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City collection A sofa, couch, upholstered chair or other household furniture counts as a bulky item and leaves on the trash day, one item per week from each residential unit that sets out official city pay-as-you-throw bags. A sofa bed and a recliner are the published exceptions and are not taken in the bulky set out. No charge. Included with curbside collection for a residential structure of up to four units that is in the city program and sets out official City of Taunton pay-as-you-throw bags, limited to one bulky item per week per unit. The regulations note that bulky item stickers may be required later to offset the cost.
City collection Massachusetts banned mattresses and box springs from disposal on November 1, 2022, so Taunton no longer takes either one in the trash or in the bulky pile. The city routes them through its contractor HandUp, which runs a scheduled curbside pickup in Taunton, and the city also accepts them at the Convenience Center on East Britannia. $35 per mattress or box spring unit, charged either on a scheduled HandUp curbside pickup or at the City Convenience Center, with a 25 dollar no-show fee on a scheduled unit that is not set out. Taunton residents. A mattress and a box spring together count as two units. For a unit that is excessively wet, heavily soiled or visibly moldy or infested, the city's mattress FAQ describes an additional disposal fee on the curbside route while HandUp's own page states it rejects such a unit at pickup, and the Convenience Center does not accept those units at all.
City collection White goods are the appliances that use electricity, oil, natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas to preserve or cook food or to wash or dry clothing and utensils, and the city lists refrigerators, freezers, dishwashers, washers, dryers, ovens, ranges, air conditioners and hot water heaters. They are carved out of the weekly bulky allowance, so a unit goes to the Convenience Center or onto the contractor appointment route that runs one day a month. From $20 per white good at the City Convenience Center, with Freon units such as air conditioners and refrigerators at a higher published rate, and the curbside appointment route quoted by the contractor. Taunton residents. White goods may also be placed at the curb one day per month by appointment with the city contractor where the contractor provides that collection.
City collection Taunton takes one bulky item per week from each residential unit that is in the city program, and the regulation's examples are upholstered chairs, furniture and sofas. Mattresses, box springs, white goods, bulk metal, televisions, computer monitors, sofa beds and recliners are all carved out of that allowance. No charge. Residential structures of up to four units in the city program, with one bulky item per week per unit alongside an official pay-as-you-throw set out. The city may require bulky item stickers later to offset the cost.
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?
Taunton runs curbside trash on official orange pay-as-you-throw bags and single-stream recycling every other week on the same day, and the bulky set out takes one item per week from each residential unit. The state waste ban changed the furniture rules: a sofa, a couch or an upholstered chair still leaves at the curb, but a sofa bed, a recliner, a mattress, a box spring, white goods, bulk metal, a television or a computer monitor cannot ride in the bulky pile. Mattresses and box springs now go through the city's contractor HandUp or the Convenience Center on East Britannia, and that same drop-off takes electronics at a published rate, tires, metal items, white goods and yard waste. Renovation debris is excluded from the city program entirely and needs a private container.
Massachusetts banned mattresses and box springs from disposal on November 1, 2022, so Taunton no longer takes either one in the trash or in the bulky pile. The city routes them through its contractor HandUp, which runs a scheduled curbside pickup in Taunton, and the city also accepts them at the Convenience Center on East Britannia.
City cost & eligibility
$35 per mattress or box spring unit, charged either on a scheduled HandUp curbside pickup or at the City Convenience Center, with a 25 dollar no-show fee on a scheduled unit that is not set out. Taunton residents. A mattress and a box spring together count as two units. For a unit that is excessively wet, heavily soiled or visibly moldy or infested, the city's mattress FAQ describes an additional disposal fee on the curbside route while HandUp's own page states it rejects such a unit at pickup, and the Convenience Center does not accept those units at all.
When & how
Call HandUp at (774) 271-8744 or book through its curbside page, choose a pickup date and set the unit at the curb by 8:30 AM on that day. The Convenience Center takes mattresses Wednesday and Friday from 7:00 AM to 1:00 PM and Saturday from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM.
Get it ready
Keep the unit dry and clean, because the city's mattress FAQ describes an additional disposal fee for an excessively wet, heavily soiled or visibly moldy or infested unit on the curbside route, HandUp states it rejects such a unit at pickup, and the Convenience Center does not accept those units. There is no published limit on the number of units on a curbside appointment, payment on that route is by debit or credit card, and the drop-off takes cash, check, money order or credit card.
