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City collection A couch, sofa, chair or other large household piece is a bulky item in Lowell, so it leaves on a scheduled pickup with Waste Management rather than with the weekly carts. Usable furniture can also be donated instead of hauled. Furniture travels on the scheduled bulky pickup, and Lowell publishes no bulky item fee, so confirm the charge and the accepted piece with Waste Management or the Solid Waste and Recycling Office at 978-674-4309.
City collection Mattresses and box springs became banned from disposal in Massachusetts on November 1, 2022, and Lowell states that they cannot be placed out with normal curbside collection. The route is a scheduled bulky pickup, a donation drop-off, or a private arrangement, rather than the trash cart. A mattress or box spring cannot be disposed of as ordinary trash in Massachusetts, and Lowell publishes no mattress fee or municipal drop-off. Confirm the scheduled pickup charge with Waste Management or the Solid Waste and Recycling Office at 978-674-4309, and confirm the donation conditions with the store named on the city's donation page.
City collection Large appliances are banned from disposal in Massachusetts as white goods, and metals are banned as well, so a refrigerator, freezer, stove, washer or dryer cannot go in the trash cart. The city directs residents to an outside source such as Waste Management or another private hauler. White goods and metals are banned from disposal in Massachusetts, and Lowell publishes no appliance fee and no municipal appliance drop-off, so confirm the pickup and the charge with Waste Management or another private hauler, or with the Solid Waste and Recycling Office at 978-674-4309.
City collection Lowell collects household trash once a week in a city-owned red cart through its Waste Management contract, and enrolled homes are issued one cart per residential unit. Overflow goes into purple overflow bags rather than a second pile at the curb. Cart collection is part of the city refuse program rather than a per-pickup charge, and extra capacity is priced separately by the city through purple overflow bags or an additional trash and recycling set billed quarterly. The current amounts sit on the city's trash and extra trash pages, and the Solid Waste and Recycling Office on 978-674-4309 can confirm them.
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?
Lowell collects trash weekly and recycling every other week in city-owned carts through its Waste Management contract, and big or bulky items have to be scheduled with the hauler rather than set out with the carts. Massachusetts waste bans decide much of what can leave a Lowell home: mattresses and box springs, textiles, white goods such as refrigerators and washers, cathode ray tubes, construction material, metals, wood and tires cannot be disposed of as ordinary trash, so those items need a scheduled pickup, a donation route or a private hauler. The city also holds household hazardous waste days and lists donation options for usable goods. Dropcurb hauls residential items from addresses across Lowell.
Lowell collects household trash once a week in a city-owned red cart through its Waste Management contract, and enrolled homes are issued one cart per residential unit. Overflow goes into purple overflow bags rather than a second pile at the curb.
City cost & eligibility
Cart collection is part of the city refuse program rather than a per-pickup charge, and extra capacity is priced separately by the city through purple overflow bags or an additional trash and recycling set billed quarterly. The current amounts sit on the city's trash and extra trash pages, and the Solid Waste and Recycling Office on 978-674-4309 can confirm them.
When & how
Trash is collected once a week. Carts go out the night before collection with the lids closed, and the hauler's Lowell service page sets the street-side time at 7 a.m. with the wheels against the curb. When a holiday falls on a regular collection day, collections move one day later for the rest of the week.
Get it ready
Bag the trash inside the city cart, close the lid, and set the cart at the edge of the curb where it is not behind a pole, another cart or a vehicle. Keep the cart to ordinary household weight, and use purple overflow bags for the extra rather than forcing material into the cart, because an overfilled cart can be refused.
Every eligible home gets a green recycling cart, collected every other week by Waste Management. The cart belongs to the property and carries a serial number, so it stays with the address.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. The green recycling cart is provided as part of the city's refuse services for eligible enrolled households, and it is collected every other week at no separate charge.
When & how
Recycling runs every other week, and the cart goes out on the same night-before timing as the trash cart. The collection schedule on the city site sets the day and week for each neighbourhood.
Get it ready
Keep recyclables loose in the green cart and keep plastic bags and film, styrofoam, kitchen glass and ceramics, and other non-recyclable items out, because those are the mistakes the city names most often. Do not put banned material such as mattresses, textiles, white goods or cathode ray tubes in either cart.
Lowell's contract with Waste Management covers bulk item curbside pickup, but the city states that big or bulky items have to be scheduled with the hauler instead of being set out with the carts. Nothing goes to the curb earlier than the day before collection, and items have to sit in front of the household's own property.
