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City collection A couch or other household furniture has two documented routes here, a bulk pickup arranged with the franchised hauler or a roll off container, and a clean usable piece can be donated instead of thrown away. Scott Waste publishes no furniture rate for Bowling Green and directs customers to the local office, so confirm whether the piece counts as a bulk item and what it costs. Roll off containers are quoted by the hauler's sales team, and the state's Warren County recycling list publishes no furniture category or household price.
City collection A mattress leaves Bowling Green as a confirmed bulk item or in a rented roll off container. Neither the city, the county nor the state's Warren County facility list publishes a mattress programme or a mattress rate. Scott Waste lists mattresses among the common bulky items but publishes no Bowling Green mattress rate, so the price and the eligibility come from the local franchise office at 270-783-4016.
City collection A cooling appliance is never an ordinary pickup item. The hauler and the receiving site both have to agree, because the recycling programme refuses appliances and the local lists name white goods without publishing a refrigerant rule. No published rate covers a refrigerator or air conditioner in Bowling Green. Scott Waste's roll off page says some appliances may carry an additional fee, the recycling programme refuses appliances outright, and the state's Warren County list publishes no household price, so confirm the item and the charge before the unit leaves the house.
City collection A couch, mattress, appliance or other large item is not part of the weekly cart service. The franchised hauler collects bulk items only where its local rules allow and only after the pickup is arranged, and nothing about the item list or the price is published for Bowling Green. Scott Waste publishes no bulky item rate for Bowling Green and states that bulk item availability and acceptable items vary by location, so the price and whether the item qualifies at all have to be confirmed with the local office at 270-783-4016 before anything goes to the curb.
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?
Bowling Green does not run its own garbage department. Residential trash, recycling and yard waste move through the Warren County solid waste franchise, and Bowling Green Municipal Utilities bills for Scott Waste Management, the company BGMU names as the sanitation provider for all residential customers in the city. The city code makes that arrangement exclusive: only the county's designated franchisees may collect residential solid waste, recyclables or yard waste inside the city, private scavengers and private collectors are prohibited, and solid waste may only go to a properly permitted landfill. Large items therefore need an arranged bulk pickup rather than a place beside the cart, and the hauler's own pages warn that bulky item availability and acceptable items vary by location. Anything the cart and the bulk pickup refuse, including electronics, batteries, paint and chemicals, moves through the county's Household Hazardous Waste Day, a local retailer or a recycler, while remodeling debris goes to a roll off container or the construction and demolition debris landfill on Louisville Road.
Residential trash, recycling and yard waste in Bowling Green run through the Warren County solid waste franchise, and Bowling Green Municipal Utilities bills the service rather than the city running its own collection crews.
City cost & eligibility
Bowling Green publishes no standalone collection rate. BGMU states only that it provides billing service for Scott Waste Management and that Scott Waste serves all residential customers in the city, while the county treats collection as a franchised service, so confirm the current sanitation charge and any bulky item fee with Scott Waste at 270-783-4016 or on the BGMU bill.
When & how
Use the weekly residential collection day for your neighborhood and call Scott Waste at 270-783-4016 about anything the cart will not hold. BGMU publishes no schedule of its own and points customers to Scott Waste and the WasteConnect app for collection days and delays.
Get it ready
Keep the arrangement legal as well as tidy. The city code prohibits private scavengers, pushcart operators and private collectors from hauling residential solid waste, recyclables or yard waste inside Bowling Green, allows only the county's designated franchisees to do it, and requires disposal at a properly permitted landfill site, so route the load through the franchised hauler rather than an unlicensed pickup.
A couch, mattress, appliance or other large item is not part of the weekly cart service. The franchised hauler collects bulk items only where its local rules allow and only after the pickup is arranged, and nothing about the item list or the price is published for Bowling Green.
City cost & eligibility
Scott Waste publishes no bulky item rate for Bowling Green and states that bulk item availability and acceptable items vary by location, so the price and whether the item qualifies at all have to be confirmed with the local office at 270-783-4016 before anything goes to the curb.
When & how
Call Scott Waste at 270-783-4016 to confirm that the item qualifies and to set the pickup date, and keep the item off the curb until that date is confirmed. Anything the hauler will not take can move through a rented roll off container, a permitted landfill or a recycler that accepts the material.