A sofa, couch, upholstered chair or other household furniture counts as a bulky item and leaves on the trash day, one item per week from each residential unit that sets out official city pay-as-you-throw bags. A sofa bed and a recliner are the published exceptions and are not taken in the bulky set out.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Included with curbside collection for a residential structure of up to four units that is in the city program and sets out official City of Taunton pay-as-you-throw bags, limited to one bulky item per week per unit. The regulations note that bulky item stickers may be required later to offset the cost.
When & how
Put the item at the curb on the normal trash day. Trash is collected weekly and recycling every other week on the same day, so the bulky item goes out with the trash.
Get it ready
Keep it to one item for the week, keep sofa beds and recliners out of the pile, and send mattresses, box springs, televisions, computer monitors, white goods and bulk metal to their own routes. An item that is not collected has to leave the curb by 7:00 p.m. on the day after collection or the resident can be fined.
White goods are the appliances that use electricity, oil, natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas to preserve or cook food or to wash or dry clothing and utensils, and the city lists refrigerators, freezers, dishwashers, washers, dryers, ovens, ranges, air conditioners and hot water heaters. They are carved out of the weekly bulky allowance, so a unit goes to the Convenience Center or onto the contractor appointment route that runs one day a month.
City cost & eligibility
From $20 per white good at the City Convenience Center, with Freon units such as air conditioners and refrigerators at a higher published rate, and the curbside appointment route quoted by the contractor. Taunton residents. White goods may also be placed at the curb one day per month by appointment with the city contractor where the contractor provides that collection.
When & how
The Convenience Center takes white goods Wednesday and Friday from 7:00 AM to 1:00 PM and Saturday from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM. The curbside appointment runs one day per month and has to be scheduled with the contractor by phone.
Get it ready
Empty the unit first and tell the receiving site whether it holds Freon, because the regulation splits white goods into Freon-containing and non-Freon units and the drop-off rate is higher for a Freon unit. Keep the appliance out of the bulky pile, because white goods are excluded from that allowance.
Televisions, computer monitors and other electronics are kept out of the trash and out of the bulky allowance, and the city's e-waste sticker program ended in 2020. Residents pay a published per-item rate at the Convenience Center, and the city's mattress contractor HandUp also takes flat screen televisions and computer monitors and towers on a scheduled pickup for a fee.
City cost & eligibility
From $10 per item at the City Convenience Center, with computer monitors, televisions under 21 inches, keyboards, mice and computer towers at the entry rate and larger televisions at higher published rates, and the HandUp pickup quoted separately. Taunton residents. The city retired its e-waste sticker program and residents now pay the established rates to dispose of electronic waste at the Convenience Center.
When & how
The Convenience Center takes electronics Wednesday and Friday from 7:00 AM to 1:00 PM and Saturday from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM. A HandUp pickup is booked for a chosen date alongside its mattress service.
Get it ready
Keep televisions, monitors and other electronics out of the trash and out of the bulky pile, wipe personal data before any handover, and check the screen size before the trip because the television rate steps up with the size of the set.
Construction, demolition and remodeling debris of any kind is excluded from the city's solid waste program, and so are auto hulks, engine blocks, transmission blocks, heavy machinery, snowmobiles, motorcycles, riding lawn mowers and tractors. Neither the weekly bulky allowance nor the Convenience Center covers a renovation load, and the same exclusion catches a heavy bagged load that is not in an official city bag.
City cost & eligibility
The city program and the Convenience Center list no rate for construction, demolition or remodeling debris because the regulations exclude it. A private container or hauling company quotes its own price, which has to be confirmed before a load is ordered.
When & how
There is no city collection day for this material. A private container is delivered and collected on the hauler's own schedule, and the curbside and drop-off routes do not take it.
Get it ready
Keep renovation debris, heavy machinery and any bagged load outside the official city bags out of the curb set out, because uncollected material can be fined and the regulations let the city charge its own removal cost.
Exercise equipment is not named in the bulky examples, the white goods definition, the bulk metal definition or the electronics schedule, so the city has to confirm the machine before it goes out. If the city accepts it, the machine uses the single bulky item allowed for that week.
City cost & eligibility
The city publishes no rate for an exercise machine because it is not a named category. Confirm acceptance, the route and any charge with the Department of Public Works at 508-821-1431 before setting the machine out.