City cost & eligibility
Lowell publishes no bulky item fee, item list or scheduling number on the pages reviewed, so confirm the accepted items, the scheduling window and the current charge with Waste Management or the Solid Waste and Recycling Office at 978-674-4309.
When & how
Call Waste Management to schedule the pickup, then set the items out no earlier than the day before the scheduled collection. The city warns that early set-out and putting material in front of another property are violations, with fines attached.
Get it ready
Keep the set-out in front of your own address, out no earlier than the day before the collection, and away from the cart, the sidewalk and the roadway. Massachusetts waste bans still apply to the load, so mattresses, textiles, white goods, cathode ray tubes, construction material, metals, wood and tires have to be confirmed with the hauler rather than mixed into a general pile.
A couch, sofa, chair or other large household piece is a bulky item in Lowell, so it leaves on a scheduled pickup with Waste Management rather than with the weekly carts. Usable furniture can also be donated instead of hauled.
City cost & eligibility
Furniture travels on the scheduled bulky pickup, and Lowell publishes no bulky item fee, so confirm the charge and the accepted piece with Waste Management or the Solid Waste and Recycling Office at 978-674-4309.
When & how
Schedule the pickup with Waste Management and set the piece out no earlier than the day before the collection, in front of the household's own property.
Get it ready
Keep the piece clear of the cart, the sidewalk and the roadway, and keep the load to the household's own furniture. Donation is a better route for anything still in usable condition, and the city's donation page lists thrift stores and reuse organizations around Lowell.
Mattresses and box springs became banned from disposal in Massachusetts on November 1, 2022, and Lowell states that they cannot be placed out with normal curbside collection. The route is a scheduled bulky pickup, a donation drop-off, or a private arrangement, rather than the trash cart.
City cost & eligibility
A mattress or box spring cannot be disposed of as ordinary trash in Massachusetts, and Lowell publishes no mattress fee or municipal drop-off. Confirm the scheduled pickup charge with Waste Management or the Solid Waste and Recycling Office at 978-674-4309, and confirm the donation conditions with the store named on the city's donation page.
When & how
Confirm a scheduled bulky pickup with Waste Management, or use the donation route the city lists, rather than setting the bedding out on a normal collection night.
Get it ready
Keep the mattress and box spring dry and out of both carts. The city's donation page lists Savers on 844-799-2050 for mattresses, box springs, waterbeds, bed frames, futons, futon frames and pillows, so call ahead before loading a vehicle.
Large appliances are banned from disposal in Massachusetts as white goods, and metals are banned as well, so a refrigerator, freezer, stove, washer or dryer cannot go in the trash cart. The city directs residents to an outside source such as Waste Management or another private hauler.
City cost & eligibility
White goods and metals are banned from disposal in Massachusetts, and Lowell publishes no appliance fee and no municipal appliance drop-off, so confirm the pickup and the charge with Waste Management or another private hauler, or with the Solid Waste and Recycling Office at 978-674-4309.
When & how
Arrange the pickup with Waste Management or another private hauler, and confirm whether the unit is accepted on the scheduled bulky route before it goes outside.
Get it ready
Empty and defrost the unit and secure or remove the doors before the pickup. Keep the appliance out of the trash and recycling carts, and keep it out of a general bulky pile until the hauler confirms that the unit is accepted.
Cathode ray tubes are on the Massachusetts disposal ban list, so an older television or monitor cannot go in the trash or the recycling cart. Lowell publishes no municipal electronics drop-off and directs residents to an outside source such as a hauler or a private recycler.
City cost & eligibility
Cathode ray tubes are banned from disposal in Massachusetts, and Lowell publishes no municipal electronics drop-off, so confirm a hauler or private recycler and its charge before the device leaves the property. The Solid Waste and Recycling Office on 978-674-4309 can point to the current local option.
When & how
Confirm a hauler or recycler that takes the device before setting anything outside, because neither the trash cart nor the green recycling cart can take it.
Get it ready
Wipe personal data from computers, phones and drives before the device leaves the house. Keep the set or monitor out of both carts and out of a general bulky pile until the receiving service confirms that it takes the item.
Construction material is banned from disposal in Massachusetts, and the list names asphalt pavement, brick, concrete, wood and clean gypsum wallboard. Lowell has no curbside route for it, so a project arranges a container, a private haul or the reuse pickup the city lists.
