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Choose a clear outdoor spot.
You arrange any carrying out of your home or down interior stairs. Keep entrances, sidewalks and shared access clear. We handle loading and haul-away from outside.
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City collection Furniture such as a sofa, table, chair, dresser or bookcase is accepted on the free heavy trash route rather than in the trash cart, and one item is taken per scheduled pickup. No charge. Evansville residents who pay for trash service on their water bill, for one heavy trash item per scheduled pickup, with a pair such as a table and chairs counting as one item; apartment complexes, mobile home communities, businesses and county addresses are not eligible.
City collection A mattress and box spring are on the heavy trash list, and because they are usually a pair the two pieces count as the single item allowed per pickup. No charge. Evansville residents who pay for trash service on their water bill, with the mattress and box spring treated as one item because the utility counts pairs such as a mattress and box spring together.
City collection Stoves, washers, dryers, microwaves and water heaters ride the free heavy trash route, and a refrigerator or freezer is taken only when its refrigerant has been removed and tagged by a certified professional. No charge. Evansville residents who pay for trash service on their water bill, for one appliance per scheduled pickup, except that a refrigerator or freezer is accepted only with the refrigerant removed and tagged by a certified professional to meet the city safety guidelines.
City collection The utility books one heavy trash item per pickup at no charge as often as every two weeks, with pairs counted as a single item, and larger loads need a quoted special pickup. No charge. Evansville residents who pay for trash service on their water bill, for one item per heavy trash pickup with pairs such as a mattress and box spring counted together; the service pauses during fall leaf collection from November through mid-December, and items that will not fit the truck are quoted separately.
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.
Selected customer reviews. Counts checked September 2026.
The local disposal guide
Will the city take it?
Evansville treats household waste as a utility. Republic Services of Evansville collects trash weekly and single stream recycling every other week from city carts, and the cost rides on the Evansville Water and Sewer Utility bill. Large household pieces come off the curb through the utility's free heavy trash service, which runs as often as every two weeks and takes one item per pickup, with items that are usually a pair such as a mattress and a box spring counting as one. Furniture, appliances and limited construction material are all on that list, while televisions, computers, tires, auto batteries, concrete blocks, bricks and privacy fencing are refused. Apartment complexes, mobile home communities, businesses and county addresses are not eligible for the heavy trash route at all. The Vanderburgh County Solid Waste District covers the rest with twice-yearly electronics recycling, twice-yearly Tox-Away days for household chemicals, a fall tire collection and two free recycling drop-off yards.
Furniture such as a sofa, table, chair, dresser or bookcase is accepted on the free heavy trash route rather than in the trash cart, and one item is taken per scheduled pickup.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Evansville residents who pay for trash service on their water bill, for one heavy trash item per scheduled pickup, with a pair such as a table and chairs counting as one item; apartment complexes, mobile home communities, businesses and county addresses are not eligible.
When & how
Submit the utility heavy trash form or call Republic Services at 800-886-3345, wait for the confirmation, then place the piece where the trash and recycling carts normally go the day before the pickup.
Get it ready
Keep the piece liftable by two people and small enough to fit inside a normal collection truck, remove drawers and loose cushions, and keep it clear of the carts so the crew is not blocked.
A mattress and box spring are on the heavy trash list, and because they are usually a pair the two pieces count as the single item allowed per pickup.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Evansville residents who pay for trash service on their water bill, with the mattress and box spring treated as one item because the utility counts pairs such as a mattress and box spring together.
When & how
Book the pickup through the utility heavy trash form or by calling Republic Services at 800-886-3345, then set the mattress and box spring where the carts normally go the day before the scheduled collection.
Get it ready
Keep the bedding dry and bag it in wet weather so it stays liftable, take off any frame or headboard because those are separate pieces, and never leave a mattress beside the cart hoping the weekly truck will take it.
Stoves, washers, dryers, microwaves and water heaters ride the free heavy trash route, and a refrigerator or freezer is taken only when its refrigerant has been removed and tagged by a certified professional.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Evansville residents who pay for trash service on their water bill, for one appliance per scheduled pickup, except that a refrigerator or freezer is accepted only with the refrigerant removed and tagged by a certified professional to meet the city safety guidelines.