When & how
Call the Department of Public Works during business hours before the normal trash day, and if the city accepts the machine, put it out as that week's single bulky item.
Get it ready
Describe the machine and its size when calling, ask whether any electronics inside it have to be handled separately as e-waste, and keep it off the curb until the city confirms the item.
Taunton takes one bulky item per week from each residential unit that is in the city program, and the regulation's examples are upholstered chairs, furniture and sofas. Mattresses, box springs, white goods, bulk metal, televisions, computer monitors, sofa beds and recliners are all carved out of that allowance.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Residential structures of up to four units in the city program, with one bulky item per week per unit alongside an official pay-as-you-throw set out. The city may require bulky item stickers later to offset the cost.
When & how
Put the item at the curb on the normal trash day, because trash is collected weekly and recycling runs every other week on that same day.
Get it ready
One item per week only, with no mattress, box spring, white goods, bulk metal, television, monitor, sofa bed or recliner in the pile. Material that is not collected has to leave the curb by 7:00 p.m. on the day after collection or the resident can be fined.
Yard waste leaves the curb on the city's special collection weeks rather than every trash day, and the accepted material is tree trimmings, grass cuttings, leaves, bushes, hedges, weeds, dead trees, wood chips and shavings from residential yard maintenance.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Collected at the curb as part of the city residential program on the published collection weeks, with no separate fee listed. The Convenience Center route publishes its own per-bag, per-barrel and per-load rates.
When & how
The published yard waste weeks are the week of October 26, 2026, the week of November 16, 2026 and the week of April 26, 2027, each running on the resident's normal trash day. Christmas trees are collected the week of January 11, 2027.
Get it ready
Use barrels, boxes or paper bags and never plastic bags, keep leaves, grass and brush under one inch in diameter out of the solid waste, and strip decorations and tinsel from a tree before it goes out.
Tires are excluded from the city's solid waste and from the bulky allowance, so a set goes to the Convenience Center, which publishes a rate for a small automobile tire and a higher rate for a large truck tire.
City cost & eligibility
From $10 per small automobile tire at the City Convenience Center, with large truck tires at a higher published rate. Taunton residents bringing the tires to the city drop-off. Tires are not collected curbside.
When & how
The Convenience Center takes tires Wednesday and Friday from 7:00 AM to 1:00 PM and Saturday from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM.
Get it ready
Count the tires and confirm the sizes before the trip, keep them out of the curb pile so the rest of the set out is not refused, and bring payment because the drop-off takes cash, check, money order or credit card.
Bulk metal is the city's term for recyclable metal too large for the commingled recycling sort, such as a gas grill with the tank removed, a metal barrel or a bicycle. It is not part of the bulky allowance, so it goes to the Convenience Center or onto the contractor appointment route that runs one day a month.
City cost & eligibility
From $8 per metal item such as a mower, grill, microwave or bicycle at the City Convenience Center, with the curbside appointment route quoted by the contractor. Taunton residents. Bulk metal may also be placed at the curb one day per month by appointment with the city contractor where the contractor provides that collection.
When & how
The Convenience Center takes metal Wednesday and Friday from 7:00 AM to 1:00 PM and Saturday from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM, and the curbside appointment runs one day per month.
Get it ready
Remove and keep the propane tank from a gas grill, because a tank is a separate charged item, and keep metal out of the commingled cart unless it is a small can, pan or piece of foil.
Household trash goes out in official City of Taunton pay-as-you-throw bags, closed or tied and not over 50 pounds, and closed bags may sit inside a plastic or metal barrel of no more than 35 gallons with the loaded barrel also staying under 50 pounds. Barrels need handles or handholds and a top diameter no smaller than the rest of the barrel, and bags may not be tied to the barrel. The city does not sell the bags directly, so residents buy them from the approved retailers in the city, and waste that is not in an official bag is not collected.
One bulky item per week, and the carve-outs are strict
The city collects a single bulky item per week from each residential unit that has a pay-as-you-throw set out, and the item leaves on the normal trash day. A mattress, a box spring, white goods, bulk metal, a television, a computer monitor, a sofa bed and a recliner are all outside that allowance and need one of the other routes, so a pile built from the wrong categories will not be taken.
Recycling runs every other week on the same day as trash
The city is split into an A week and a B week and each half sets recycling out every other week on its normal trash day, which the city publishes in a collection schedule listing the addresses. Recycling is single stream, so paper, cardboard and commingled containers can share the cart, but the material goes in loose and clean rather than in plastic bags, and a cart holding mixed waste and recyclables is not collected. One cart comes free with the service and extra carts are available from the Department of Public Works at 90 Ingell Street.
