small convenience fee.
When & how
The center is open Tuesday to Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Saturday 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., closed Sunday, Monday and county government holidays, and registration is encouraged but not required.
Get it ready
Wipe data before handover or ask the vendor to destroy it, and note that residents may drill a hole in a hard drive before turning it in. Televisions carry the fee, so bring exact cash or a card, and the service is limited to Hamilton County residents with no businesses or contractors.
Neither Carmel nor Hamilton County publishes a household route for construction material, and the county center is restricted to the household waste streams it lists, so a project load is arranged privately.
City cost & eligibility
The city publishes no construction rate because construction material is not part of the trash, recycling or bulky programmes, and the county center lists household chemicals, paint, electronics, Freon material and tires rather than construction debris, so a private hauler or container company quotes the load.
When & how
Arrange the container or haul directly with a private company, because there is no published city or county collection day for construction material.
Get it ready
Keep construction material out of the carts, the recycling bin and the bulky request, separate clean concrete, wood and metal where the receiving site asks for it, and confirm the acceptance list before loading.
Exercise equipment is not named on Carmel's bulky list, and the county centre names large workout equipment such as treadmills and ellipticals among what it refuses.
City cost & eligibility
A bulky item costs 20.00 per item with prior arrangement, but no published entry names an exercise machine, so confirm the item and the fee with Republic Services at 317-917-7300 before setting it out. The county centre refuses large workout equipment such as treadmills and ellipticals and refers that material to a scrap metal recycler.
When & how
Call at least 48 hours before the normal pickup day once the hauler confirms the machine.
Get it ready
Describe the machine and its weight when calling, break it down so two people can handle it, and keep it off the curb until the pickup is arranged.
Carmel's bulky service is a scheduled pickup at an additional per item charge with 48 hours of notice, and bulky landscape waste has its own charge. The base programme includes three carts, with each extra cart billed monthly, and trash and recycling are collected weekly.
City cost & eligibility
$20 per bulky item under the city programme, with bulky landscape waste at 40.00 per pickup, additional carts at 6.75 each per month, and the monthly programme charge published at 16.03 for 2026. All residential addresses inside the Carmel city limits, where participation in the city programme is required.
When & how
Trash and recycling are collected weekly during the 7:00am to 6:00pm service window, bulky pickups are arranged at least 48 hours ahead, and there is no collection on New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day or Christmas Day, with service delayed a day for the rest of that week.
Get it ready
Arrange the bulky pickup before setting anything out, cut Christmas trees into sections of four feet or less with bags, ornaments, tinsel and stands removed, and keep the carts to the three included in the programme unless extra carts are worth the monthly charge.
Bulky items need arranging, and the fee is per item
Carmel's weekly collection is for carts, so furniture, some appliances and bicycles need a bulky pickup arranged with Republic Services at least 48 hours before the normal pickup day. The bulky service adds 20.00 per item and bulky landscape waste is priced separately at 40.00 per pickup, so confirm the items and the total before the pickup is booked.
Three carts are included, extras are billed monthly
Participation in the city programme is required for every residential address inside Carmel, the monthly charge including the billing service fee is published at 16.03 for 2026, three carts are included at that price and each additional cart costs 6.75 a month. Trash and recycling are collected weekly between 7:00am and 6:00pm on the service day, and there is no collection on New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day or Christmas Day, with the rest of that week delayed by a day.
Televisions, computers, peripherals and other electronics go to the Hamilton County hazardous waste drop-off center at 1717 Pleasant Street in Noblesville, open Tuesday to Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Saturday 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., closed Sunday and Monday and on county holidays. Televisions carry a 20.00 fee per unit, monitors without an antenna are free, and registration is encouraged rather than required. The same site takes household chemicals, paint, Freon material such as refrigerators and freezers and tires, with a 200 pound chemical limit per residence each month, and it is open to Hamilton County residents only.
The City of Carmel's household hazardous waste facility, administered by the Water-Wastewater Utility since 1998, is free of charge to Carmel residents and Carmel Utilities residential customers, and the material dropped there is packaged and shipped on for recycling or proper disposal. The city publishes the site hours, the accepted item list and a medical sharps programme on linked pages, so the household checks the city page before a visit.
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 Carmel Utilities, Republic Services and Hamilton County
Arrange a bulky item pickup
A household with a couch, a bicycle, an appliance or another item that will not fit one of the three carts.
Cost & conditions
$20 per bulky item under the city programme, in addition to the monthly trash and recycling charge, with bulky landscape waste at 40.00 per pickup. Carmel residential addresses on the mandatory city programme, with the pickup arranged at least 48 hours before the normal collection day.
Arrange it
Call Republic Services at 317-917-7300, Monday to Friday 7:00am to 5:00pm, and arrange the pickup for the confirmed day.
Charged per item on top of the monthly programme charge, the item list uses examples rather than a complete schedule, and anything the hauler will not take as bulky has to be arranged privately.
City of Carmel Utilities, Republic Services and Hamilton County
Use the Hamilton County drop-off center
A household with a television, computer, peripheral, household chemical, paint, tire or a Freon appliance.
