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City collection A household may set out one bulk item a week alongside its barrels, where a bulk item is something that will not fit in a barrel but can still be collected and crushed by the trash truck. No charge. Waltham households on the city collection route, including each family or resident in a multi-family building with six or fewer units. The weekly allowance is part of the collection service and the City publishes no separate charge for it, but the item has to fall within the published definition and anything over 100 pounds has to be called in first.
City collection Massachusetts bans mattresses from curbside trash, so bedding goes out through an appointment the City books with its contracted mattress recycler. No charge. Waltham residents in buildings with six or fewer units, who book the pickup through the Waltham Recycling Department and may recycle up to six total units in a calendar year, where one mattress or one box spring counts as one unit. A resident of a building with more than six units arranges collection through building management, the condo complex or a private company.
City collection The City's hauler collects major appliances for recycling by appointment, within a published weekly allowance of two units. No charge. Waltham households on the city collection route, which may schedule the contracted hauler to collect up to two white goods a week, covering washers, dryers, metal cabinets, stoves, refrigerators, freezers and air conditioners. The City publishes no separate charge for the appointment.
City collection The City collects recycling and household trash every week on one collection day for the address, using a blue wheeled recycling cart the City supplies and trash barrels the property owner provides. No charge. Waltham households on the city collection route, which serves buildings with six or fewer units and is provided as a municipal service with no separately published per household collection charge. A building with more than six units arranges its own collection through building management or a private hauler.
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?
Waltham collects recycling and trash every week from one city route, and the route serves buildings with six or fewer units. The City supplies a blue wheeled recycling cart while each property owner provides the trash barrels, which may not exceed 32 gallons or 50 pounds each and must have a lid. Everything goes out by 7 a.m. on the collection day, though the City allows an earlier set out on the evening before. Alongside the barrels a household may set out one bulk item a week, meaning something that will not fit in a barrel but can still be collected and crushed by the truck, which is the ordinary route for a couch or a dresser. Massachusetts bans mattresses and textiles from curbside trash, so bedding moves to an appointment the City books with a contracted mattress recycler, and televisions and computer monitors plus major appliances are collected by the City's hauler by appointment because the screens are hazardous. Construction and demolition material is banned from the carts entirely and a resident has to arrange a private hauler, and household chemicals go to a regional collection held one weekend a month from April through November.
The City collects recycling and household trash every week on one collection day for the address, using a blue wheeled recycling cart the City supplies and trash barrels the property owner provides.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Waltham households on the city collection route, which serves buildings with six or fewer units and is provided as a municipal service with no separately published per household collection charge. A building with more than six units arranges its own collection through building management or a private hauler.
When & how
Trash and recycling every week on the designated collection day for the address, which the City publishes on its pickup map. During a holiday week each day shifts one later for the rest of the week, with Monday moving to Tuesday and Friday moving to Saturday.
Get it ready
Everything is out by 7 a.m. on the collection day, and the City also allows containers to be placed curbside one hour before sundown the night before. Trash goes in a bag and then into a barrel with the lid fully closed, barrels may not exceed 32 gallons or 50 pounds each and must have a lid, and only the wheeled recycling cart distributed by the City is collected. A resident who sets items out after 7 a.m. waits for the following week rather than calling for the truck to return.
A household may set out one bulk item a week alongside its barrels, where a bulk item is something that will not fit in a barrel but can still be collected and crushed by the trash truck.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Waltham households on the city collection route, including each family or resident in a multi-family building with six or fewer units. The weekly allowance is part of the collection service and the City publishes no separate charge for it, but the item has to fall within the published definition and anything over 100 pounds has to be called in first.
When & how
Once each week on the regular collection day, alongside the barrels rather than on a separate appointment.
Get it ready
Use the item only if it does not fit in a barrel yet can still be collected and crushed by the truck. Chairs, couches, dressers, bookcases and humidifiers are the published examples, and auto parts and bags of trash are excluded. Each piece of a sectional couch counts as its own bulk item and has to go out in separate weeks, and the City requires a call before anything over 100 pounds goes out.
Massachusetts bans mattresses from curbside trash, so bedding goes out through an appointment the City books with its contracted mattress recycler.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Waltham residents in buildings with six or fewer units, who book the pickup through the Waltham Recycling Department and may recycle up to six total units in a calendar year, where one mattress or one box spring counts as one unit. A resident of a building with more than six units arranges collection through building management, the condo complex or a private company.
When & how
On the appointment date the Recycling Department sets, not on the regular collection day and not in the cart.
Get it ready
Keep the mattress or box spring dry and out of the weather, and leave it curbside only on the scheduled day rather than on the sidewalk in advance. Place it where the house number and the item can be seen at the same time, never behind a gate, porch or in a backyard, and a mattress bag or a tarp that still reads as a mattress is acceptable.
The City's hauler collects major appliances for recycling by appointment, within a published weekly allowance of two units.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Waltham households on the city collection route, which may schedule the contracted hauler to collect up to two white goods a week, covering washers, dryers, metal cabinets, stoves, refrigerators, freezers and air conditioners. The City publishes no separate charge for the appointment.
