Exercise equipment removal
in Somerville.

Somerville answers large items with a set of specific published routes instead of one bulky pickup. Furniture is the simplest: the city collects two pieces a week with the regular trash, asking only that mirrors and glass be taped on both sides and drawers and doors be secured. A mattress or box spring is the most tightly controlled, because state law requires recycling and, from February 1, 2026, each piece needs a 55 dollar disposal sticker bought in advance, with the household in a building of six units or fewer, a two bulk item weekly limit, and a pickup booked through 311 by 3:30 p.m. the day before. A large appliance needs its own 25 dollar white goods sticker, one per item, and small appliances can simply go in the trash or to the DPW drop-off. That drop-off at 1 Franey Road is the self haul route for electronics, tires and yard waste on weekdays between 8:30 a.m. and 12 p.m. or 1 p.m. and 3:30 p.m., with proof of residency shown at the guard shack and televisions refused if the glass is broken. Hazardous waste has its own calendar at the same address, the second Saturday of every month from April through November plus two week nights, where solvents, pesticides, pool chemicals, automotive fluids, mercury items, latex paint, tires, rechargeable batteries and string lights are accepted and construction debris, gas cylinders, medications, bulky items, mattresses and white goods are refused. Building material is the one material with no municipal route at all: toilets, sinks, windows, wood, masonry, siding and shingles must be disposed of privately unless a building permit with the green sticker is on display for a job under 5,000 dollars, and the city runs a curbside textile program for clothing and asks residents to donate usable goods before throwing them away. City trash and recycling page with the set-out and missed pickup deadlines, the full list of what may go out with regular trash including the two pieces of furniture per week, the 50 dollar cart replacement fee, the household hazardous waste event dates, the weekday yard waste, electronic waste and tire drop-off, the 25 dollar white goods sticker, the private disposal rule for building materials with the permit and green sticker exception and the curbside textile programCity mattress and box spring recycling page with the state recycling requirement, the 55 dollar disposal sticker on each item from February 1, 2026, the six unit eligibility limit, the two bulk item weekly limit, the 311 scheduling deadline, the sticker purchase locations and payment methods, the accepted mattress types and the refused listCity electronic waste program page with the One Franey Road drop-off, the weekday windows, the proof of residency and residents only rules, the accepted device list from computers and monitors without broken glass through printers, servers, networking gear and projectors, the tire and yard waste acceptance note and the ACV Enviro household hazardous waste pickup programmeCity household hazardous waste flyer listing the accepted hazardous materials, the non hazardous items taken at the same events including latex paint, televisions, tires and rechargeable batteries, the refused items including construction debris, gas cylinders, medications, bulky items, mattresses and white goods, and the vehicle and container handling rulesCity curbside textile recycling program page confirming that textile collection is offered to residential dwellings receiving city curbside service, typically buildings of six or fewer units, alongside clothing and shoe drop boxes