City cost & eligibility
Lowell does not collect construction or remodeling debris curbside, and the material is banned from disposal in Massachusetts. A project arranges a private container or haul, or uses the reuse route the city lists, and the charge is set by the service that is hired.
When & how
Arrange the container or pickup before the work starts, because the material cannot go out with the weekly carts and cannot be disposed of as ordinary waste in the state.
Get it ready
Keep asphalt, brick, concrete, wood, wallboard, roofing and demolition rubble off the curb and out of the carts. The city's donation page lists Boston Building Resources, which picks up construction material for a small fee, and the Habitat for Humanity of Greater Lowell ReStore in North Billerica, which takes reusable building material.
Exercise equipment is not named in the city's waste material or on the bulky pages, so a treadmill or weight machine has to be confirmed with the hauler before it goes out. A machine is not cart material.
City cost & eligibility
Exercise equipment is not named anywhere in the Lowell material reviewed, and the city publishes no bulky item fee, so confirm both the acceptance and the charge with Waste Management or the Solid Waste and Recycling Office at 978-674-4309.
When & how
Call Waste Management or the Solid Waste and Recycling Office at 978-674-4309 to confirm the machine, then schedule the pickup rather than setting it out on a normal collection night.
Get it ready
Fold or dismantle the machine if the maker allows it and keep the parts together as one item. Keep it out of both carts and out of the pile until the hauler confirms acceptance, and keep the set-out in front of your own property no earlier than the day before collection.
Lowell carts go out the night before collection with the lids closed. The hauler's Lowell page asks for the container on the street with the wheels against the curb by 7 a.m. on collection day, removed the same day, and kept three feet clear of parked cars, mailboxes and other obstacles.
Bulky items need a booking and their own property line
Big or bulky items have to be scheduled with Waste Management, and nothing goes out earlier than the day before the collection. Items have to sit in front of the household's own property, because the city attaches fines to early set-out and to placing material in front of another address.
Massachusetts waste bans still apply to a bulky load
Mattresses and box springs, textiles, white goods, cathode ray tubes, construction material, ferrous and non-ferrous metals, treated and untreated wood and whole tires are all banned from disposal in Massachusetts. Those items cannot go in the trash cart or the recycling cart, and the city tells residents to contact an outside source such as Waste Management or another private hauler.
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 Lowell Solid Waste and Recycling Office with Waste Management
Schedule a bulky item pickup with Waste Management
A household with a couch, a large furniture piece or another bulky item that will not go out with the weekly carts.
Cost & conditions
Lowell publishes no bulky item fee, so confirm the amount and the accepted items with Waste Management or the Solid Waste and Recycling Office at 978-674-4309 before the pickup is booked.
Arrange it
Contact Waste Management to schedule the collection, then put the items out no earlier than the day before the scheduled date and keep them in front of your own property.
The city publishes no item list for the bulky route, the Massachusetts waste bans still apply, and early set-out or material in front of another property carries a fine.
A household with furniture, clothing, household goods or bedding that is still usable and could be reused instead of hauled.
Cost & conditions
No charge. Donation is free to the donor, and each organization sets its own acceptance rules, pickup conditions and any fee for a pickup service.
Arrange it
Work through the list on the city donation page, which includes Bay State Textiles for textiles, the Epilepsy Foundation, Goodwill, the Habitat for Humanity of Greater Lowell ReStore at 100 Chelmsford Road in North Billerica on 978-215-9975, and Savers on 844-799-2050 for mattresses, box springs, bed frames, futons and pillows.
Each organization decides what it will take and whether it collects, and some list a fee for pickup, so call ahead before loading a vehicle.
A household with more waste than the cart and purple bags can hold that does not want to order a full container.
Cost & conditions
The city describes the Bagster as a bag bought from a store with collection arranged separately and priced by the service, so confirm the bag and collection amounts at the point of purchase and with the collection provider.
Arrange it
Buy the bag at a home improvement store or online, fill it within its published size and weight limits, and schedule the collection online.
Electronics, appliances, tires, food and toxic or hazardous material are not accepted in a Bagster, and the state waste bans still apply to what goes inside.
