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City collection A couch or other furniture piece is not part of the weekly bagged trash route, because only bagged trash inside a lidded barrel is collected and large pieces are handled as exceptions through the city's Waste Wizard. Malden publishes no furniture item list, count or price on the trash pages. No city price is published for furniture. Confirm the piece and any charge with the Department of Public Works at 781-397-7160 before it is moved to the curb.
City collection Massachusetts banned mattresses and box springs from the waste stream on November 1, 2022, and Malden states that using the city bulk item policy for either one is no longer permitted. The city publishes a list of authorized vendors instead of a city collection, and it says disposal without an authorized vendor is prohibited by law. The city sets no price. Each authorized vendor quotes its own rate, and the city describes the curbside option as the middle price and the in-home option as the most expensive, so ask each vendor for its current charge.
City collection The city's recycling flyer puts small appliances on the list of things the blue recycling cart refuses and sends them to the blue pay-as-you-throw bag instead. A larger white good is a different question, because Malden names white goods as an exception to normal curbside pickup rather than as part of the weekly trash route. No city price is published for a white good. Confirm the unit and any charge with the Department of Public Works at 781-397-7160 before it goes to the curb.
City collection Malden treats bulk items as an exception to the normal curbside pickup, and the city points residents to its Waste Wizard lookup rather than publishing an item list, an item count or a fee on the trash pages. Anything larger than a barrel still has to clear the city's own rules first, because trash is only collected when it is in a lidded barrel with a valid bag or trash tag. The city publishes no bulk item price. Confirm the item, the collection day and any charge with the Department of Public Works at 781-397-7160 before it 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?
Malden collects trash and single-stream recycling once a week for buildings of six units or less. Trash has to sit in a lidded barrel with the lid closed and every bag must either be a blue pay-as-you-throw bag or be covered by an annual trash tag on the city's black barrel, and the city is running a tagging and education period before fines begin. Yard waste rides the same day during the spring-to-fall season, mattresses can no longer go out as bulk waste because of the state ban, and the city sends television and monitor questions to the DPW Yard on its hazardous waste collection days. Electronics, white goods, bulk items and most large odd pieces are exceptions to the normal pickup, and Malden resolves those through its Waste Wizard lookup rather than a printed item list.
Malden treats bulk items as an exception to the normal curbside pickup, and the city points residents to its Waste Wizard lookup rather than publishing an item list, an item count or a fee on the trash pages. Anything larger than a barrel still has to clear the city's own rules first, because trash is only collected when it is in a lidded barrel with a valid bag or trash tag.
City cost & eligibility
The city publishes no bulk item price. Confirm the item, the collection day and any charge with the Department of Public Works at 781-397-7160 before it goes to the curb.
When & how
Check the item in the city's Waste Wizard, then call the Department of Public Works during its Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. hours to arrange the collection day.
Get it ready
Keep the item out of the barrel set out, because only bagged trash inside a lidded barrel is collected on the normal route, and keep mattresses, box springs, white goods, electronics and construction material out of the pile because each of those has its own route.
A couch or other furniture piece is not part of the weekly bagged trash route, because only bagged trash inside a lidded barrel is collected and large pieces are handled as exceptions through the city's Waste Wizard. Malden publishes no furniture item list, count or price on the trash pages.
City cost & eligibility
No city price is published for furniture. Confirm the piece and any charge with the Department of Public Works at 781-397-7160 before it is moved to the curb.
When & how
Look the piece up in the city's Waste Wizard and then call the Department of Public Works, which answers Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., to set the collection day.
Get it ready
Keep the furniture out of the barrel set out, because the normal route collects only bagged trash in a lidded barrel, and keep mattresses and box springs out of the same pile because the state ban moved them to a separate vendor route.
Massachusetts banned mattresses and box springs from the waste stream on November 1, 2022, and Malden states that using the city bulk item policy for either one is no longer permitted. The city publishes a list of authorized vendors instead of a city collection, and it says disposal without an authorized vendor is prohibited by law.
City cost & eligibility
The city sets no price. Each authorized vendor quotes its own rate, and the city describes the curbside option as the middle price and the in-home option as the most expensive, so ask each vendor for its current charge.