When & how
Call Republic Services at 800-886-3345 or submit the utility form, and for a refrigerator or freezer arrange the certified refrigerant removal and tag before the pickup is booked.
Get it ready
Empty the unit, clean and defrost it, secure or remove the doors so nothing can be trapped inside, and remove loose cords. Keep a cooling appliance out of the pile until the certified tag is in place.
Televisions are refused on the heavy trash route because they are treated as electronics that may contain heavy metals, and the county electronics recycling events take them instead.
City cost & eligibility
The county publishes the 2026 electronics recycling events and the accepted item list but no fee, so whether a television is free to drop off at the spring or fall event has to be confirmed. The events run at C&I Electronics on E. Inglefield Road in the spring and at the former Roberts Stadium parking lot in the fall, and no businesses are allowed.
When & how
Watch for the spring and fall electronics recycling dates, take the set to the published event location during the posted window, or ask the county solid waste district for the next collection if both dates have passed.
Get it ready
Keep the screen whole and dry, wipe anything that stores data, and never set a television out with heavy trash or in a cart, because the utility refuses electronics that may contain heavy metals at both the curb and the heavy trash pile.
Small electronics such as a stereo or radio are accepted on the heavy trash route, while computers, monitors and accessories are refused there and go to the county electronics recycling events.
City cost & eligibility
The county publishes the electronics recycling schedule and the accepted list of televisions, computers, monitors, printers, hard drives, laptops, fax and scanners, cell phones, DVD players, digital cameras, modems and cables, but no fee, so confirm the charge for the drop-off before a trip. Small audio electronics can go out with heavy trash instead under the utility's own list.
When & how
Take computers and accessories to a county electronics recycling event during its published window, or include a stereo or radio as the single item on a scheduled heavy trash pickup at 800-886-3345.
Get it ready
Wipe personal data from anything that stores it, keep the power supply and cables with the unit, and separate a small audio item from a computer so the right collection route is used for each piece.
A limited amount of construction and building material is accepted as a heavy trash item when it arrives in one container, while concrete blocks, bricks, steel poles and privacy fencing are refused.
City cost & eligibility
The heavy trash route takes limited construction and building material in one container at no charge, but the utility refuses concrete blocks, bricks, steel poles and privacy fencing there and sends items that will not fit the truck to a quoted special pickup at 800-886-3345, so the larger a project load is the more the price has to be confirmed before anything is moved.
When & how
Consolidate a small amount of material into one container for a scheduled heavy trash pickup, and call Republic Services at 800-886-3345 for a disposal quote when the load is larger or includes refused material.
Get it ready
Use one sturdy container rather than boxes, bags, loose piles or stacks, keep concrete, brick, steel and fencing out of the load entirely, and never place construction material in or beside the weekly cart.
No Evansville page names a treadmill, elliptical or weight machine, so exercise equipment has to be confirmed against the heavy trash lift and truck limits before it is booked.
City cost & eligibility
Exercise equipment is not on the accepted or the refused heavy trash list, so the route and the charge both have to be confirmed. A machine that two people can lift and that fits a normal collection truck is the shape the utility describes, and anything larger needs a quoted special pickup at 800-886-3345.
When & how
Call Republic Services at 800-886-3345 with the size and weight of the machine and ask whether it can go out as the single heavy trash item, or whether it needs a special pickup quote.
Get it ready
Strip the console and any loose weights so the frame is as light as possible, fold the deck where the manufacturer allows it, and keep the machine off the weekly cart and out of the street while the booking is arranged.
The utility books one heavy trash item per pickup at no charge as often as every two weeks, with pairs counted as a single item, and larger loads need a quoted special pickup.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Evansville residents who pay for trash service on their water bill, for one item per heavy trash pickup with pairs such as a mattress and box spring counted together; the service pauses during fall leaf collection from November through mid-December, and items that will not fit the truck are quoted separately.
When & how
Submit the utility heavy trash form so Republic Services can confirm the pickup by email, or call 800-886-3345, and place the item where the carts normally go the day before the collection.
Get it ready
Bag and tie cart trash and keep it inside the cart, because material outside the city carts is not collected except during seasonal yard service. Keep the heavy item liftable by two people, clear of the carts and off the street, and take the containers back in the day they are emptied because the city can fine residents who leave them out.
