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City collection A couch, love seat or recliner leaves the curb through the city bulk item program, and a sectional couch takes a sticker on every section. $40 per bulky item, either as a City bulk sticker bought before set-out or as the same charge paid through the online bulk item form. Grand Rapids residential addresses with city refuse service at properties of up to eight units, with one sticker for each item and a limit of six feet by five feet for any one item.
City collection A mattress and box spring ride the city bulky collection together under one sticker, and Kent County also landfills either piece at its two residential drop-offs. $40 per bulky set-out, charged as one City bulk sticker for a mattress and box spring together or as the same charge paid through the online bulk item form, with the county drop-off charging separately per piece. Grand Rapids residential addresses with city refuse service at properties of up to eight units, or Kent County residents delivering to the North Kent or South Kent center.
City collection Appliances need a city bulk sticker at the curb, with the doors taken off a refrigerator or freezer, while the county recycles appliances and charges for any unit holding refrigerant. $40 per appliance collected at the curb through a City bulk sticker or the online bulk item form, with the county charging a separate per unit fee for any appliance that holds refrigerant. Grand Rapids residential addresses with city refuse service, or Kent County residents delivering to the North Kent or South Kent center, where all food and debris must be removed before an appliance is accepted.
City collection Household refuse goes inside the city cart in bags, and anything left outside the cart has to be in a blue city bag rather than a loose bag. $2.5 per extra bag left outside the city cart when it is not a blue City trash bag, with the cart size tip charged separately at collection. Grand Rapids residential refuse accounts; the charge does not apply when a resident uses blue City trash bags bought from the city or a participating store.
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?
Grand Rapids collects its own refuse, recycling and bulk items rather than contracting the work out. Recycling is funded through property taxes, trash is charged per tip by cart size, and large items ride a separate city bulk program that runs on a sticker bought before set-out or the same payment made online. The city publishes a sticker list for couches, mattresses and box springs, bed frames, dressers, wall units, bathtubs, sinks, doors and appliances, caps any one item at six feet by five feet, and does not collect televisions of any kind at the curb. A mattress and box spring together use one sticker, a sectional couch needs one for each section, and refrigerator and freezer doors come off before collection. Kent County covers what the city truck will not take: appliances and electronics are recycled at the North Kent center in Rockford or the South Kent center in Byron Center, flat screens and anything with a battery or a cord are free there, box-style televisions and refrigerant appliances carry a fee, mattresses are landfilled per piece, and household chemicals go to SafeChem at no cost.
A couch, love seat or recliner leaves the curb through the city bulk item program, and a sectional couch takes a sticker on every section.
City cost & eligibility
$40 per bulky item, either as a City bulk sticker bought before set-out or as the same charge paid through the online bulk item form. Grand Rapids residential addresses with city refuse service at properties of up to eight units, with one sticker for each item and a limit of six feet by five feet for any one item.
When & how
Attach a sticker to each piece and put it at the curb, or pay online and place it at the curb by 7 a.m. the next business day. The city aims to collect bulky items within three to five business days and generally within a week, and the item stays at the curb until it is picked up.
Get it ready
Keep the piece whole and liftable, take the cushions off so two people can carry the frame, leave the sticker visible to the driver, and keep furniture out of the recycling cart and the recycling drop-off containers.
A mattress and box spring ride the city bulky collection together under one sticker, and Kent County also landfills either piece at its two residential drop-offs.
City cost & eligibility
$40 per bulky set-out, charged as one City bulk sticker for a mattress and box spring together or as the same charge paid through the online bulk item form, with the county drop-off charging separately per piece. Grand Rapids residential addresses with city refuse service at properties of up to eight units, or Kent County residents delivering to the North Kent or South Kent center.
When & how
Set the mattress out with a sticker on it, or pay online and have it at the curb by 7 a.m. the next business day. The county alternative is a weekday or Saturday morning trip to Rockford or Byron Center instead of waiting for the bulky route.
Get it ready
Bag the mattress or keep it dry in wet weather, take the frame and headboard off because they are separate pieces, and never put a mattress or box spring in a recycling cart or a recycling drop-off container because the county does not recycle them.
Appliances need a city bulk sticker at the curb, with the doors taken off a refrigerator or freezer, while the county recycles appliances and charges for any unit holding refrigerant.