When & how
Contact an authorized vendor directly and book a pickup day. The published contacts are ABH Services of Malden at 781-941-2422, Classic Cleanouts of Malden at 781-558-2626, HandUp at 774-271-8744, Junk Dispatch of Saugus at 781-504-7480 and Marvin Junk Removal at 781-267-5966.
Get it ready
Take the unit out of the bulk pile and book an authorized vendor instead, and ask before pickup whether the vendor removes the mattress from inside the home, because several on the city list charge extra for in-home removal.
The city's recycling flyer puts small appliances on the list of things the blue recycling cart refuses and sends them to the blue pay-as-you-throw bag instead. A larger white good is a different question, because Malden names white goods as an exception to normal curbside pickup rather than as part of the weekly trash route.
City cost & eligibility
No city price is published for a white good. Confirm the unit and any charge with the Department of Public Works at 781-397-7160 before it goes to the curb.
When & how
Small appliances leave with the normal trash inside a blue pay-as-you-throw bag or a tagged city barrel. A white good needs the Waste Wizard lookup and a call to the Department of Public Works, which answers Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Get it ready
Empty the unit before it leaves the house, keep a refrigerator, freezer, washer or dryer out of the weekly barrel set out until the city confirms the route, and keep anything with refrigerant away from the curbside route until the department has answered.
Electronics are refused in the blue recycling cart, and the city's flyer sends them to the DPW Yard at 356 Commercial Street for electronic waste recycling. The published fee list prices cathode ray tubes, which the city describes as including televisions and computer monitors, and the yard accepts hazardous items only on the seasonal collection days it schedules.
City cost & eligibility
$25 per cathode ray tube at the DPW Yard, which the city's fee list describes as including televisions and computer monitors, payable in cash on a collection day. Malden residents at the DPW Yard on a designated household hazardous waste collection day. The city page showed no upcoming collection day when this was checked, and other electronic waste is listed without a published rate.
When & how
Electronics are taken at the DPW Yard on a designated hazardous waste collection day rather than on the weekly route. At the time of this check the city's page showed no upcoming hazardous waste day scheduled, so call the Department of Public Works at 781-397-7160 for the next date.
Get it ready
Keep televisions, monitors and other electronics out of the blue recycling cart, bring cash because the yard accepts no other payment for these days, and ask about the rate for a flat panel set, because the published line prices cathode ray tubes while other electronic waste carries no listed price.
Malden's trash, recycling, yard waste and hazardous waste pages publish no collection and no drop-off for construction or demolition material, and the recycling flyer puts wood and building material on the list the cart refuses. A renovation load therefore has no city route on the pages that could be retained for this check.
City cost & eligibility
Because the city publishes no construction debris program, there is no city rate. Confirm whether the Department of Public Works has any current option at 781-397-7160, and otherwise ask a private container company for a quoted price.
When & how
There is no published city collection day for this material. Ask the Department of Public Works during business hours, or arrange a private container, which is delivered and collected on the hauling company's own schedule.
Get it ready
Keep wood, roofing, drywall, tile and rubble out of the barrel set out and out of any blue pay-as-you-throw bag, and confirm the receiving company's list before loading a container, because paint, treated material and asbestos usually need a separate route.
Exercise equipment is not named in any city page retained for this check, and a machine is too large for the bagged trash route. Malden resolves large odd pieces through its Waste Wizard rather than a printed item list, so the item has to be confirmed first.
City cost & eligibility
No city rate covers an exercise machine. Confirm the machine and any charge with the Department of Public Works at 781-397-7160, or check the city's Waste Wizard before the machine leaves the property.
When & how
Look the machine up in the city's Waste Wizard, then call the Department of Public Works during its Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. hours to arrange a day if the city takes it.
Get it ready
Describe the machine and its size when you call, take the console or screen off and handle it as electronics if it is a powered unit, and keep the machine out of the barrel set out until the city confirms the route.
Yard waste is collected at the curb on the same day as the trash during the city's designated spring-to-fall weeks, in brown paper bags or in barrels marked yard waste and separated from the rubbish. The accepted material is leaves, grass clippings and twigs, and branches, logs and dirt are refused.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Curbside yard waste is part of the residential collection program on the designated spring-to-fall weeks with no separate fee published, and the Saturday drop-off at the DPW Yard also publishes no fee.
