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City collection Household furniture is a named bulk item. Chairs, couches and tables go out at the curb on the weekly bulk route, and the cleanup weeks take household furnishings and furniture again, so a couch or a table does not need an appointment here. Furniture rides the contracted residential collection and no per-piece charge is published, so confirm the account terms with Republic Services at 269-216-8008. Donation is the other route, and the county guide points to Goodwill, Habitat for Humanity and the Salvation Army, each of which sets its own acceptance rules.
City collection A mattress and box spring come out on the weekly bulk collection when they are wrapped in plastic, and the spring and fall cleanup weeks take them wrapped as well. The wrap is the condition the city and the hauler both publish, so the piece has to be sealed before it reaches the curb. The weekly bulk collection is part of the contracted residential service and no separate per-item charge is published, so confirm the current residential rate and any account terms with Republic Services at 269-216-8008. The plastic mattress bags sold at the UPS store in Battle Creek run from $3.75 for a twin to $6.00 for a king.
City collection A unit holding refrigerant cannot simply go out. The hauler requires the refrigerant to be removed by a licensed technician and the unit tagged before pickup, and the cleanup weeks refuse refrigerant appliances outright, so licensed removal is the step that opens the route. $30 per unit for licensed refrigerant removal at Reliable Refrigeration, with Ted's Appliance at the same rate and unit pickup available by arrangement. Households with a refrigerator, freezer, air conditioner, dehumidifier or water cooler. Once the unit is tagged, the curbside bulk collection takes it, and the county Appliance and Scrap Metal Collections have taken refrigerant units at some sites but not others, so confirm the next event before loading.
City collection Single-family homes get weekly unlimited trash plus a weekly bulk item collection for anything safely liftable at the curb. Twice a year the city adds a cleanup week that takes bagged extra material on the regular trash day, and both routes share the same refusal list. Trash and bulk collection are part of the contracted residential service and no per-load price is published, so confirm the current rate with Republic Services at 269-216-8008. Cart rental runs $39 a year, subject to annual increases.
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?
Battle Creek contracts its curbside work to Republic Services and gives single-family homes unlimited weekly trash, a weekly bulk item collection for anything safely liftable at the curb, and an optional every-other-week recycling cart. The bulk route is the reason a mattress or a couch can leave without a special appointment: a mattress and box springs go out wrapped in plastic, and household furniture goes as it is. Appliances come with conditions, because the doors have to come off and a refrigerator or air conditioner has to have its refrigerant removed by a licensed technician who tags the unit before the truck will take it. Sidewalk cleaner-out weeks arrive twice a year, in spring and fall, when the same curbside spot takes extra bagged material. Everything the curbside service refuses, from televisions and computers to household chemicals, moves to the Calhoun County collection events, which are free and open to county residents, and to the local repair and scrap yards the county guide lists.
A mattress and box spring come out on the weekly bulk collection when they are wrapped in plastic, and the spring and fall cleanup weeks take them wrapped as well. The wrap is the condition the city and the hauler both publish, so the piece has to be sealed before it reaches the curb.
City cost & eligibility
The weekly bulk collection is part of the contracted residential service and no separate per-item charge is published, so confirm the current residential rate and any account terms with Republic Services at 269-216-8008. The plastic mattress bags sold at the UPS store in Battle Creek run from $3.75 for a twin to $6.00 for a king.
When & how
Set the wrapped mattress at the curb by 6 a.m. on your regular trash day, since bulk items are collected weekly on the same route. The cleanup weeks of May 18 to 22 and September 14 to 18, 2026 also take mattresses on the regular trash day for homes inside the city limits.
Get it ready
Wrap the whole mattress or box spring in plastic before it leaves the house, and keep the wrapped piece at the curb and not in the street. Do not put it in the recycling cart, which takes loose recyclables only, and do not leave it in the front yard between collections.
Household furniture is a named bulk item. Chairs, couches and tables go out at the curb on the weekly bulk route, and the cleanup weeks take household furnishings and furniture again, so a couch or a table does not need an appointment here.
City cost & eligibility
Furniture rides the contracted residential collection and no per-piece charge is published, so confirm the account terms with Republic Services at 269-216-8008. Donation is the other route, and the county guide points to Goodwill, Habitat for Humanity and the Salvation Army, each of which sets its own acceptance rules.
When & how
Put the furniture at the curb by 6 a.m. on your regular trash day, because the bulk item collection runs weekly alongside the trash route and may arrive on a different truck from the recycling and yard waste trucks.