City cost & eligibility
$40 per appliance collected at the curb through a City bulk sticker or the online bulk item form, with the county charging a separate per unit fee for any appliance that holds refrigerant. Grand Rapids residential addresses with city refuse service, or Kent County residents delivering to the North Kent or South Kent center, where all food and debris must be removed before an appliance is accepted.
When & how
For the curb, put the appliance out with a sticker attached on the service day, or pay online and set it out by 7 a.m. the next business day. For the county, drop it at Rockford or Byron Center during opening hours, and at Rockford on a Friday morning for the household hazardous waste window.
Get it ready
Remove the doors from a refrigerator or freezer before collection, empty and clean the unit, take out loose cords and food, and keep appliances out of the refuse and recycling carts because Michigan prohibits them from the landfill and the waste-to-energy facility.
The city does not collect televisions at the curb at all, so sets go to a county electronics drop-off, where flat screens are free and box-style sets are charged by size and residency.
City cost & eligibility
There is no city charge because the city collects no televisions, and the county charge depends on the set: flat screen televisions and monitors are free to drop off for residents, while box-style and CRT sets carry a fee that rises with screen size and is higher for a non-resident, so confirm the amount from the county rate sheet before the trip.
When & how
Take the set to the North Kent Recycling & Waste Center in Rockford or the South Kent Recycling & Waste Center in Byron Center during opening hours, or to the SafeChem site on Wealthy Street in Grand Rapids during its own short collection window, rather than leaving it at the curb.
Get it ready
Keep the set whole and dry, wipe stored data from anything that stores it, never put a television in the refuse or recycling cart because of the fire risk in the truck, and call Kent County public works at 616-632-7920 if the set type is unclear.
Any item with a battery or a cord is recycled free at the three Kent County electronics drop-offs, and none of it belongs in the city trash or recycling cart.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Kent County residents dropping off their own household electronics at the Rockford, Byron Center or Wealthy Street sites, with commercial electronic waste from businesses, schools and non-profits refused.
When & how
Drop the items during center hours, Monday to Saturday at Rockford and on weekday and Saturday mornings at Byron Center, or during the SafeChem window on Wealthy Street, which is Monday and Thursday afternoons, Wednesday mornings and the second Saturday of the month.
Get it ready
Wipe stored data from drives, phones and tablets, keep power supplies and cables with the device, and separate anything the county handles elsewhere, such as batteries, light bulbs, media and small appliances, so the drop-off is not refused.
Construction material cannot go in the city carts, large building items such as garage doors and bathtubs need a bulk sticker, and the county takes the rest by the load or by weight.
City cost & eligibility
The city collects no construction material in the carts, so a large building item is collected at the curb only under the bulky sticker charge, and the county prices a renovation load at the scale from a published minimum vehicle-load charge with per-ton rates for construction and demolition material, so the amount depends on what the load weighs.
When & how
Book the large items, such as a garage door, a glass or wood door, a sliding door, a sink, a bathtub or a window awning, through the city bulky program. Take loose renovation material to the North Kent center in Rockford or the South Kent center in Byron Center during opening hours, and take concrete, asphalt and aggregate to South Kent.
Get it ready
Keep wood, boards and construction material out of the refuse and recycling carts and out of the blue city bags, bag or bundle loose material so it can be lifted, and double bag lead paint chips and take them to a landfill rather than leaving them for collection, because Grand Rapids trash is burned at the county waste-to-energy facility.
Electronic exercise equipment is free to drop off at the two large Kent County electronics locations, while a machine with no cord or battery is named on no list and has to be confirmed.
City cost & eligibility
The county takes electronic exercise equipment free of charge at the North Kent and South Kent centers, but no retained city or county page names a manual treadmill, elliptical, rower or weight machine, so a machine that plugs in has a confirmed free route and one that does not has to be confirmed before anything is moved.
When & how
Take an electronic machine to Rockford or Byron Center during opening hours as part of the electronics drop-off, or call Grand Rapids public works at 616-456-3000 to ask whether a non-electric machine can go out under the city bulky program.
Get it ready
Fold or break the machine down as far as the manufacturer allows, take off the console and any loose weights so two people can lift the frame, and keep the machine out of the refuse and recycling carts.
Bulky furniture, appliances and large household items come off the curb under the city sticker program, with one sticker for each item and a size limit on any single piece.
City cost & eligibility
$40 per bulky item, as a City bulk sticker attached to the item or as the same charge paid through the online bulk item form, with no separate collection charge added later. Grand Rapids residential addresses with city refuse service at properties of up to eight units, with one sticker per item, one sticker for a mattress and box spring together, one per sectional section and a maximum of six feet by five feet for any one piece.