Lowell does not run its own drop-off centre for household bulky material, so self-haul means a scheduled pickup through Waste Management or a private hauler, or a reuse or donation stop. Massachusetts waste bans matter here: mattresses and box springs, textiles, white goods such as refrigerators and washers, cathode ray tubes, construction material, metals, wood and whole tires cannot be disposed of as ordinary waste, so those loads need a hauler that handles them properly. The city lists donation and reuse options around Lowell, including a retail store that takes mattresses and box springs, a reuse store for building material, and textile and household goods charities, and it holds registered household hazardous waste days for paint, chemicals and similar products. Confirm the receiving service and its charge before anything leaves the property, and keep the set-out in front of your own address no earlier than the day before collection. Donation ResourcesCurbside CollectionMassDEP Waste Disposal BansSolid Waste & Recycling
Reuse store
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Lowell ReStore
100 Chelmsford Road, North Billerica, MA 01862
Reusable household and building material donated for resale, as listed on the city's donation page.
The store sets its own acceptance rules, and the city notes that it offers free pickup of certain items, so confirm the item and any pickup conditions on 978-215-9975 before loading a vehicle.
Not published on the city donation page, so call 978-215-9975 before making the trip.
No charge. Donation is free to the donor. The store decides which items it can take and whether it will collect them.
Prices, timing and the details that matter at your address.
How much does pickup cost?+
Choose your items to see the exact price. A standard sofa is $79 first and $29 additional. The highest first-item price applies once; every remaining item uses its additional-item price. Loading, transportation and disposal are included. Review any applicable sales tax and the final total before payment.
Can I book a pickup for today?+
Book by 2pm at your pickup address for same-day pickup, where available. Choose from the dates shown at checkout. Your booking is for a pickup day, and we text you when your hauler is on the way.
Do my items need to be outside when I book?+
You can book while your items are still inside. Arrange any indoor carrying and have everything outside and accessible according to your confirmation. We load and haul it away from there. Contact us before booking if your property has restricted access.
How do I schedule a bulky item pickup in Lowell?+
Big or bulky items have to be scheduled with Waste Management, because the city does not take them as an ordinary curbside set-out. Put the items out no earlier than the day before the scheduled collection, keep them in front of your own property, and confirm the item list and the charge with the hauler or the Solid Waste and Recycling Office at 978-674-4309.Official guidance
Will Waste Management take a couch from the curb?+
A couch is a bulky item, so it has to be scheduled with Waste Management rather than set out with the weekly carts. Put it out no earlier than the day before the collection and keep it in front of your own property. If the couch is still usable, the city also lists thrift stores and reuse organizations that take donated furniture.Official guidance
Can a mattress go out with the trash in Lowell?+
No. Mattresses and box springs have been banned from disposal in Massachusetts since November 1, 2022, and Lowell states that they cannot be placed out with normal curbside collection. The routes are a scheduled bulky pickup through Waste Management or a donation drop-off such as the Savers location the city lists on 844-799-2050.Official guidance
Where do televisions and electronics go in Lowell?+
Not in the trash or the recycling cart. Cathode ray tubes are on the Massachusetts disposal ban list, and the city states that many banned items cannot go in the recycling cart and that residents have to contact an outside source such as Waste Management or another private hauler. Confirm the receiving service and its charge before the device goes outside.Official guidance
What counts as a bulky item in Lowell?+
A big or bulky item is anything the city will not take with the weekly carts, and Lowell states that those items have to be scheduled for pickup with Waste Management. Furniture and other large household pieces travel that way, while items covered by the state waste bans need a receiving service that handles them properly.Official guidance
Does Lowell publish a bulky pickup charge?+
No. The city states that big or bulky items must be scheduled with Waste Management but publishes no fee or item list for the service, and it also publishes no per household collection rate. Confirm the charge and the accepted items with the hauler or the Solid Waste and Recycling Office at 978-674-4309 before booking.Official guidance
When is trash and recycling collected in Lowell?+
Trash is collected every week and recycling every other week. The city asks residents to refer to the collection schedule on the city homepage for the day and week that apply to the address, and to have the carts out the night before with the lids closed. The hauler asks for the container on the street with the wheels against the curb by 7 a.m. and removed the same day, and when a holiday falls on a collection day the route moves one day later for the rest of the week.Official guidance
Which items are banned from the trash in Massachusetts?+
Asphalt pavement, brick and concrete, cathode ray tubes, clean gypsum wallboard, commercial food material, ferrous and non-ferrous metals, glass, metal and plastic containers, lead acid batteries, leaves and yard waste, mattresses, recyclable paper and cardboard, textiles, treated and untreated wood, white goods and whole tires. Lowell adds that many of them cannot go in the recycling cart, so the route is an outside source such as a hauler or a private recycler.Official guidance