Get it ready
Keep every item safely liftable, since the bulk collection will not take a piece that cannot be handled at the curb. Take doors and drawers down where that makes the piece manageable, and keep the load out of the street and clear of the carts so each truck can reach its own material.
Stoves, washing machines and water tanks are named bulk pickups, and scrap metal yards take the machines the curbside service will not. Every appliance needs its doors removed, and anything that holds refrigerant needs licensed removal and a tag first, which is what separates this group from the refrigerant units.
City cost & eligibility
The appliance route has no published per-item price, because it rides the contracted collection, and the county Appliance and Scrap Metal Collections are free. Scrap yards and the county appointment events set their own terms, so confirm the exact machine and any charge before it leaves the house.
When & how
Use the weekly bulk pickup on your regular trash day, take the machine to a county Appliance and Scrap Metal Collection when one is scheduled, or bring it to Franklin Iron and Metal at 120 South Ave. in Battle Creek, which is the local scrap metal yard.
Get it ready
Remove the doors from every appliance before it goes to the curb, which the hauler names as a condition. Keep the machine in working order for a resale or donation route where that is possible, and settle the refrigerant question before the unit moves, because a sealed unit cannot ride the bulk truck.
A unit holding refrigerant cannot simply go out. The hauler requires the refrigerant to be removed by a licensed technician and the unit tagged before pickup, and the cleanup weeks refuse refrigerant appliances outright, so licensed removal is the step that opens the route.
City cost & eligibility
$30 per unit for licensed refrigerant removal at Reliable Refrigeration, with Ted's Appliance at the same rate and unit pickup available by arrangement. Households with a refrigerator, freezer, air conditioner, dehumidifier or water cooler. Once the unit is tagged, the curbside bulk collection takes it, and the county Appliance and Scrap Metal Collections have taken refrigerant units at some sites but not others, so confirm the next event before loading.
When & how
Call Reliable Refrigeration at 199 Capital Ave. SW on 269-962-1215 or Ted's Appliance at 514 W. Columbia Ave. on 269-963-0607 to have the refrigerant removed and the unit tagged, then put the tagged unit at the curb by 6 a.m. on your regular trash day. County collection dates are the alternative when a site is accepting refrigerant units.
Get it ready
Leave the refrigerant sealed and let the licensed technician handle it, then keep the tag on the unit until it is collected, because the hauler states that an untagged unit will not be picked up. The cleanup weeks and the Electronics and Polystyrene event both refuse large appliances with refrigerant, so neither is a shortcut.
Electronics are refused by the curbside bulk collection and by the cleanup weeks. The route is the city Electronics and Polystyrene event at the Department of Public Works, the free county electronics collections, and a few retail and scrap drop-offs.
City cost & eligibility
The city electronics and polystyrene event and the county collection events are free to residents, and the retail counters set their own terms, so confirm the next event date or the counter policy before loading. The county guide asks residents to call a listed business first because those listings change.
When & how
Use the city Electronics and Polystyrene number 6 event at the Department of Public Works, 150 S. Kendall St., on Saturday, March 21, 2026 from 9 to 11 a.m., or a free Calhoun County electronics collection, which has run at Bailey Park in Battle Creek. Best Buy on Harper Village Drive and Franklin Iron and Metal on South Avenue are the weekday options.
Get it ready
Delete the data from computers, phones and drives before handing anything over, and keep electronics out of the trash, the recycling cart and the bulk pile, because each of those refuses them. The county runs its household hazardous waste collection and its electronics collection as separate streams on the same event days, so hand a television to the electronics station rather than the hazardous waste table.
Construction and demolition material is refused by the weekly bulk collection and by the county household hazardous waste collections, and the two cleanup sources disagree about the cleanup weeks: the partnership page publishes an allowance of up to ten cubic yards of construction waste at the curb on your normal pickup day, while the current hauler sheet lists concrete and shingles as unacceptable and names no construction allowance, so confirm a project load with the hauler before it goes out.
City cost & eligibility
The two cleanup sources disagree, so confirm the load with the hauler before it is set out. The partnership page allows up to ten cubic yards of construction waste at the curb on the normal pickup day during a cleanup week, while the current hauler sheet lists concrete and shingles as unacceptable and names no construction allowance. Outside the cleanup weeks the removal is a private arrangement with a hauler or a licensed contractor rather than a city service. Demolition questions, including asbestos, are referred to the state line at 800-662-9278.
When & how
There is no city pickup day for construction debris. Arrange removal with a private hauler or with the contractor doing the work, and keep the material out of the curb line entirely, because the cleanup weeks and the hauler both refuse it.