Weekly carts go out by six, and nothing sits outside them
Republic Services of Evansville collects trash weekly and single stream recycling every other week on the same day, from the city carts. Carts go to the curb or the assigned pickup point by 6 a.m. on the collection day, and material outside the city carts is not collected except during seasonal yard service. Recyclables are rinsed and placed in the 96 gallon green-lid cart without sorting, a 48 gallon cart is available on request, and finished containers come off the curb the day they are emptied because the city can fine residents who leave containers or extra trash out.
Heavy trash runs on a booking, not on the cart day
Furniture, mattresses, appliances and limited construction material leave through the free heavy trash service rather than the weekly cart. One item is accepted per pickup, with items that are usually a pair such as a mattress and a box spring counting as one, and the service can run as often as every two weeks. Book it by submitting the utility heavy trash form, which Republic Services answers by email to confirm the details, or by calling 800-886-3345, then put the item where the carts normally go the day before the pickup. The route pauses during fall leaf collection from November through mid-December, and it is limited to residents who pay for trash service on their water bill.
Electronics, tires and chemicals belong at a county event or drop-off
The heavy trash route will not take electronics that may contain heavy metals, and it names televisions, computers and computer parts or accessories, along with auto batteries and tires, concrete blocks, bricks, steel poles, privacy fencing and hazardous materials. Those items move through the county instead. The Vanderburgh County Solid Waste District runs electronics recycling in the spring and fall, Tox-Away days for household chemicals such as oil-based paint, solvents, pesticides, motor oil, antifreeze, gasoline, auto batteries, fluorescent tubes and propane canisters, a tire collection with the fall Tox-Away day for automobile and light truck tires with the rims removed, and free paper shredding twice a year. Latex paint, appliances and electronics are not accepted at Tox-Away days, and no businesses are allowed at the electronics events.
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.
Evansville Water & Sewer Utility and Republic Services of Evansville, with the Vanderburgh County Solid Waste District
Schedule a free heavy trash pickup
An Evansville household paying for trash on its water bill with furniture, a mattress set, an appliance, household tools, rolled carpet or a container of limited building material to put out.
Cost & conditions
No charge. Evansville residents who pay for trash service on their water bill, for one item per pickup with pairs such as a mattress and box spring counted together; apartment complexes, mobile home communities, businesses and county residents are not eligible.
Arrange it
Submit the utility heavy trash form, wait for Republic Services to confirm the details by email, or call 800-886-3345, then place the item where the carts normally go the day before the pickup. The service runs as often as every two weeks but pauses during fall leaf collection from November through mid-December.
One item per pickup, a two-person lift and a normal collection truck, and no electronics that may contain heavy metals, auto batteries, tires, concrete blocks, bricks, steel poles, privacy fencing or hazardous material. Anything larger needs a quoted special pickup.
Evansville Water & Sewer Utility and Republic Services of Evansville, with the Vanderburgh County Solid Waste District
Set up or change the weekly cart service
A single-family home, or an apartment or condominium building with one to five units, that needs the weekly trash cart, the every-other-week recycling cart or an extra cart.
Cost & conditions
$15.3 per month per residential unit on the Evansville Water and Sewer Utility bill, with a one-time $100 fee for each additional trash or recycling cart. Single-family residential dwellings and multi-family buildings such as apartments and condominiums with one to five units; multi-family buildings that use dumpsters may opt out of the city collection.
Arrange it
Call Republic Services at 800-886-3345 to request an additional trash or recycling cart, or to set up service at a new address, and watch the utility bill for the monthly charge.
The rate covers one trash cart and one recycling cart per unit, extra carts are a separate one-time charge, and material outside the carts is not collected outside the seasonal yard service.
Evansville Water & Sewer Utility and Republic Services of Evansville, with the Vanderburgh County Solid Waste District
Take electronics to a county recycling event
A household with a television, computer, monitor, printer, laptop, hard drive, cell phone, DVD player, digital camera, modem, scanner or cables that the heavy trash route will not accept.
Cost & conditions
The county publishes the 2026 electronics recycling dates and the accepted and refused item lists but no fee, so confirm whether there is a charge before loading the vehicle. The spring event runs at C&I Electronics on E. Inglefield Road and the fall event at the former Roberts Stadium parking lot behind Swonder Ice Arena.