Get it ready
Sort the restricted material out before the pile is built. Scott Waste's recycling programme refuses electronics, batteries, paint and other chemicals, its roll off service refuses batteries, chemicals and electronics, and the city code bans placing solid waste containers in the paved portion of a street, right of way or sidewalk, so the item waits on private property until the hauler arrives.
A couch or other household furniture has two documented routes here, a bulk pickup arranged with the franchised hauler or a roll off container, and a clean usable piece can be donated instead of thrown away.
City cost & eligibility
Scott Waste publishes no furniture rate for Bowling Green and directs customers to the local office, so confirm whether the piece counts as a bulk item and what it costs. Roll off containers are quoted by the hauler's sales team, and the state's Warren County recycling list publishes no furniture category or household price.
When & how
Call Scott Waste at 270-783-4016 and confirm the pickup date before the piece leaves the house. If the piece is clean and complete, the university's local list points to Habitat for Humanity ReStore, which also takes unbroken wooden furniture, lumber and liquid paint.
Get it ready
Empty the drawers, remove the cushions and any loose parts, and keep the furniture out of the recycling cart, because the hauler's recycling programme refuses furniture cushions. Keep it off the street while it waits for the pickup.
A mattress leaves Bowling Green as a confirmed bulk item or in a rented roll off container. Neither the city, the county nor the state's Warren County facility list publishes a mattress programme or a mattress rate.
City cost & eligibility
Scott Waste lists mattresses among the common bulky items but publishes no Bowling Green mattress rate, so the price and the eligibility come from the local franchise office at 270-783-4016.
When & how
Call the franchise office and confirm the pickup date before the mattress leaves the house, then keep it off the curb and out of the street until that day. A roll off container is the alternative when a whole cleanout is going at once.
Get it ready
Keep the mattress dry and out of the recycling stream, because the programme's published list has no mattress category and refuses the items it cannot process. A mattress also cannot sit on private property as a dump ground, because the city code bans maintaining one and requires disposal at a properly permitted landfill site.
A washer, dryer, stove or similar appliance can leave as a bulk item, in a roll off container or at a Warren County recycler that lists white goods. A unit that still works can be donated, while a cooling appliance follows a separate path.
City cost & eligibility
No Bowling Green rate is published for appliance pickup. Scott Waste's roll off page warns that appliances such as refrigerators, stoves and washing machines may carry an additional fee, and the state recycling list publishes no household drop off price for the Warren County recyclers, so confirm the charge with the hauler at 270-783-4016 or with the receiving site.
When & how
Ask Scott Waste at 270-783-4016 about a bulk pickup, or take the unit to a Warren County recycler that lists white goods, such as Southern Recycling on Clay Street or Parrish Recycling Center on Old Louisville Road. A working appliance can be donated instead.
Get it ready
Empty and dry the unit, secure or remove the doors, and keep a cooling appliance out of any general load until the receiving site confirms it takes refrigerant units. The hauler's recycling programme refuses appliances, so an appliance never goes in the recycling cart or in a roll off container that will carry electronics and batteries.
A cooling appliance is never an ordinary pickup item. The hauler and the receiving site both have to agree, because the recycling programme refuses appliances and the local lists name white goods without publishing a refrigerant rule.
City cost & eligibility
No published rate covers a refrigerator or air conditioner in Bowling Green. Scott Waste's roll off page says some appliances may carry an additional fee, the recycling programme refuses appliances outright, and the state's Warren County list publishes no household price, so confirm the item and the charge before the unit leaves the house.
When & how
Call the franchise office at 270-783-4016, say that the unit contains refrigerant, and ask which local recycler or permitted site will take it. Do not set a cooling appliance out with the cart.
Get it ready
Empty and defrost the unit, remove the doors so it cannot be entered, and move it as a single item so the receiving site can price it. Keep it out of the recycling cart, and keep it out of a mixed roll off load until the hauler has confirmed the item.
Televisions and computers are refused by the hauler's recycling programme and by its roll off containers, so they move through the county's Household Hazardous Waste Day e scrap collection or a local retail drop off.
City cost & eligibility
Warren County publishes no fee for Household Hazardous Waste Day, and each store sets its own retail programme, so treat the cost as unconfirmed. Kentucky states that household electronic waste is not regulated or banned from landfill disposal, which is why the item may still be legal to bin even where a recycling route is better.