Get it ready
Keep construction material out of the trash containers, the recycling cart and the yard waste bags, and confirm the allowance before a cleanup pile goes out, because the partnership page publishes up to ten cubic yards of construction waste at the curb while the current hauler sheet lists concrete and shingles as unacceptable. Ask about asbestos before any demolition work begins, because that referral is the only construction guidance the county publishes.
Exercise equipment is named in no city or county list. A treadmill or weight machine behaves like the household furniture and junk the bulk route takes, so the practical test is whether the piece can be lifted safely at the curb.
City cost & eligibility
No exercise machine rate exists, because the category is unnamed, and the curbside bulk collection is part of the contracted residential service. If the machine is too heavy or too large to be handled at the curb, confirm the alternative with Republic Services at 269-216-8008 or a private hauler before moving it.
When & how
Put the machine at the curb by 6 a.m. on your regular trash day with the other bulk items, or hold it for one of the cleanup weeks if the pile is larger. Anything that cannot be lifted at the curb needs its own arrangement.
Get it ready
Strip the machine down as far as it will come apart, remove the console and any battery pack, and take the weight plates off where that makes the frame manageable. Keep it out of the recycling cart, which takes loose bottles, cans, paper and cardboard only.
Single-family homes get weekly unlimited trash plus a weekly bulk item collection for anything safely liftable at the curb. Twice a year the city adds a cleanup week that takes bagged extra material on the regular trash day, and both routes share the same refusal list.
City cost & eligibility
Trash and bulk collection are part of the contracted residential service and no per-load price is published, so confirm the current rate with Republic Services at 269-216-8008. Cart rental runs $39 a year, subject to annual increases.
When & how
Trash goes out weekly, bulk items go out weekly on the same day, and the cleanup weeks run the week of May 18 to 22 and the week of September 14 to 18 in 2026, with bagged material at the curb on your regular trash day.
Get it ready
Keep each container at or under 50 pounds and no longer than 4 feet, bag trash securely, and keep tires, oil, paint, batteries and needles out of every container. During a cleanup week the load is bagged and placed neatly at the curb and not in the street, with no trailers, and only homes inside the city limits are eligible.
Battle Creek asks for garbage, recycling, bulk items and yard waste at the curb by 6 a.m. on the collection day, and the bins can go out after 1 p.m. the day before. Bins come back in by 9 a.m. the day after pickup and may not be stored in the front yard, under ordinances 1064.23, 1064.26 and 1064.27. No container may weigh more than 50 pounds or be longer than 4 feet, and needles, oil, paint, turpentine and batteries never go in a container. Trash, recycling, bulk items and yard waste can arrive on different trucks at different times, so an early truck is not a missed pickup.
Bulk items are weekly, and two conditions decide them
The bulk item collection runs weekly on your regular trash day, and the whole list depends on two conditions. First, the item has to be safely liftable at the curb. Second, an appliance needs its doors removed, and a refrigerator or air conditioner needs its refrigerant removed by a licensed technician who tags the unit, because the hauler states that an untagged unit will not be picked up. A wrapped mattress and dry household furniture meet the test as they are.
The spring cleanup runs the week of May 18 to 22, 2026 and the fall cleanup runs the week of September 14 to 18, 2026. Material is bagged and placed neatly at the curb for collection on your regular trash day during that week, and the cleanup is open only to homes inside the City of Battle Creek. The accepted list adds household doors and windows, carpet and bundled brush, toys, packaging and miscellaneous junk to the usual furniture and wrapped mattresses. Refrigerant appliances, electronics, televisions, tires, batteries, oil, chemicals, concrete, shingles and iron or cast iron bathtubs are turned away, and trailers are not allowed.
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.
Republic Services under contract with the City of Battle Creek, with Calhoun County Recycling and Solid Waste
Use the weekly bulk item collection
A household with a mattress, box spring, couch, table or another bulky piece that can be lifted safely at the curb.
Cost & conditions
The weekly bulk collection is part of the contracted residential service and no per-item charge is published, so confirm the current rate and the account terms with Republic Services at 269-216-8008.
Arrange it
Put the items at the curb by 6 a.m. on your regular trash day. Bulk items are collected weekly on that day and may arrive on a different truck from the trash, recycling and yard waste routes.
Items have to be safely liftable at the curb, containers may not exceed 50 pounds or 4 feet, and construction and demolition material, tires, roof shingles, electronics, televisions, batteries, oil, paint and chemicals are refused. An appliance needs its doors removed, and a refrigerant unit needs licensed removal and a tag before it will be taken.