When & how
Put the items out with stickers attached on the collection day, or pay through the online bulk item form and have them at the curb by 7 a.m. the next business day. The city aims to collect within three to five business days of set-out and generally within a week of an online purchase.
Get it ready
Group the items where the truck can reach them, keep the stickers facing the street, leave everything at the curb until it is collected, and keep hazardous waste, tires, televisions, yard waste and construction material out of the pile because none of them ride the city bulky route.
Household refuse goes inside the city cart in bags, and anything left outside the cart has to be in a blue city bag rather than a loose bag.
City cost & eligibility
$2.5 per extra bag left outside the city cart when it is not a blue City trash bag, with the cart size tip charged separately at collection. Grand Rapids residential refuse accounts; the charge does not apply when a resident uses blue City trash bags bought from the city or a participating store.
When & how
Bag everything and place it inside the cart with the lid substantially closed by 7 a.m. on the collection day. Extra bagged material goes in a blue city bag beside the cart, and the cart has to be off the curb by 7 a.m. the day after collection.
Get it ready
Keep bags to 30 gallons and 30 pounds, keep cart weights within the published cart limits, and never put hazardous material, medical equipment, yard waste, wood or construction material in a city bag or cart.
Out by 7 a.m. and back off the curb the next morning
Carts go to the curb with the lid arrows facing the street by 7 a.m. on the collection day and stay at least three feet from poles, cars, hydrants and other carts. Nothing goes out before 7 p.m. the day before, and carts have to be off the curb by 7 a.m. the day after collection. A cart set out late draws a return fee, and a cart blocked by a vehicle or left on a sidewalk may not be serviced at all.
Sticker items stay at the curb until the truck comes
Furniture, mattresses, box springs, appliances and large household fixtures sit at the curb until the bulky collection reaches them, so the sticker has to stay attached and visible to the driver and the piece has to be placed where the truck can reach it. Items left out without a sticker are not collected and the property owner may receive a violation, and any one item is limited to six feet by five feet.
Prepare restricted items before they leave the house
Televisions of any kind are refused at the curb and go to a Kent County electronics drop-off instead, appliances holding refrigerant are accepted for recycling with the fee paid at the county scale, refrigerators and freezers lose their doors first, household chemicals and paint wait for a SafeChem collection window, and yard waste, wood, boards and construction material never go inside a city cart or a blue city bag.
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 Grand Rapids Public Works with Kent County Department of Public Works
Use the city bulk item sticker or the online bulk payment
A Grand Rapids household with a couch, mattress set, appliance or large household fixture that will not fit in the refuse cart.
Cost & conditions
$40 per bulky item, charged as a City bulk sticker attached to the item or as the same collection paid through the online bulk item form. Grand Rapids residential addresses with city refuse service at properties of up to eight units, with one sticker for each item, one sticker for a mattress and box spring together, one per sectional couch section and a six feet by five feet limit on any single item.
Arrange it
Buy the sticker at the City Hall customer service storefront on the M level of 300 Monroe Ave NW or at a participating supermarket or neighborhood store and attach it to the item, or pay through the online bulk item form and put the items at the curb by 7 a.m. the following business day.
Televisions of any kind, hazardous waste and tires are not collected at the curb, an item left out without a sticker is not picked up and can lead to a violation, and the item stays at the curb until the bulky collection arrives.
City of Grand Rapids Public Works with Kent County Department of Public Works
Take household chemicals to a SafeChem collection site
A household holding hazardous material that cannot go in a refuse or recycling cart, including paint, chemicals, batteries, light bulbs and tubes, gasoline, fuel tanks, compressed gas tanks, mercury, medication, fire extinguishers and electronic waste such as televisions and monitors.
Cost & conditions
No charge. Kent County residents only, with no appointment needed and the program paid for by the county solid waste ordinance; businesses, schools and farms are refused and must use a commercial hazardous waste contractor.
Arrange it
Go to the nearest site during its own window: 1045 Wealthy Street SW in Grand Rapids on Monday and Thursday afternoons, Wednesday mornings and the second Saturday morning; 2908 Ten Mile in Rockford on Friday mornings; 10300 South Kent Drive SW in Byron Center on Monday mornings; 5068 Breton SE in Kentwood on Tuesdays; or 2350 Ivanrest Avenue SW in Grandville on Monday afternoon and Thursday morning. Call 616-632-7941 first for more than six boxes, more than twenty gallons or a container larger than a five-gallon bucket.