When & how
Watch for Warren County's Household Hazardous Waste Day, scheduled for Saturday, October 31, 2026 at 999 Lauren Avery Drive from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., where e scrap including televisions, cell phones, computer CPUs, laptops, tablets and monitors is collected. Between events a local retailer such as Best Buy on Campbell Lane takes some small electronics and Batteries Plus on US 31W takes batteries and bulbs.
Get it ready
Remove the hard drive before a computer leaves the house, because the county says hard drive removal is not supported at the event. Keep electronics out of the recycling cart and out of a roll off container, and keep loose batteries out of the cart too, because the hauler's recycling guide refuses both electronics and household batteries.
Exercise equipment is not named in any Bowling Green collection list, so a treadmill, exercise bike or weight machine moves as a confirmed bulk item or through a roll off container.
City cost & eligibility
No published rate covers exercise equipment here. Confirm whether the machine counts as a bulky item and what it costs with the franchise office at 270-783-4016, or ask the same office for a roll off quote.
When & how
Call the franchise office first, because no city, county or hauler page names a treadmill or an exercise bike. A machine the hauler will not take as a bulk item can go in a roll off container or to a permitted site that accepts the load.
Get it ready
Disconnect the power, secure or remove loose weights, and keep the metal frame and the electronic console together so the receiving site can see what the load contains. The hauler's recycling programme refuses scrap metal, wiring and cords, so the machine never goes in the recycling cart.
Remodeling debris is not part of the cart service. The practical routes are a rented roll off container or the Kenway Contracting construction and demolition debris landfill on Louisville Road.
City cost & eligibility
Neither the hauler nor the state's Warren County facility list publishes a household price for construction and demolition debris or for a roll off container, so both routes are confirm first.
When & how
Rent a roll off container from Scott Waste at 270-783-4016, or take the load to Kenway Contracting on Louisville Road, listed as a construction and demolition debris landfill open Monday to Friday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 7 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Get it ready
Keep batteries, chemicals and electronics out of the load, because the roll off service refuses all three. Keep the debris off the street and out of the carts, and bag the small pieces so the load can be seen and priced.
Paint, chemicals, batteries and tires are excluded from the curbside cart and from the roll off container. Warren County collects household hazardous waste only at its Household Hazardous Waste Day, and tires go back through a certified tire retailer.
City cost & eligibility
Warren County publishes no fee for Household Hazardous Waste Day and accepts household material only, with business material excluded. Tires run through certified tire retailers that collect the state fee and may charge a nominal amount per tire, so no drop off price is published here.
When & how
Hold paint, solvents, aerosol cans, cleaners, batteries, waste fuels, pesticides and fluorescent bulbs for Warren County's Household Hazardous Waste Day, the next of which is Saturday, October 31, 2026 at 999 Lauren Avery Drive from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Take used oil to a listed automotive handler such as Advance Auto Parts or Tractor Supply, and take tires to the retailer that services the vehicle.
Get it ready
Keep containers closed, leave material in its original labelled container, never mix chemicals and do not pack waste in plastic garbage bags. Tires, ammunition, fireworks, explosives, infectious and biological waste, radioactive waste and unknown compressed gas cylinders are refused at the county event.
Bowling Green Municipal Utilities provides billing service for Scott Waste Management and states that Scott Waste provides sanitation service to all residential customers in the city, while Warren County's environmental planning division states that Fiscal Court issues and manages solid waste and recycling franchises. The city code closes the loop: only the county's designated franchisees may collect residential solid waste, recyclable material or yard waste inside Bowling Green, private scavengers and private collectors are prohibited, and solid waste may only go to a properly permitted landfill site. Containers also have to stay out of the paved portion of a street, right of way or sidewalk, and access to them may not be blocked.
Book the bulky pickup before anything goes to the curb
Scott Waste's own bulk page tells customers that bulk trash pickup availability varies by location, that common bulky items include mattresses, washers, dryers and furniture, and that the pickup date has to be confirmed with the local office before items are placed at the curb. The same pages warn that acceptable items vary, that some appliances may carry an additional fee in a roll off container, and that batteries, chemicals and electronics are refused in that container. Plan the pickup first, then sort the restricted material into its own route.
The city code makes the Bowling Green residential franchisee responsible for collecting residential yard waste that the resident has separated from the waste stream and placed at the curb in suitable containers, and it caps bundled brush and tree limbs at five feet long and six inches in diameter. Scott Waste, which runs that collection, publishes a tighter Bowling Green and Warren County rule for its crews: yard waste separated from household waste, in containers or bags weighing no more than 50 pounds, with brush and limbs stacked beside the cart, no longer than four feet and no heavier than 50 pounds.