Arrange it
Watch the county solid waste district page for the spring and fall dates, then take the devices to the published location during the posted window, normally a Saturday morning. Copy machines, microwaves and appliances are refused, and businesses are not allowed.
The events run twice a year on announced dates rather than year round, they are for households rather than businesses, and business electronics are refused.
Evansville Water & Sewer Utility and Republic Services of Evansville, with the Vanderburgh County Solid Waste District
Use a county Tox-Away day
A household holding oil-based paint, solvents, thinners, pesticides, herbicides, motor oil, antifreeze, gasoline, auto batteries and fluids, smoke detectors, fluorescent tubes, fire extinguishers, rechargeable batteries, aerosol cans, pool chemicals, propane canisters, e-cigarettes or unwanted pharmaceuticals.
Cost & conditions
The county publishes the 2026 Tox-Away dates at the former Roberts Stadium parking lot but no fee for the drop-off, so confirm the charge and the accepted list before loading. Latex paint, appliances and electronics are not accepted.
Arrange it
Check the county solid waste district page for the spring and fall dates and take the material to the former Roberts Stadium parking lot, entering on E. Franklin Street behind Swonder Ice Arena, during the posted window.
Two dates a year, no latex paint, no appliances and no electronics, and the fall date also carries the tire collection for automobile and light truck tires with the rims removed.
Evansville Water & Sewer Utility and Republic Services of Evansville, with the Vanderburgh County Solid Waste District
Get a quote for an extra-bulky special pickup
A household whose item such as a swing set is too large for two people to lift into a normal collection truck.
Cost & conditions
The utility directs residents to call Republic Services at 800-886-3345 for a disposal quote and to schedule a special pickup, and it publishes no rate, so the amount is confirmed by the quote rather than quoted here.
Arrange it
Call Republic Services at 800-886-3345 with the size of the item, ask for the disposal quote, and schedule the special pickup, or use another disposal provider.
This is a quoted service rather than the free heavy trash allowance, so the price depends on the item, and the same call also covers loads that include material the heavy trash route refuses.
Self hauling in Evansville means using the Vanderburgh County Solid Waste District programmes and the two listed drop-off yards. Tri-State Resource Recovery at 1511 Harriet Street takes sorted glass, plastics 1 to 7, cardboard, aluminum cans, steel cans and mixed paper from Monday to Friday and on the second Saturday morning of the month, with bins reached from Read Street, and it refuses mirrors, china, ceramics and dishware. The Laubscher Meadows Landfill recycling area at 2121 Wimberg Road takes cardboard, plastics, aluminum cans, bi-metal cans and paper on weekdays, with no glass and no trash. Televisions, computers, monitors, printers, laptops, hard drives, cell phones and similar devices go to the county electronics recycling events in the spring and fall, and household chemicals such as oil-based paint, solvents, pesticides, motor oil, antifreeze, gasoline, auto batteries, fluorescent tubes and propane canisters go to a Tox-Away day. Automobile and light truck tires with the rims removed are collected with the fall Tox-Away day, and confidential paper is shredded free twice a year at Wesselman Woods for county residents. None of these programmes publish a drop-off fee on the retained pages, so confirm the charge before loading. Vanderburgh County Solid Waste District page with the 2026 electronics recycling and Tox-Away dates, tire collection, paper shredding, Tri-State Resource Recovery and the Laubscher Meadows recycling area
County listed recycling drop-off with sorted containers
Tri-State Resource Recovery
1511 Harriet Street, Evansville, IN
Sorted glass, plastics 1 to 7, cardboard, aluminum cans, steel cans and mixed paper including newspaper, magazines and office paper. Accepted glass includes food and beverage containers without lids, drinking vessels such as pint, wine and mason jars, candle jars with leftover wax, windows, shower doors and table tops with the frames and hardware removed.
Recyclables have to be sorted into the individual labelled containers. Mirrors, china, ceramics and dishware are refused, and the residential drop-off window is limited to the second Saturday of each month.
Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., and residential drop-off on the second Saturday of each month from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Bins are reached from Read Street off Morgan Avenue near Garvin Park.
The county page lists the site, its hours and its material rules but no fee for the drop-off, so confirm the charge with the site before loading a vehicle.
