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City collection A couch, a sofa, an upholstered chair or another household furniture piece that is too large for a Dover trash bag leaves at the curb on the regular trash day with a bulky item tag. The tag program covers non-metal items, and furniture is one of the city's own examples, so this is the city route for a padded piece: the Recycling Center lists padded furniture as material it does not accept. $10 per bulky item tag, which the city sells alongside its own trash bags. Dover households on the curbside collection route; one tag covers one non-metal item within the published tag limits, and the city does not collect an untagged piece.
City collection A mattress and a box spring are named in Dover's bulky item tag examples, so either one leaves at the curb on the regular trash day with a tag. The tag program covers non-metal items, and the Recycling Center does not accept padded material, which makes the curbside tag the city route for bedding. $10 per bulky item tag, with a mattress and a box spring treated as two separate items. Dover households on the curbside collection route, for a non-metal mattress or box spring within the published tag limits.
City collection Appliances are metal, so a bulky item tag does not cover them. A refrigerator, a freezer, an air conditioner, a humidifier or a dehumidifier contains refrigerant and must be brought to the Recycling Center, where the city charges for the item. Washers, dryers, ovens, grills and dishwashers are on the center's light iron and metal list, and the brochure tells residents to ask the attendant about disposal options. From $20 per item containing Freon or refrigerant at the Recycling Center, while non-refrigerated metal appliances are listed on the center's metal material list without a published fee and the brochure says to see the attendant about disposal options. Dover residents and contractors bringing the item to the Recycling Center at 265 Mast Road under the no-charge vehicle permit; a bulky item tag cannot be used because the tag program covers non-metal items only.
City collection A bulky item tag is how an oversized non-metal item leaves Dover on the regular trash day. The city's published examples are furniture, a mattress, a toilet and carpets, and bundles of material such as lumber, fencing, wallboard, plaster and building debris can go out the same way when they are three to four feet long and within the tag weight. A tagged item is collected with the household trash. $10 per bulky item tag, sold at the City Clerk's Office, the Public Works facility, the Recycling Center and most stores that sell Dover bags. Dover households on the curbside collection route; one tag covers one non-metal item, and metal, appliances, electronics and material that has its own fee at the Recycling Center do not qualify.
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?
Dover collects trash with a bag-and-tag system: household waste leaves only in city Dover bags, and an item too large for a bag leaves with a bulky item tag on the same collection day. The tag list is non-metal, so a couch, a mattress, a box spring, a toilet or a rolled carpet can go out from the curb while a refrigerator, a washer, a television and most construction material cannot. Those items go to the Recycling Center on Mast Road, which also takes batteries, waste oil, antifreeze, tires, metal, fluorescent bulbs and yard waste, and which publishes per-item fees for televisions, monitors, computers, microwaves and refrigerated appliances. Dover has announced that the bag-and-tag program ends on July 1, 2027, when collection moves to a toter system.
A couch, a sofa, an upholstered chair or another household furniture piece that is too large for a Dover trash bag leaves at the curb on the regular trash day with a bulky item tag. The tag program covers non-metal items, and furniture is one of the city's own examples, so this is the city route for a padded piece: the Recycling Center lists padded furniture as material it does not accept.
City cost & eligibility
$10 per bulky item tag, which the city sells alongside its own trash bags. Dover households on the curbside collection route; one tag covers one non-metal item within the published tag limits, and the city does not collect an untagged piece.
When & how
Put the tagged piece at the curb on your regular trash day, out by 7 a.m. and no earlier than 4 p.m. the day before, and it is collected with the household trash.
Get it ready
Buy the tag before collection day and attach it to the item, keep the piece within the published tag limits, and remember that an upholstered item cannot be taken to the Recycling Center instead because the site does not accept padded furniture.
A mattress and a box spring are named in Dover's bulky item tag examples, so either one leaves at the curb on the regular trash day with a tag. The tag program covers non-metal items, and the Recycling Center does not accept padded material, which makes the curbside tag the city route for bedding.
City cost & eligibility
$10 per bulky item tag, with a mattress and a box spring treated as two separate items. Dover households on the curbside collection route, for a non-metal mattress or box spring within the published tag limits.
When & how
Have the unit at the curb by 7 a.m. on your regular trash day with the tag attached, and it is collected with the trash that day.
Get it ready
Keep the unit dry and check the published tag limits before you buy a tag, because the program is written for non-metal items up to a set weight and the Recycling Center cannot take a padded item as a fallback.
Refrigerators, washers, dryers and other appliances
Special rules apply
Appliances are metal, so a bulky item tag does not cover them. A refrigerator, a freezer, an air conditioner, a humidifier or a dehumidifier contains refrigerant and must be brought to the Recycling Center, where the city charges for the item. Washers, dryers, ovens, grills and dishwashers are on the center's light iron and metal list, and the brochure tells residents to ask the attendant about disposal options.