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 Taunton Department of Public Works, Republic Services and HandUp
Use the weekly bulky item allowance
A household in a building of up to four units with a sofa, a couch, an upholstered chair or another household furniture piece that is too large for a city bag.
Cost & conditions
No charge. Included with curbside collection for a residential unit that sets out official city pay-as-you-throw bags, limited to one bulky item per week per unit.
Arrange it
Put the single item at the curb on the normal trash day. No appointment is published for an ordinary bulky item.
Sofa beds, recliners, mattresses, box springs, white goods, bulk metal, televisions and computer monitors are not accepted in the bulky pile, and anything that is not collected has to leave the curb by 7:00 p.m. on the day after collection.
A household with a mattress or a box spring that the city can no longer collect in the bulky pile.
Cost & conditions
$35 per mattress or box spring unit on a scheduled HandUp curbside pickup, with a 25 dollar no-show fee on a scheduled unit that is not set out. Taunton residents on HandUp's published curbside service list. A mattress and a box spring count as two units, and water damaged, heavily soiled, moldy or infested units are refused.
Arrange it
Call HandUp at (774) 271-8744 or book on its curbside page, choose a pickup date and have the unit curbside by 8:30 AM on that day. Payment is by debit or credit card.
There is no published limit on the number of units, but the resident pays for every unit scheduled, the city's mattress FAQ describes an additional disposal fee for an ineligible unit while HandUp states it rejects such a unit at pickup, and a scheduled unit that is not set out is charged a no-show fee.
City of Taunton Department of Public Works, Republic Services and HandUp
Drop the item at the city Convenience Center
A household that would rather drive a mattress, a television, a white good, metal item, tire or yard waste to the city drop-off on its open days.
Cost & conditions
The city publishes a per-item rate sheet for the Convenience Center and changes it by item type and size, so confirm the rate for the specific item before loading a vehicle.
Arrange it
Take the material to the Convenience Center on East Britannia during its published hours, and unload it yourself, because the site is self-service and allows no scavenging.
Payment is by cash, check, money order or credit card, vehicles are subject to load inspection, and construction, demolition and remodeling debris, liquid waste such as acids and pool chemicals, and material the regulations exclude cannot be dropped there.
City of Taunton Department of Public Works, Republic Services and HandUp
Schedule the monthly white goods and bulk metal appointment
A household with a refrigerator, washer, dryer, air conditioner or another white good, or with bulk metal such as a gas grill with the tank removed.
Cost & conditions
The city publishes no price for the monthly appointment route, which the contractor provides where it offers the collection, so confirm the fee and the date by phone.
Arrange it
Call the city's collection contractor to schedule the one day per month appointment, then place the unit at the curb for that date.
The regulation makes the appointment conditional on the contractor providing the collection, so the route is not guaranteed for every address or every month, and the item cannot simply go out with the weekly trash.
A household or contractor with construction, demolition, remodeling or other heavy debris that the city program and the Convenience Center both exclude.
Cost & conditions
No public rate covers this material at city facilities, so the container company quotes its own price for the box and the disposal, which has to be confirmed before ordering.
Arrange it
Contact a licensed container or hauling company to deliver a box, then have the same company collect it after the work.
The city does not accept this material at the curb or at the Convenience Center, so a private container is the only local route, and the regulations also exclude heavy machinery and bagged loads that are not in official city bags.
City drop-off for mattresses, electronics, white goods, metal, tires, yard waste and recycling
Taunton Convenience Center
330 East Britannia, Taunton, MA
Newspaper, mixed paper and flattened cardboard for recycling, commingled bottles and cans free to residents, leaves, grass and brush under one inch in diameter for compost, mattresses and box springs, white goods such as washers and dryers, Freon devices such as air conditioners and refrigerators, electronics including televisions and computer monitors, bulk metal items such as mowers, grills, microwaves and bicycles, automotive and lead acid batteries, propane tanks, tires, waste oil up to five gallons a day for residents, clothing and textiles free, and yard waste in paper bags or barrels.
Taunton residents only, self-service unloading, no scavenging and no smoking, and vehicles are subject to load inspection. Excluded material includes construction, demolition and remodeling debris, household garbage, liquid waste such as herbicides, pesticides, acids, bases and pool chemicals, and anything the regulations reject. A city mattress FAQ prints the drop-off number as 340 rather than 330, so confirm the entrance on East Britannia if it is not obvious.