Electronics are taken only at the Grand Rapids, Rockford and Byron Center sites, the Kentwood and Grandville sites take none at all, businesses and schools cannot use the program, and latex paint is refused at every SafeChem site and has to be dried out for the trash instead.
Use a retailer or reuse outlet for electronics, appliances and furniture
A household that would rather trade an item in, donate it or hand it to a retailer than drive to a county center.
Cost & conditions
The county's community resource lists publish no single rate: some outlets take electronics at no cost and others charge by item, and Best Buy, Office Depot OfficeMax and the recyclers each set their own price, so the amount has to be confirmed with the outlet before the trip.
Arrange it
The county lists Best Buy at 3410 Alpine Avenue NW, Comprenew, In The Image at 4255 Kalamazoo Avenue SE, Office Depot OfficeMax, Padnos, Valley City Electronic Recycling at 2929 32nd Street SE, Goodwill and Habitat for Humanity as outlets that may take electronics, appliances, furniture and building material, so call the outlet with the exact item first.
Some of these outlets charge for what they take, Goodwill accepts working flat screen televisions but no box-style sets, In The Image takes televisions only up to 42 inches that are cable ready with audio inputs, and working items should be donated or given away before they are scrapped.
City of Grand Rapids Public Works with Kent County Department of Public Works
Haul a renovation or cleanout load to a Kent County center
A household with drywall, flooring, cabinets, lumber, concrete or other material from a renovation or a whole-house cleanout.
Cost & conditions
The city collects no construction material in the carts, and the county prices a load at the scale from a published minimum vehicle-load charge for general refuse with separate per-ton rates for construction and demolition material, so the amount depends on what the load weighs and what it is in.
Arrange it
Take the load to the North Kent Recycling & Waste Center at 2908 Ten Mile Road in Rockford or the South Kent Recycling & Waste Center at 10300 South Kent Drive in Byron Center during opening hours, where it is weighed and paid for at the gate by cash, check or card. Concrete, asphalt and aggregate go to South Kent, where they are taken free of charge.
Kent County may accept or reject any waste, closing times are exact and a load still being unloaded after closing draws an after-hours charge, so arrive with time to unload. Construction material still may not go in a city refuse cart, recycle cart or blue refuse bag.
County center for appliances, electronics, tires, scrap metal and household chemicals north of the city
North Kent Recycling & Waste Center
2908 Ten Mile Road, Rockford, MI 49341
General refuse from residents and businesses including furniture and household items, residential single-stream recycling drop-off, appliances, electronics including electronic exercise equipment, flat screen televisions and computers, box-style televisions and monitors for a fee, mattresses and box springs, tires, scrap metal, compressed gas tanks, foam plastic, holiday string lights and SafeChem household hazardous waste.
Electronics and recycling drop-offs are for Kent County residents only and commercial electronic waste from businesses, schools and non-profits is refused; closing time is exact and a load still being unloaded draws an after-hours charge; Kent County may accept or reject any waste; refrigerant appliances and box-style televisions are charged per item and all food and container contents must be removed from an appliance first.
Monday through Saturday 7:30 am to 5 pm, closed Sunday. SafeChem household hazardous waste runs Fridays 8:30 am to 11:30 am.
From $20 per specialty item for residents, with a mattress or box spring charged per piece, an appliance holding refrigerant charged per unit, box-style televisions and monitors charged by size and residency, tires charged per tire, electronic items and other appliances free, and general refuse charged by the vehicle load. Kent County residents; single-stream recycling drop-off is free for residents, while general refuse, specialty items and non-resident loads are paid at the gate by cash, check or card with a convenience fee on cards.
County landfill site with free concrete drop-off and the same electronic and appliance recycling south of the city
South Kent Recycling & Waste Center
10300 South Kent Drive, Byron Center, MI 49315
General refuse including furniture and household items, cardboard recycling, concrete, asphalt and aggregate free of charge, appliances, electronics including electronic exercise equipment, flat screen televisions and computers, box-style televisions and monitors for a fee, mattresses and box springs, tires, scrap metal, compressed gas tanks, holiday string lights and SafeChem household hazardous waste.