City cost & eligibility
From $20 per item containing Freon or refrigerant at the Recycling Center, while non-refrigerated metal appliances are listed on the center's metal material list without a published fee and the brochure says to see the attendant about disposal options. Dover residents and contractors bringing the item to the Recycling Center at 265 Mast Road under the no-charge vehicle permit; a bulky item tag cannot be used because the tag program covers non-metal items only.
When & how
Take the appliance to the Recycling Center on Mast Road during its open hours, because the city says an item containing refrigerant must come to the center rather than go out for the tag collection.
Get it ready
Empty the appliance before you load it, keep a refrigerated unit whole for the attendant, and strip glass, plastic, wood and rubber parts from a metal item. Gas tanks must be emptied and punctured on the side, oil tanks emptied and cut in half, and the tops taken off 55 gallon drums.
A television and a microwave do not leave the curb in Dover even with a tag, because the city says both must be brought to the Recycling Center and charges a published fee for each. Computer equipment goes to the same site, with monitors, printers, scanners, laptops, copiers and fax machines priced per device and CPUs, keyboards and mice taken free. The center also takes cell phones, automobile and rechargeable batteries and fluorescent tubes up to four feet long.
City cost & eligibility
From $5 per item at the Recycling Center, where the published schedule prices a television up to and including 36 inches, a monitor and a microwave at ten dollars each, a television over 36 inches and a rolling full size copier at twenty dollars each, printers, scanners, laptops, tabletop copiers and fax machines at five dollars each, and CPUs, keyboards and mice at no charge. Dover residents and contractors bringing the device to the Recycling Center with the no-charge vehicle permit, paying at the site by check, credit or debit card.
When & how
Bring the device to the Recycling Center at 265 Mast Road during its open hours and pay at the site, where the city takes checks, credit and debit cards and adds a processing fee to a card payment.
Get it ready
Measure a television before you load it, because the fee changes at 36 inches, and do not set a screen, monitor or microwave out with a tag. Alkaline batteries are ordinary trash, while lithium-ion, automobile and NiCad batteries come to the center, and a fluorescent tube has to be four feet or shorter to be taken.
Dover separates construction and demolition material from household trash. A bundle of building material that is three to four feet long and within the tag weight can leave at the curb on the regular trash day with a bulky item tag, and anything larger goes by weight into the construction and demolition container at the Recycling Center, which the city keeps open year round. The listed material includes sheetrock, insulation, storm windows, shingles, carpeting, vinyl siding and flooring, countertops, plaster, fencing, PVC pipe, pressure treated wood, rugs, tubs, toilets, sinks, wood and masonry debris.
City cost & eligibility
From $5 per load of construction and demolition debris weighed at the Recycling Center, where residents pay ten cents a pound with a five dollar minimum for the load and contractors pay fifteen cents a pound with a twenty five dollar minimum, while a small tagged bundle at the curb is priced by the bulky item tag. Dover residents and contractors; the load has to fit the site vehicle limits, and the city requires each load to be paid for on its own rather than run on a tab.
When & how
Take the load to the Recycling Center on one of its open days and allow time to weigh and unload, because the construction and demolition scale closes fifteen minutes before the gate.
Get it ready
Keep the load inside the published vehicle limits, since a dump trailer with a box longer than twelve feet is turned away and a load larger than a one ton dump truck is not taken. Separate anything with its own route, because household trash, hazardous material and bulky items do not belong in the construction container.
Exercise equipment is not named in Dover's bag list, tag examples, Recycling Center material list or fee list, so there is no published single answer. A non-metal machine that fits the tag limits could leave at the curb with a bulky item tag, while a metal frame is not tag eligible and belongs with the light iron and metal items at the Recycling Center. A heavy or part metal machine is the case to confirm first.
City cost & eligibility
Dover does not list treadmills, ellipticals, weight machines or other exercise equipment in its material lists or its fee list, so confirm the route before you set a machine out: a non-metal piece within the tag limits can use a bulky item tag, and a metal frame goes to the Recycling Center as scrap metal.
When & how
Ask Community Services which route applies before your collection day, because a machine that does not fit the tag program will not be collected at the curb and has to go to the Recycling Center.
Get it ready
If the frame is going to the Recycling Center, strip the glass, plastic, wood and rubber parts first and keep the load within the site vehicle limits, and do not put a metal item out with a tag.
A bulky item tag is how an oversized non-metal item leaves Dover on the regular trash day. The city's published examples are furniture, a mattress, a toilet and carpets, and bundles of material such as lumber, fencing, wallboard, plaster and building debris can go out the same way when they are three to four feet long and within the tag weight. A tagged item is collected with the household trash.
City cost & eligibility
$10 per bulky item tag, sold at the City Clerk's Office, the Public Works facility, the Recycling Center and most stores that sell Dover bags. Dover households on the curbside collection route; one tag covers one non-metal item, and metal, appliances, electronics and material that has its own fee at the Recycling Center do not qualify.