When & how
By appointment with the contracted hauler on a scheduled day, with the appointment made before 3:30 p.m. the day before the collection.
Get it ready
Remove every door from a refrigerator or freezer and leave the unit upright at the curb by 7 a.m. on the appointment day, and expect the driver to lift the item from the curb rather than from inside the property. The City also suggests asking the retailer to take the old appliance away when a new one is delivered.
Televisions and computer monitors are collected by appointment only because they are hazardous, while other electronics have a retail drop off the City names and a trash route when they cannot be recycled.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Waltham households on the city collection route for the appointment collection of televisions and computer monitors, which the City provides without a published per item charge. The City also states that a national retailer collects most other electronics at no charge, and that electronics which cannot be recycled may go in the trash.
When & how
By appointment with the contracted hauler on the regular collection day, with the appointment made at least 24 hours ahead, or at the retailer the City names for other devices.
Get it ready
Put the television or monitor curbside by 7 a.m. on the appointment day, and expect no help moving it from the house because the driver does not assist with transport to the curb. Keep the device intact, and remember that the appointment is what authorizes the pickup, so nothing should sit at the curb before the scheduled date.
Construction and demolition material is banned from the barrels and the recycling cart, and the City directs the resident to a private hauler.
City cost & eligibility
Neither the barrels nor the recycling cart may take construction and demolition material, and the City states that the trash hauler will not collect it. Contractors are generally responsible for the debris that a project generates, and a resident arranging it directly has to contract a private hauler, which sets its own price.
When & how
By arrangement with a private hauler, never on the weekly collection day.
Get it ready
Keep asphalt pavement, brick, concrete, metal, wood, clean gypsum wallboard and toilets out of both the barrels and the recycling cart. A project that produces a load of this material needs the hauler scheduled before the work starts rather than a pile left beside the barrels, and a resident planning a move should allow time to arrange it.
The City names no workout machine in any of its lists, so the route depends on whether the unit fits the bulk definition and how much it weighs.
City cost & eligibility
A machine that will not fit in a barrel but can still be collected and crushed by the trash truck falls inside the weekly bulk allowance, while the City requires a call before an item over 100 pounds goes out and does not publish what that call decides. Confirm the specific machine with the Recycling Department or the hauler, and expect a machine that is too heavy or too rigid for the truck to need a private hauler instead.
When & how
On the regular collection week as the one bulk item if the machine qualifies, or by a private arrangement if it does not.
Get it ready
Take the machine down as far as it comes apart, and weigh the heaviest single piece before setting anything out. A machine over 100 pounds needs the call first, and loose weights or a console that will not stay with the frame should be kept together so the load can be lifted safely from the curb.
Household chemicals never belong in the barrels or the cart, and the City runs a seasonal regional collection that requires advance registration.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Waltham residents who bring proof of residency such as a license or a Waltham bill and who pre-register, since the City states that there is no direct charge to Waltham residents for the collection. Registration closes at noon the Friday before the event.
When & how
One weekend collection each month from April through November, with the published 2026 dates including a Thursday collection from 3pm to 7pm in October and a Sunday collection from 9am to 2pm in November. The site is closed December through March, so a household should plan to clear hazardous products before the season ends.
Get it ready
Bring the material to the collection rather than setting it at the curb, and register before the deadline to hold a place, because a resident without a confirmed registration is turned away and told to register for another date. Oil and lead based paint, automotive batteries, oil, poisons, paint strippers and solvents, pesticides, cleaners, antifreeze, mercury products and light bulbs are accepted, while latex paint and compressed gas cylinders are not.
Put everything out by 7 a.m. on the collection day, and the City also allows containers to go curbside one hour before sundown the night before. Trash goes in a bag and then in a barrel with the lid closed, and only the wheeled recycling cart the City supplied is collected.
One bulk item a week, and a call before heavy pieces
A household may put out one bulk item each week next to the barrels, and the item has to be something that will not fit in a barrel but can still be collected and crushed by the truck. Each section of a sectional couch counts as its own item and goes out in a different week, and the City requires a call before anything over 100 pounds goes out.
In a week with a holiday, each collection day shifts one day later for the remainder of the week. A Monday route moves to Tuesday, and a Friday route moves to Saturday, so the barrels wait a day rather than going out on the usual morning.
Mattresses, textiles, construction and demolition material, televisions and computer monitors, appliances and household chemicals are all refused in the barrels and the recycling cart. Each of those items has its own route, and an item over 100 pounds needs a call before it goes out at all.
The city route serves buildings of six units or fewer
The City collection covers buildings with six or fewer units, and each family or resident in one of those buildings keeps its own weekly bulk allowance. A larger apartment building or condo complex arranges collection through building management, the condo association or a private company instead.
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 Waltham Recycling Department with Capitol Waste Services and the regional household hazardous waste events
City weekly collection
A Waltham household in a building with six or fewer units, where the City runs one weekly collection day for trash and recycling.