Wednesday and Friday from 7:00 AM to 1:00 PM and Saturday from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM.
The city publishes a per-item rate sheet effective July 12, 2023 that prices everything from cardboard and yard waste to mattresses, electronics, Freon devices, white goods, metal, batteries, propane tanks and tires. Payment is by cash, check, money order or credit card, and the rate for a specific item should be confirmed before a trip.
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.
Why will the city not pick up a mattress as bulk waste?+
The Massachusetts disposal ban that took effect on November 1, 2022 keeps mattresses and box springs out of the trash, and the city says it can no longer collect them as bulk waste. The city routes them through its contractor HandUp or through the Convenience Center instead, with a fee charged per unit.Official guidance
Will the city take a sofa from the curb?+
Yes. Sofas, couches, upholstered chairs and other furniture are the published bulky item examples, and the city collects one bulky item per week from a residential unit that sets out official pay-as-you-throw bags. A sofa bed and a recliner are the stated exceptions and are not collected in the bulky pile.Official guidance
How do I get rid of a refrigerator or another white good in Taunton?+
White goods are excluded from the weekly bulky allowance, so the routes are the Convenience Center on East Britannia or the contractor appointment that runs one day per month. The city publishes a per-item drop-off rate for white goods and a higher rate for Freon units, so confirm the current price before either trip.Official guidance
Where do old televisions and computers go in Taunton?+
To the Convenience Center on East Britannia, which charges a published per-item rate that rises with the size of the television, or onto a HandUp pickup that also takes flat screen televisions and computer monitors and towers for a fee. Electronics cannot go in the trash or in the bulky set out, and the city retired its e-waste sticker program in 2020.Official guidance
What can go out as a bulky item in Taunton?+
Upholstered chairs, furniture and sofas are the published examples, one item per week from a residential unit with an official pay-as-you-throw set out. Sofa beds, recliners, mattresses, box springs, white goods, bulk metal, televisions and computer monitors are all carved out and need another route.Official guidance
Who collects trash and bulky items in Taunton?+
The City of Taunton Department of Public Works runs the program with its collection contractor Republic Services, and residents reach the department at 508-821-1431 at 90 Ingell Street. Trash is collected weekly in official city pay-as-you-throw bags, recycling every other week on the same day, and one bulky item per week is allowed from a residential unit that has a bag set out.Official guidance
How many bulky items can go out at once?+
One item per week from each residential unit that sets out official city pay-as-you-throw bags, and only for buildings of up to four units. A mattress, a box spring, a sofa bed, a recliner, white goods, bulk metal, a television or a computer monitor does not count against that item because none of them is accepted in the bulky pile.Official guidance
How does the mattress rule treat a mattress and a box spring together?+
They count as two units, and the fee is charged for each one on both the curbside HandUp pickup and the Convenience Center drop-off. The city's mattress FAQ describes an additional disposal fee for a unit that is excessively wet, heavily soiled or visibly moldy or infested on the curbside route, HandUp states it rejects such a unit at pickup, and the Convenience Center does not accept those units, and a scheduled curbside unit that is not set out is charged a no-show fee.Official guidance
What bags do I need for curbside trash in Taunton?+
Official City of Taunton orange pay-as-you-throw bags, which the city does not sell directly. Approved retailers in the city sell them, and waste left at the curb outside those bags is not collected apart from a permitted bulky item, a scheduled white goods or yard waste collection, and the dumpster service that is part of the municipal contract.Official guidance
What does the Convenience Center take, and what does it cost?+
It takes mattresses and box springs, televisions and computer monitors, Freon and non-Freon white goods, metal items, tires, batteries, propane tanks, waste oil, clothing and textiles, yard waste and single stream recycling, and it publishes a per-item rate sheet rather than one gate price. Payment is by cash, check, money order or credit card, so confirm the rate for the exact item before loading a vehicle.Official guidance
When is the household hazardous waste day in Taunton?+
The city publishes two household hazardous waste days, Saturday, August 22, 2026 and Saturday, August 21, 2027, and the Convenience Center routes everyday hazardous material differently: liquid waste such as herbicides, pesticides, acids, bases and pool chemicals is excluded from the site, and anything containing mercury is kept out of the trash.Official guidance