When & how
Collection runs seasonally between April and November during designated weeks on the normal trash day, and the city says to search the address in its trash app for the specific weeks. The DPW Yard drop-off is published for Saturdays, and real Christmas trees are collected on the regular trash day during the week of January 12.
Get it ready
Use brown paper bags or a barrel marked yard waste and keep the material separate from the rubbish, keep branches, logs and dirt out of the pile, and remove tinsel, lights, decorations, tree stands and plastic bags from a Christmas tree before it goes out.
Trash goes out in a covered barrel with a valid bag or trash tag
Trash has to sit in a lidded barrel with the lid completely closed and be at the curb by 7 a.m. on the pickup day. Each bag is either a blue pay-as-you-throw bag from the city or, in a city black barrel carrying the current year trash tag, a standard store-bought bag of 13 gallon or larger with no loose trash, a lid that closes and no more than 35 pounds in the barrel. The city is running a tagging and education period on barrels that do not meet the rules, and fines can follow once that period ends.
Yard waste follows its own seasonal weeks and its own containers
Yard waste is only collected during the designated weeks between April and November, on the normal trash day, and it has to be separated from the rubbish. Grass clippings, leaves and twigs go in brown paper bags or in barrels marked yard waste, and branches, logs and dirt are not picked up. The city says to search the address in its trash app for the specific collection weeks.
Mattresses and box springs left the bulk policy in November 2022
The state disposal ban that took effect on November 1, 2022 removed mattresses and box springs from the waste stream, and Malden states that the city bulk item policy can no longer be used for either one. The city publishes a list of authorized vendors and says that disposing of a mattress without one is prohibited by law, so the unit is booked with a vendor rather than set out with the trash.
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.
A household with a bulk item, a white good, a piece of furniture or an exercise machine that is too large for the weekly barrel.
Cost & conditions
The city publishes no price for these items. The Waste Wizard gives the route, and the Department of Public Works confirms any charge at 781-397-7160.
Arrange it
Search the item in the Waste Wizard, then call the Department of Public Works during its Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. hours to arrange the collection day.
The normal weekly route takes only bagged trash inside a lidded barrel, so an item that is not confirmed with the city is left at the curb.
A household with a mattress or a box spring, which the city can no longer take through the bulk item policy.
Cost & conditions
The city sets no price and publishes only that the curbside option sits in the middle of a vendor's pricing and in-home removal at the top, so ask the vendor for its current charge.
Arrange it
Call an authorized vendor, such as ABH Services of Malden at 781-941-2422, Classic Cleanouts of Malden at 781-558-2626, HandUp at 774-271-8744, Junk Dispatch of Saugus at 781-504-7480 or Marvin Junk Removal at 781-267-5966, and book a pickup day.
The city has no direct business arrangement with any listed vendor and says that disposing of a mattress without an authorized one is prohibited by law, so the vendor list is the route.
Take electronics to the DPW Yard on a collection day
A household with a television, a computer monitor or other electronic waste that the recycling cart refuses.
Cost & conditions
$25 per cathode ray tube at the DPW Yard on a hazardous waste collection day, which the city's fee list describes as including televisions and computer monitors. Malden residents on a designated household hazardous waste collection day. The city showed no upcoming collection day when this was checked, and payment is cash only.
Arrange it
Bring the item to the DPW Yard at 356 Commercial Street on a designated household hazardous waste collection day, and check the date first because the yard is closed to dumping on weekdays during construction.
The yard takes hazardous items only on the seasonal collection days the city schedules and, at the time of this check, the page showed no upcoming day. Paint is accepted only until 1:00 PM, latex paint is refused, and other electronic waste carries no published price.
A household or contractor with construction, demolition or remodeling debris that has no published city route in Malden.
Cost & conditions
There is no city rate because the city publishes no construction debris program. The container company quotes its own price for the box and the disposal, which has to be confirmed before ordering.
Arrange it
Ask the Department of Public Works whether any current option exists, and otherwise contact a licensed container or hauling company to deliver and collect the box.
Wood and building material are refused in the blue recycling cart and cannot go in a pay-as-you-throw bag with the trash, so the load has to leave on a private route.