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.
Warren County solid waste franchise, billed by Bowling Green Municipal Utilities
Arrange a bulky item pickup with the franchised hauler
A Bowling Green household with a couch, mattress, appliance, grill or other large item that has to leave the property but will not fit in the cart.
Cost & conditions
Scott Waste publishes no bulky item rate for Bowling Green and states that availability and acceptable items vary by location, so the price and the item list come from the local office at 270-783-4016.
Arrange it
Call Scott Waste at 270-783-4016, the number BGMU publishes for sanitation questions, and ask for the bulky item policy and price for your address before anything is set out.
Because availability varies by location and nothing is published for the city, an item a neighbour had collected may still be refused, and the item cannot wait in the street while the pickup is arranged.
Warren County solid waste franchise, billed by Bowling Green Municipal Utilities
Rent a roll off container for a bigger cleanout
A household with a remodel, an estate cleanout or more material than a bulk pickup will take at once.
Cost & conditions
Scott Waste quotes roll off containers through its sales team and publishes no Bowling Green rate, and the page warns that appliances such as refrigerators, stoves and washing machines may carry an additional fee.
Arrange it
Call Scott Waste at 270-783-4016 to choose the container size and schedule delivery and pickup.
The container accepts garbage, remodeling debris, appliances and furniture, and it refuses batteries, chemicals and electronics, so those items need their own route before the container is filled.
Warren County solid waste franchise, billed by Bowling Green Municipal Utilities
Take household chemicals and e scrap to Household Hazardous Waste Day
A household with paint, solvents, cleaners, batteries, waste fuels, pesticides, fluorescent bulbs or old electronics that cannot go in the cart or the roll off container.
Cost & conditions
Warren County publishes no fee for the event and accepts household material only, because business material cannot be accepted under federal guidelines.
Arrange it
Bring the material to 999 Lauren Avery Drive on Saturday, October 31, 2026 between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m., leave it in its original labelled container, keep chemicals unmixed and do not pack waste in plastic garbage bags.
Tires, ammunition, fireworks, explosives, infectious and biological waste, radioactive waste and unknown compressed gas cylinders are refused, hard drive removal is not supported on site, and the event runs on one day rather than as a standing facility.
Drop small electronics and batteries at a Bowling Green retailer
A household with a laptop, phone, game console, batteries or bulbs that can wait for a store visit instead of the county's single day event.
Cost & conditions
Each store runs its own programme, and the university's list describes the Best Buy electronics drop off as free for select items only, so confirm what the store will take and whether any fee applies before you drive over.
Arrange it
Western Kentucky University's community recycling list names Best Buy at 1875 Campbell Lane and Batteries Plus at 1150 US 31W for small electronics, batteries and bulbs, Staples at 1680 Campbell Lane for printer cartridges, and the Bowling Green Sheriff's Office at 429 E 10th Avenue for unused medicine.
The list names laptops, DVD players, cell phones and video game consoles, and it does not promise that every device or every television will be accepted, so call the store first for anything large or unusual.
Donate usable furniture, building material and appliances
A household with a clean complete couch, table, working appliance, leftover lumber, an unbroken window or a partly full can of liquid paint.
Cost & conditions
A donation is not a paid service, but no local acceptance list or price is published, so confirm what the store will take before loading the car.
Arrange it
Western Kentucky University's community recycling list names Habitat for Humanity ReStore for appliances in working condition, lumber, unbroken wooden furniture, unbroken windows and liquid paint in its original marked container.
Sheet glass and unbroken windows differ in how the list treats them, broken appliances are directed to scrap yards instead, and anything incomplete or damaged still needs a hauling or disposal route.
Construction and demolition debris, and it is listed as a yard waste location as well.
The state list classifies the site as a construction and demolition debris landfill. Household municipal waste, appliances, electronics and other restricted material are not named as accepted, so confirm the load with the operator before you travel.
Monday to Friday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 7 a.m. to 12 p.m., as published in the state facility list. The operator answers at 270-781-1932.
The state list and the operator publish no disposal rate for household or small commercial loads, so confirm the charge when you call.
Glass, aluminum, plastic containers, ferrous and non ferrous metals, old corrugated cardboard, mixed paper, steel cans, white goods and newspaper, with curbside service in Bowling Green and drop off containers in the county.