Republic Services under contract with the City of Battle Creek, with Calhoun County Recycling and Solid Waste
Take electronics to the Department of Public Works event
A household with a television, monitor, computer, printer, phone, cable, power tool or other corded device that the curbside service will not take.
Cost & conditions
No charge. The city Electronics and Polystyrene number 6 recycling event is free to Battle Creek residents, who bring the material to the Department of Public Works on Kendall Street during the published event window.
Arrange it
Go to the Department of Public Works, 150 S. Kendall St., on an event day. The electronics and polystyrene number 6 event ran Saturday, March 21, 2026 from 9 to 11 a.m., and the polystyrene collection ran Saturday, October 24, 2026 from 9 to 11 a.m. The department contact is 269-966-3355 extension 1889.
Scrap metal and large appliances with refrigerant are not accepted at the event, and the polystyrene side takes only clean, dry number 6 foam without packing peanuts, flexible foam or construction foam. The event runs on published dates rather than every week, so anything time sensitive needs a weekday alternative.
Republic Services under contract with the City of Battle Creek, with Calhoun County Recycling and Solid Waste
Use the free Calhoun County collection events
A household with electronics, a television, an appliance, scrap metal or household chemicals that the curbside service refuses.
Cost & conditions
No charge. Calhoun County holds free recycling collection events for residential material from county residents, who stay in their vehicles while dropping off. Household hazardous waste, appliance, electronics and scrap metal collections are all free.
Arrange it
Watch the county event calendar, which has used Bailey Park at 1350 Capital Ave. NE in Battle Creek for a combined household hazardous waste, appliance, electronics and scrap metal collection, and the Calhoun County Fairgrounds at 720 Fair St. in Marshall for hazardous waste. Scrap tire collections run in Marshall and Tekonsha with a 10 tire limit and no rims.
Events are residential only, and the appliance terms change between sites: one Battle Creek site took refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners, dehumidifiers and water coolers, while a later Albion event refused refrigerant units entirely. Hazardous waste collections exclude trash, tires, yard waste, construction and demolition waste and appliances, so each material needs its own event.
A household with a couch, table, dresser or other usable furniture that could be reused instead of thrown out.
Cost & conditions
No charge. Donation is free, and each organisation sets its own acceptance rules, so confirm the piece and the drop-off hours before loading.
Arrange it
Goodwill Donation Centers are at 6085 B Dr. N. and 15383 Helmer Rd. in Battle Creek and 842 W. Michigan Ave. in Marshall. Habitat for Humanity is at 595 North Ave. in Battle Creek on 269-966-2502, and the Salvation Army drop box is at 294 Highland Ave.
Donation centers decide what they will take and often refuse worn, stained or incomplete furniture, and the county guide asks residents to call before using a listed service because the listings change. Nothing that the store refuses can fall back on the cleanup weeks once those have passed.
Scrap metal from households, including the appliances and metal goods the county guide lists for scrap. Items without refrigerant, or items tagged to show the refrigerant has been removed, can be brought to a scrap metal yard.
Confirm the item with the yard before loading, because the county guide lists this business under both scrap metal and electronics without an item list. Refrigerant units need licensed removal and a tag before a scrap yard takes them, and the county guide asks residents to call the yard first.
Call 269-968-6111 before bringing a load, since the guide warns that listings change.
The county guide publishes no scale price for this yard, so confirm the material and any deduction with the yard on 269-968-6111 before loading a load.
Refrigerant removal for household appliances so the unit can be tagged and then collected or taken to a scrap yard. Ted's Appliance at 514 W. Columbia Ave. on 269-963-0607 is the other listed service.
This is a repair and service counter rather than a disposal site, so the appliance still has to leave the premises afterwards with its tag, and an untagged unit will not be collected at the curb.
Call 269-962-1215 before arriving, and ask for unit pickup pricing if the appliance cannot be moved.
$30 per unit for licensed refrigerant removal, with Ted's Appliance listed at the same rate and unit pickup available by arrangement. Households with an appliance that holds refrigerant, including refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners, dehumidifiers and water coolers. The tag from the removal is what lets the unit ride the curbside bulk collection.
Usable household furniture and household goods for reuse through the Habitat programme, which the county recycling guide lists among the reuse options for furniture.
The organisation decides what it will accept, so a worn or incomplete piece may be refused and then needs one of the other routes. The county guide asks residents to call before using any listed service.
Call 269-966-2502 before bringing a load, since the guide warns that the listing can change.
No charge. Donation is free to the household, and acceptance is at the organisation's discretion.