Cost & conditions
No charge. Free for Hamilton County residents for the household material the center lists, with a 20.00 fee per television, and no businesses or contractors.
Arrange it
Drive to 1717 Pleasant Street in Noblesville during the open hours, Tuesday to Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. or Saturday 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., and register in advance if convenient.
Closed Sunday, Monday and county government holidays, limited to Hamilton County residents, and capped at 200 pounds of chemical waste including paint per residence each month.
City of Carmel Utilities, Republic Services and Hamilton County
Use Carmel's own hazardous waste site
A Carmel household with paint, chemicals, batteries or sharps that wants to stay inside the city.
Cost & conditions
No charge. Free of charge to City of Carmel residents and Carmel Utilities residential customers, with material packaged and shipped on for recycling or disposal.
Arrange it
Check the city page for the Carmel site's current hours, accepted items and the medical sharps programme, then drop the material off.
Restricted to Carmel residents and Carmel Utilities customers, and the site's hours and accepted list are published on the city's linked pages rather than on this one.
A household with construction and demolition debris or another load that neither the city programme nor the county center takes.
Cost & conditions
Neither the city nor the county publishes a household construction rate, so a private hauling or container company quotes the load.
Arrange it
Contact a private hauler or container company and confirm the receiving site, the acceptance rules and the price.
Nothing in this category rides the city carts or the county drop-off, and hazardous material still has to go to the hazardous waste programmes instead.
County hazardous waste drop-off center and general recycling area serving Carmel households
Hamilton County Household Hazardous Waste Drop-Off Center
1717 Pleasant Street, Noblesville, IN 46060
Household chemicals, paint, electronics including televisions, computer monitors without an antenna, computers, tablets, gaming systems and peripherals, Freon-containing material such as refrigerators and freezers, and tires.
Hamilton County residents only, with no businesses or contractors, limited to 200 pounds of chemical waste including paint per residence each month, advanced registration encouraged but not required, and televisions charged 20.00 each in exact cash or by credit card with a small convenience fee.
Tuesday to Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Saturday 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., closed Sunday and Monday and on county government holidays, with questions at 317-776-4005 or hhw.center@hamiltoncounty.in.gov.
No charge. Free for Hamilton County residents for the accepted household material, with a 20.00 fee per television and no commercial or contractor loads.
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 Carmel collect a couch?+
Through a scheduled bulky pickup with Republic Services, because household furniture is one of the bulky items the city contract covers. The bulky service costs an additional 20.00 per item, paid by the resident, and the city asks for at least 48 hours of notice before the normal pickup day, arranged through 317-917-7300.Official guidance
Where do Carmel appliances go?+
Some appliances ride the city's bulky pickup at 20.00 per item with at least 48 hours of notice, arranged through Republic Services at 317-917-7300. A unit containing refrigerant is different: Hamilton County accepts Freon-containing material such as refrigerators and freezers at its hazardous waste drop-off center at 1717 Pleasant Street in Noblesville, open Tuesday to Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.Official guidance
Where can a Carmel household take a television?+
To the Hamilton County hazardous waste drop-off center at 1717 Pleasant Street in Noblesville, where televisions are accepted with a 20.00 fee per television under the county ordinance, payable in exact cash or by credit card with a small convenience fee. The center is open Tuesday to Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., closed Sunday, Monday and county holidays, and registration is encouraged but not required.Official guidance
How does the Carmel bulky pickup work?+
Call Republic Services at 317-917-7300 at least 48 hours before your normal pickup day and arrange the collection, which costs an additional 20.00 per item, because bulky items such as household furniture, some appliances and bicycles are not part of the routine weekly collection. Bulky landscape waste is a separate service at 40.00 per pickup.Official guidance
Who collects trash in Carmel?+
Republic Services collects trash and curbside recycling under a city contract that every residential address inside Carmel participates in. The monthly programme charge including the billing service fee is published at 16.03 for 2026, three carts are included and each extra cart costs 6.75 a month, collection runs weekly between 7:00am and 6:00pm, and service questions go to 317-917-7300 Monday to Friday 7:00am to 5:00pm.Official guidance
What does a bulky pickup cost in Carmel?+
An additional 20.00 per item, paid by the resident on top of the monthly programme charge, with the pickup arranged at least 48 hours before the normal collection day through Republic Services at 317-917-7300. Bulky landscape waste is a separate service at 40.00 per pickup.Official guidance
Where do Carmel electronics and chemicals go?+
To the Hamilton County hazardous waste drop-off center at 1717 Pleasant Street in Noblesville, open Tuesday to Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., closed Sunday, Monday and county holidays, where televisions cost 20.00 each, monitors without an antenna, computers, game systems and peripherals are free, and the vendor shreds or wipes data storage. The same site takes household chemicals, paint, tires, and Freon material such as refrigerators and freezers, with a 200 pound chemical limit per residence each month, and Carmel also runs its own free hazardous waste site for city residents and Carmel Utilities customers.Official guidance