The state list names material categories only. It does not state a household acceptance rule or a refrigerant rule, so confirm that the yard will take the item from a resident and whether a cooling appliance is accepted.
Monday to Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., as published in the state facility list. The yard answers at 270-781-3265.
The state list publishes no household drop off price, and recyclers sometimes pay for metal instead of charging, so confirm the material and any charge with the yard.
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.
Who is allowed to collect trash and recycling in Bowling Green?+
Collection is franchised rather than open. The city code states that only Warren County's designated solid waste franchisee and the designated recycling franchisee may collect residential solid waste, recyclable material or yard waste inside the city, and it prohibits private scavengers, pushcart operators and private collectors. BGMU bills for Scott Waste Management, which it names as the sanitation provider for all residential customers in Bowling Green, and the county publishes the current franchisee contact list.Official guidance
How does a large item leave a Bowling Green home?+
By an arranged bulk pickup or a rented container rather than by the weekly cart. Scott Waste lists mattresses, washers, dryers, furniture and grills among the bulky items it may collect, but it warns that availability and acceptable items vary by location and that the pickup date must be confirmed by the local office, which answers at 270-783-4016. The roll off service accepts garbage, remodeling debris, appliances and furniture, and refuses batteries, chemicals and electronics.Official guidance
Where can a Bowling Green mattress go?+
To a bulk pickup arranged with the franchised hauler, which names mattresses among the bulky items it may collect and answers at 270-783-4016, or into a rented roll off container. The state's 2025 Warren County recycling facility list shows no mattress category and no government drop off, and the hauler publishes no pickup price, so both the item and the cost have to be confirmed before the mattress is set out.Official guidance
Where can a Bowling Green household take a television?+
To the county's Household Hazardous Waste Day, which names plasma, LED and LCD televisions along with cell phones, computer CPUs, laptops, tablets and monitors, with the next event on Saturday, October 31, 2026 at 999 Lauren Avery Drive from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Between events the university's local list names Best Buy on Campbell Lane for select small electronics, and Kentucky notes that households are not barred from putting electronics in the trash.Official guidance
Where do Bowling Green paint, oil and batteries go?+
To Warren County's Household Hazardous Waste Day, which accepts latex and oil paint, adhesives, aerosols, cleaners, car and household batteries, waste fuels, pesticides, fluorescent bulbs and e scrap, and refuses tires, ammunition, explosives, infectious and radioactive waste. The next event is Saturday, October 31, 2026 at 999 Lauren Avery Drive from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., and the county states that business material cannot be accepted.Official guidance
How is Bowling Green sanitation billed?+
Through the utility bill. Bowling Green Municipal Utilities states that it provides billing service for Scott Waste Management, which it names as the sanitation provider for all residential customers in the city, and the county treats collection as a franchised service that Fiscal Court issues and manages. The refuse and recycling service therefore arrives with the BGMU bill, and sanitation questions go to Scott Waste at 270-783-4016.Official guidance
What does the Bowling Green residential garbage service include?+
Scott Waste describes a 96 gallon cart for household service and asks residents to place it where the automated arm can reach it. Its residential page also invites customers to ask about a special pickup for large items rather than assuming one is included, and its bulk page makes the same point, so anything the cart cannot hold is arranged separately with the same office at 270-783-4016.Official guidance
What does the Bowling Green recycling programme accept?+
The hauler's recycling guide takes plastic containers, steel and aluminum containers, paper and cardboard packaging, glass bottles and jars, foam packaging and plastic bags or overwrap. The same guide refuses propane cylinders, flares, needles, electronics, flammable liquids, household batteries, butane and helium tanks, paint, ammunition, appliances, scrap metal, wiring and cords, light bulbs, garden hoses and furniture cushions. Kentucky notes that household electronics are not banned from landfill disposal, but the local recycling programme still does not want them in the bin.Official guidance
How should Bowling Green yard waste be set out?+
Separate it from household trash and place it at the curb. The city code makes the residential franchisee responsible for collecting yard waste that the resident has separated, and it caps bundled brush and limbs at five feet long and six inches in diameter. Scott Waste, which runs that collection, publishes a tighter rule for Bowling Green and Warren County customers: containers or bags weighing no more than 50 pounds, and brush and limbs stacked beside the cart, no longer than four feet and no heavier than 50 pounds.Official guidance