Free recycling drop-off area at the county landfill
Laubscher Meadows Landfill recycling area
2121 Wimberg Road, Evansville, IN
Cardboard, plastics 1 to 7, aluminum cans, bi-metal cans and paper, based on the signage posted at the site.
The area takes recyclables only, with no glass and no trash, and the landfill is entered from N. St. Joseph Ave. at the landfill sign and then the first left into the recycling area.
Monday to Friday 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. Questions go to 812-963-9098.
No charge. The county district page describes this as the landfill's free recycling service area, and it accepts only the listed recyclables.
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.
Can a couch go out with the heavy trash pickup?+
Yes. The heavy trash list names a sofa along with a table, chair, dresser and bookcase, and the service is free for Evansville households who pay for trash service on their water bill. One item is accepted per pickup, so a single sofa is a straightforward booking; schedule it through the utility form or by calling Republic Services at 800-886-3345 and put it out the day before.Official guidance
How do I get rid of a mattress in Evansville?+
Through the free heavy trash pickup. The utility lists a mattress and box spring among accepted furniture, and because the service counts items that are usually a pair as one item, a mattress with its box spring uses a single booking. Schedule it with the utility form or Republic Services at 800-886-3345 and place it out the day before the pickup.Official guidance
Will Evansville take a refrigerator or a washer?+
A washer, dryer, stove, microwave or water heater is accepted on the free heavy trash route, one appliance per pickup. A refrigerator or freezer is also accepted, but only with the refrigerant removed and tagged by a certified professional to meet the city safety guidelines, so arrange that work before booking at 800-886-3345.Official guidance
Where does a television go in Evansville?+
Not on the heavy trash truck. The utility refuses electronics that may contain heavy metals, and it names televisions and computers specifically. The Vanderburgh County Solid Waste District runs electronics recycling events in the spring and fall that accept televisions, computers, monitors, printers and laptops but refuse copy machines, microwaves and appliances, so watch for the published event date and confirm the fee before loading.Official guidance
How many items can one heavy trash pickup take?+
One item per pickup, although the utility counts things that are usually a pair, such as a mattress and a box spring or a table and chairs, as a single item. The service is free for Evansville households who pay for trash on their water bill and can run as often as every two weeks, but it pauses for fall leaf collection from November through mid-December and refuses anything a two-person lift cannot handle.Official guidance
Who collects trash and heavy trash in Evansville?+
Republic Services of Evansville collects household trash weekly and single stream recycling every other week under the city programme run through the Evansville Water and Sewer Utility, and the same company runs the free heavy trash pickup that residents schedule by form or by calling 800-886-3345. The heavy trash route covers Evansville addresses that pay for trash service on their water bill, while apartment complexes, mobile home communities, businesses and county addresses are not eligible.Official guidance
Is heavy trash pickup free in Evansville?+
Yes for eligible households. The utility offers free heavy trash pickup as often as every two weeks to Evansville residents who pay for trash service with their water bill, with one item per pickup and pairs such as a mattress and box spring counted as a single item. The route pauses during fall leaf collection from November through mid-December, apartment complexes, mobile home communities, businesses and county residents are not eligible, and an item too large for a two-person lift into a normal truck needs a quoted special pickup instead.Official guidance
What will the heavy trash crew not take in Evansville?+
The utility refuses auto batteries and tires, electronics that may contain heavy metals including televisions, computers and computer parts or accessories, construction materials such as concrete blocks, bricks, steel poles and privacy fencing, hazardous materials, and items too large to fit a normal collection truck. Anything a two-person lift cannot handle, such as a swing set, needs a quoted special pickup through Republic Services at 800-886-3345.Official guidance
Where do Evansville paint, chemicals and tires go?+
To a Vanderburgh County Solid Waste District event rather than the curb. Tox-Away days take oil-based paint, solvents and thinners, pesticides, herbicides, household chemicals, motor oil, antifreeze, gasoline, auto batteries and fluids, smoke detectors, fluorescent tube lights, fire extinguishers, rechargeable batteries, aerosol cans, pool chemicals, propane canisters and e-cigarettes, but not latex paint, appliances or electronics. Automobile and light truck tires are collected with the fall Tox-Away day and the rims must be removed, with no semi or tractor tires and no business tires, and the retained pages publish no drop-off fee, so confirm the charge before loading.Official guidance