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 a mattress collected in Battle Creek?+
Wrap it in plastic and set it at the curb by 6 a.m. on your regular trash day, because bulk items are collected weekly on the same route. The wrap is the condition both the city and the hauler publish, and plastic mattress bags are sold at the UPS store in town. The spring and fall cleanup weeks take a wrapped mattress at the curb on the regular trash day as well.Official guidance
Will the city take a couch at the curb?+
Yes. Household furniture, including chairs, couches and tables, is a named bulk item, and bulk items are collected weekly on your regular trash day at the curb by 6 a.m. The piece has to be safely liftable. Household furnishings and furniture also come out during the spring and fall cleanup weeks, and Goodwill, Habitat for Humanity and the Salvation Army are the donation options if the couch is still usable.Official guidance
Does bulk pickup take a washer or dryer?+
Yes, with the doors removed. The partnership bulk page lists stoves, refrigerators, water tanks, washing machines and furniture among the accepted bulk items and states that every appliance must have its doors removed. The county Appliance and Scrap Metal Collections also take washers, dryers, dishwashers and stoves, and Franklin Iron and Metal at 120 South Ave. is the local scrap metal yard for the machines that are pure metal.Official guidance
How do I get rid of a refrigerator in Battle Creek?+
Have the refrigerant removed by a licensed technician and the unit tagged, then set it at the curb by 6 a.m. on your regular trash day for the weekly bulk collection. Reliable Refrigeration on Capital Avenue SW and Ted's Appliance on West Columbia Avenue both handle the removal at a published per-unit rate. The cleanup weeks refuse refrigerant appliances, and county collection events take them only at some sites, so confirm those before loading.Official guidance
Where do televisions and computers go in Battle Creek?+
To a collection event or a drop-off, because the curbside bulk collection and the cleanup weeks refuse electronics, while the county's own collection events take televisions, monitors, computers, printers and small appliances on the days they run. The city runs an Electronics and Polystyrene number 6 event at the Department of Public Works on Kendall Street, and Calhoun County runs free electronics collections that have used Bailey Park in Battle Creek. Best Buy on Harper Village Drive and Franklin Iron and Metal on South Avenue are the weekday options, though the scrap yard takes no televisions or monitors.Official guidance
What will the bulk pickup take?+
Mattresses and box springs wrapped in plastic and household furniture including chairs, couches and tables are the named bulk items, and the piece has to be safely liftable at the curb. The cleanup weeks add household doors and windows, carpet and bundled brush, toys, packaging and miscellaneous junk. Freon appliances without a removal tag, electronics, televisions, tires, batteries, oil, paint, chemicals, concrete and shingles are all refused.Official guidance
Who collects trash in Battle Creek?+
Republic Services collects under a contract with the City of Battle Creek, which gives single-family homes weekly unlimited trash, a weekly bulk item collection for anything safely liftable at the curb, and optional every-other-week recycling that requires enrolment. The hauler is at 269-216-8008, and the city Environmental Services office is at 150 S. Kendall Street on 269-966-3311. Trash, recycling, bulk items and yard waste may arrive on different trucks at different times.Official guidance
When are the spring and fall cleanup weeks?+
The spring cleanup runs the week of May 18 to 22, 2026 and the fall cleanup runs the week of September 14 to 18, 2026. During the cleanup week, material is bagged and placed neatly at the curb for collection on your regular trash day, and the cleanup is open only to homes inside the City of Battle Creek. The accepted list covers household doors and windows, furniture, wrapped mattresses, bundled carpet and brush, toys, packaging and miscellaneous junk, while appliances holding refrigerant, electronics, televisions, tires, batteries, oil, chemicals, concrete and shingles are refused.Official guidance
Does a refrigerator need anything before pickup?+
Yes. The hauler requires the refrigerant to be removed by a licensed technician who tags the unit, and states that a unit without that tag will not be picked up. Reliable Refrigeration on Capital Avenue SW and Ted's Appliance on West Columbia Avenue both remove refrigerant for a published per-unit rate, with unit pickup available by arrangement. The cleanup weeks refuse refrigerant appliances outright, and county collection events accept them only at some sites, so confirm the event before loading.Official guidance
What happens to electronics that the city will not take?+
They go to a collection event or a weekday counter, because the curbside bulk collection, the cleanup weeks and the county hazardous waste collections all refuse electronics. The city runs an Electronics and Polystyrene number 6 event at the Department of Public Works on Kendall Street, and Calhoun County runs free electronics collections that have used Bailey Park in Battle Creek. Best Buy and Staples take some devices, and Franklin Iron and Metal on South Avenue takes scrap metal but no televisions or monitors.Official guidance