There is no single-stream recycling drop-off at this site, only cardboard; electronics drop-off is for Kent County residents only and commercial electronic waste is refused; closing time is exact and a load still being unloaded draws an after-hours charge; Kent County may accept or reject any waste; refrigerant appliances and box-style televisions are charged per item with all food and contents removed from an appliance first.
Monday through Friday 7:30 am to 5 pm and Saturday 7:30 am to 3:30 pm, closed Sunday. SafeChem household hazardous waste runs Mondays 8:30 am to 11:30 am.
From $20 per specialty item for residents, with a mattress or box spring charged per piece, an appliance holding refrigerant charged per unit, box-style televisions and monitors charged by size and residency, tires charged per tire, concrete, asphalt, aggregate and scrap metal free, and general refuse charged by the vehicle load. Kent County residents; concrete, asphalt, aggregate, scrap metal and cardboard recycling are free, while general refuse, specialty items and non-resident loads are paid at the gate by cash, check or card with a convenience fee on cards.
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.
Will the city take my couch at the curb?+
Yes, with a bulk sticker on the couch. The city lists couches, love seats, recliners, buffets, dressers, hutches, stereo cabinets, wall units and bed frames as sticker items, and a sectional couch needs a sticker for every section. The piece has to be at the curb, no bigger than six feet by five feet, and it stays there until the bulky collection comes, which the city aims to complete within three to five business days of the set-out.Official guidance
How do I get rid of a mattress in Grand Rapids?+
Two routes. The city collects a mattress and box spring together as one bulk item with a single sticker, put out at the curb and collected within the bulky window. The other route is a trip to the North Kent Recycling & Waste Center in Rockford or the South Kent Recycling & Waste Center in Byron Center, where a mattress or box spring is landfilled for a charge per piece, and neither center recycles them or takes them in the recycling drop-off.Official guidance
What has to happen before an old refrigerator goes out?+
The doors come off first, because the city requires refrigerator and freezer doors removed before collection. The unit then goes to the curb with a bulk sticker, or through the online bulk form, as a bulky appliance. Kent County recycles appliances at its Rockford and Byron Center centers instead, charges per unit for anything holding refrigerant such as CFCs, and asks for all food and debris to be removed before it will accept the appliance.Official guidance
How does the city bulky item program work?+
You buy a sticker for each item and put the items at the curb, or you pay the same charge through the online bulk item form and skip the sticker, in which case the items go out by 7 a.m. the next business day. The city aims to collect them within three to five business days and generally within a week, the items stay at the curb until they are collected, any one item is limited to six feet by five feet, and televisions, hazardous waste and tires are not collected at all.Official guidance
How much does a bulky item pickup cost in Grand Rapids?+
The city charges one bulk sticker for each item it collects, and the same charge can be paid through the online bulk item form instead of buying a sticker. A mattress and box spring together take one sticker, and a sectional couch needs a sticker for every section. A household that hauls its own load instead pays the county per piece for a mattress or box spring and per unit for an appliance holding refrigerant, on top of any vehicle-load minimum for general refuse.Official guidance
What cannot be put out with the trash in Grand Rapids?+
Televisions of any kind, hazardous waste and tires never ride the city truck, and yard waste, wood, boards and construction material are barred from the refuse carts, the recycling carts and the blue city bags. A mattress, couch, appliance or other bulky item that will not fit in the cart needs a bulk sticker before it goes out, and refuse left outside the cart has to be in a blue city bag. Paint, chemicals, batteries and bulbs belong at a Kent County SafeChem site instead.Official guidance
Where can I take items myself in Kent County?+
The North Kent Recycling & Waste Center at 2908 Ten Mile Road in Rockford and the South Kent Recycling & Waste Center at 10300 South Kent Drive in Byron Center take appliances, electronics, tires, scrap metal and compressed gas tanks, and the Grand Rapids SafeChem site at 1045 Wealthy Street SW takes electronics during its own collection window. Electronics are free for residents apart from box-style televisions, monitors and appliances holding refrigerant, mattresses and box springs are landfilled per piece, and concrete, asphalt and aggregate go to South Kent free of charge.Official guidance
Can I pay for a bulky pickup online in Grand Rapids?+
Yes. The city's online bulk item form covers the same collection as a bulk sticker, so nothing has to be bought in advance or attached to the item. The items then have to be at the curb by 7 a.m. the next business day and stay there until they are collected, which the city aims to complete within three to five business days and generally within a week of the payment. Any one item is still limited to six feet by five feet, and televisions, hazardous waste and tires are still refused.Official guidance