Cost & conditions
No charge. Waltham households on the city collection route, which serves buildings with six or fewer units as a municipal service without a separately published per household charge.
Arrange it
Look up the collection day for the address on the City map, set the barrels and the blue cart out by 7 a.m. with the lids closed, and report a missed collection on the city line rather than waiting at the curb.
The route takes household trash and recyclables only, with no construction material, no mattress or textile, and no screen, appliance or chemical, each of which needs its own route.
City of Waltham Recycling Department with Capitol Waste Services and the regional household hazardous waste events
Appointment collections with the contracted hauler
A Waltham household with a television, a computer monitor or a major appliance that cannot go in the barrels.
Cost & conditions
No charge. Waltham households on the city collection route, which may schedule televisions and monitors as hazardous screens and up to two white goods a week, without a separately published per item charge.
Arrange it
Call the contracted hauler to book the appointment, schedule a screen at least 24 hours ahead and an appliance before 3:30 p.m. the day before, then place the item at the curb by 7 a.m. on the appointment day.
The driver does not move an item from the house to the curb, and a ride on mower is refused by the contractor entirely, so a heavy machine has to be handled by a private hauler.
A household with small electronics that are not televisions or computer monitors.
Cost & conditions
No charge. The City states that a national electronics retailer collects most electronics at no charge, and that electronics which cannot be recycled may be thrown in the trash.
Arrange it
Check the retailer's current accepted device list before loading the car, and keep televisions and monitors on the appointment route with the contracted hauler instead.
The retail route is the City's guidance for devices other than screens, so it does not replace the appointment collection for a television or a monitor.
Minuteman household hazardous waste collection at 60 Hartwell Avenue
60 Hartwell Avenue, Lexington, MA
Oil and lead based paint, automotive batteries, oil, poisons, paint strippers and solvents, pesticides, cleaners, antifreeze, mercury containing products, and light bulbs including compact fluorescents.
Waltham residents only, with proof of residency such as a license or a Waltham bill, and advance online registration is required with registration closing at noon the Friday before the event or when the event fills. A resident without a confirmed registration is turned away and told to register for another date. Ammunition, explosives and road flares, compressed gas cylinders, home medical waste and latex paint are refused.
One collection each month from April through November, with the published 2026 dates running a Thursday collection from 3pm to 7pm in October and a Sunday collection from 9am to 2pm in November. The site is closed December through March.
No charge. Waltham residents who pre-register and bring proof of residency, since the City states that there is no direct charge to Waltham residents for the collection.
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 many bulk items can go out each week?+
One item a week, in addition to the barrels, and each household in a multi-family building with six or fewer units has the same allowance beside its own barrels. A sectional couch is not one item, because each section counts separately and has to be set out in a different week.Official guidance
How do I schedule a mattress pickup?+
Call the Waltham Recycling Department to book an appointment with the mattress recycler the City contracts, then put the mattress out on that date rather than on your regular collection day. The allowance is six units per household in a calendar year, counting a mattress or a box spring as one unit.Official guidance
How do I schedule an appliance pickup?+
Call the contracted hauler to book the collection, and make the call before 3:30 p.m. on the day before the appointment. Leave the unit upright at the curb by 7 a.m. with all refrigerator and freezer doors removed, because the driver does not move items from the house to the curb.Official guidance
Where do televisions and computer monitors go?+
They are collected by the contracted hauler by appointment on your regular collection day, scheduled at least 24 hours ahead, because the City treats screens as hazardous material that has to be recycled. Put the item out by 7 a.m. on that day and move it to the curb yourself, since the driver does not help with transport.Official guidance
Who collects the trash in Waltham?+
The City runs the residential collection and a contracted hauler does the work, while the Recycling Department handles carts, disposal questions and the special appointments. The route serves buildings with six or fewer units, and a larger building arranges its own service.Official guidance
How do I find my collection day?+
The City publishes a pickup map that returns the trash and recycling day for an address, and the same map reports the A week or B week assignment used for yard waste. Trash and recycling are collected weekly on that day, and a holiday week pushes the rest of the week one day later.Official guidance
Who do I call about a missed pickup?+
Report a missed trash, recycling or yard waste collection on the city line during weekday hours, and the department can follow up with the hauler on the route. If the material went out after 7 a.m., do not call, because the City asks residents to hold it for the following week instead.Official guidance
How do I get another recycling cart?+
Call the Recycling Department, which supplies the household cart and takes requests for an extra one. A broken cart is repaired or replaced through the same call, and only the wheeled carts the City distributed are collected at the curb.Official guidance
What if my building has more than six units?+
The city collection route and the contracted mattress appointment both apply to buildings with six or fewer units, so a larger apartment building or condo complex arranges trash, recycling and bedding collection through building management, the condo association or a private company. The City also publishes a directory of donation and reuse options for residents in that situation.Official guidance
Does Waltham hold a recycling event?+
The City holds an annual Zero Waste Day at Nipper Maher Park where clothing, car tires, electronics, books and metal are recycled at no charge along with paper shredding. The date published in the current guide has already passed, so confirm the next date with the Recycling Department.Official guidance