City yard that takes yard waste on Saturdays and hazardous material and electronics on designated collection days
Malden Department of Public Works Yard
356 Commercial Street, Malden, MA 02148
Yard waste on the Saturday drop-off days, and, on designated household hazardous waste collection days, motor oil, used oil filters, oil based paints, stains and varnishes, automotive batteries, nickel cadmium batteries, fluorescent light bulbs, cathode ray tubes that the city describes as televisions and computer monitors, tires and electronic waste.
The yard is closed to dumping Monday through Friday during the Malden River Works construction period, with no materials accepted on weekdays and yard waste only on Saturdays. Hazardous items are taken only on the seasonal collection days the city schedules, and the page showed no upcoming day when this was checked. Paint is accepted only until 1:00 PM, latex paint products are refused, and payment for a hazardous waste day is cash only. Confirm the current window with the Department of Public Works at 781-397-7160, because the alert publishes 7:00 AM to 12:00 PM for the Saturday drop-off while the yard waste page publishes 7:30 AM to 12:30 PM.
Office hours are Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Saturday yard waste drop-off is published for the morning, with the construction alert posting 7:00 AM to 12:00 PM and the yard waste page posting 7:30 AM to 12:30 PM. Hazardous waste is accepted only on designated collection days.
The hazardous waste days charge per item and take cash only, with a published line for cathode ray tubes, batteries, oil, oil filters, paint by volume, tires and fluorescent bulbs, and no published price for the Saturday yard waste drop-off. Confirm the rate for the exact item before loading a vehicle.
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 get rid of a bulk item in Malden?+
The city lists bulk items as an exception to the normal curbside pickup and sends residents to its Waste Wizard lookup for the answer, so there is no printed item list or fee to work from. Check the item there or call the Department of Public Works at 781-397-7160 before putting anything out.Official guidance
Will Malden take a couch on the normal trash day?+
Not as ordinary trash. The weekly route collects only bagged trash inside a lidded barrel with a valid bag or trash tag, and the city treats furniture as one of the exceptions to normal pickup that it resolves through its Waste Wizard. Confirm the piece with the Department of Public Works at 781-397-7160 first.Official guidance
Where do white goods and small appliances go in Malden?+
Small appliances cannot go in the blue recycling cart, and the city's flyer says to put them in a blue pay-as-you-throw bag with the trash. White goods are named as an exception to normal curbside pickup, so confirm the unit and any charge with the Department of Public Works at 781-397-7160 before it is set out.Official guidance
Where do old televisions and computers go in Malden?+
The recycling cart refuses electronics and the city's flyer points them to the DPW Yard at 356 Commercial Street for electronic waste recycling. The yard takes them on its designated hazardous waste collection days, publishes a per-unit fee for cathode ray tubes described as televisions and computer monitors, takes cash only, and showed no upcoming collection day when this was checked.Official guidance
Who collects trash in Malden?+
The City of Malden Department of Public Works runs weekly trash and recycling collection for residential buildings of six units or less, and buildings with more than six units and commercial properties have to arrange private pickup. Qualifying homes get one free trash barrel and one free recycling barrel, and the department answers at 781-397-7160 at 356 Commercial Street.Official guidance
What do I need to set trash out in Malden?+
A lidded barrel with the lid fully closed, at the curb by 7 a.m. on the collection day, with every bag either a blue pay-as-you-throw bag or a standard bag inside a city black barrel carrying the current year trash tag. The tag is good on the 35 gallon city cart only, asks for bags of 13 gallon or larger, and caps the load at 35 pounds, and the city is running a tagging and education period on barrels that do not comply.Official guidance
Can I still drop items at the Malden DPW Yard?+
Partly. The city alert says the yard is closed to dumping Monday through Friday during the Malden River Works construction period and that yard waste only may be dropped on Saturdays, and the yard waste page publishes a Saturday window as well. Household hazardous waste and electronics are taken only on the designated collection days the city schedules, and the page showed no upcoming day when this was checked, so call 781-397-7160 before making the trip.Official guidance
Who can take a mattress in Malden?+
An authorized vendor from the city's published list, because the state ban ended the bulk item route for mattresses and box springs. The city names ABH Services of Malden, Classic Cleanouts of Malden, HandUp, Junk Dispatch of Saugus and Marvin Junk Removal, says it has no direct business arrangement with them, and states that disposing of a mattress without an authorized vendor is prohibited by law.Official guidance