When & how
Tagged items go out on your regular trash day, at the curb by 7 a.m. and no earlier than 4 p.m. the day before, the same window that applies to bags and recycling.
Get it ready
Buy the tag in advance and attach it to the item, keep a bundle to three or four feet and within the weight limit, and leave the tag off anything metal, any screen or microwave and anything containing refrigerant, because those items have their own route at the Recycling Center.
Metal does not qualify for a bulky item tag, which covers non-metal items only. The Recycling Center takes light iron scrap metal and large metal items such as washers, dryers, ovens, grills, dishwashers and other heavy metal pieces, and it asks that glass, plastic, wood and rubber parts be removed first. The city does not take light fixture ballasts.
City cost & eligibility
The city lists light iron scrap metal and large metal items as material accepted at the Recycling Center and publishes no fee for them, while the brochure directs residents to see the attendant about disposal options, so confirm at the site before unloading a large or unusual metal item.
When & how
Take metal to the Recycling Center at 265 Mast Road during its open hours; no appointment is published for a metal drop off.
Get it ready
Strip the item down to metal, empty and puncture gas tanks on the side, empty and cut oil tanks in half, remove the tops from 55 gallon drums, and leave light fixture ballasts out because the city does not accept them.
Paint, chemicals and other household hazardous waste
Special rules apply
Household chemicals do not go in a Dover bag. Paint, stains, solvents, pesticides, poisons, pool chemicals and similar material from the yard, the house, the garage and the workbench are collected at a residents only hazardous waste day run with Madbury, Lee and Rollinsford. The city says that event does not take explosives, asbestos, latex paint, waste oil, antifreeze, propane tanks, batteries or fluorescent bulbs, and those items have their own route at the Recycling Center.
City cost & eligibility
The collection is a scheduled residents only event and the city publishes no fee for dropping material there, so confirm any charge with Community Services before the event rather than assuming the drop off is free.
When & how
The published collection is Saturday, October 17, 2026, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Dover Community Services Garage at 271 Mast Road, and the city lists one date at a time rather than a recurring schedule.
Get it ready
Check the city list before you load a vehicle and leave out anything on the do not bring list, because those items are refused at the event and are handled at the Recycling Center during its regular hours instead.
Bags, tags and recycling follow the same set out window
Everything for curbside collection goes out by 7 a.m. on your trash day, and nothing goes to the curb earlier than 4 p.m. the day before. A 15 gallon Dover bag holds no more than 20 pounds and a 30 gallon bag no more than 35 pounds, both tied shut, and a tagged bulky item leaves on the same day as the trash. Recycling goes out with it, and the city will not collect bottles, cans or paper that are left curbside in plastic bags.
The bulky item tag is published for non-metal items, so a couch, a mattress, a toilet or a rolled carpet can leave from the curb while a refrigerator, a washer, a television, a microwave and a large load of construction material cannot. Buy the tag before collection day at the City Clerk's Office, the Public Works facility on Mast Road, the Recycling Center or a store that sells Dover bags, and attach it to the item you are setting out.
The Recycling Center takes the restricted items, and it charges for some of them
Household recycling, metal, yard waste, batteries, waste oil, antifreeze, tires, propane tanks and compostable food scraps are taken at the Recycling Center on Mast Road, and the city says recycling in Dover is free. The same site prices the restricted material: construction and demolition debris by weight, refrigerated appliances and rolling copiers per item, televisions and microwaves per item, and computers per device. Bring the permit the City Clerk's Office issues at no charge, and pay by check, credit or debit card because the site does not take cash.
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City of Dover Community Services and Waste Management
Use a bulky item tag at the curb
A Dover household with a couch, a mattress, a box spring, a toilet, a rolled carpet or another non-metal item that is too large for a city trash bag.
Cost & conditions
$10 per bulky item tag, bought from the City Clerk's Office, the Public Works facility, the Recycling Center or a store that sells Dover bags. One non-metal item per tag, within the published size and weight limits; metal, appliances, electronics and material with its own fee at the Recycling Center are not tag items.
Arrange it
Buy the tag before your collection day, attach it to the item, and put the item at the curb by 7 a.m. on your regular trash day.
A padded or upholstered item cannot go to the Recycling Center instead, and a television, a microwave or a refrigerated appliance is refused at the curb even with a tag.
City of Dover Community Services and Waste Management
Drop the item at the Recycling Center on Mast Road
A household with metal, an appliance, a television or computer, construction debris, batteries, waste oil, antifreeze, a tire, a propane tank, a metal framed exercise machine or yard waste.
Cost & conditions
From $0 per drop, since the city takes household recycling, metal, yard waste, batteries, waste oil, antifreeze and compostable food scraps without a published fee while it weighs construction and demolition debris and charges per item for televisions, monitors, computers, microwaves, refrigerated appliances and propane tanks. Dover residents and contractors with the no-charge vehicle permit issued at the City Clerk's Office; bring the current vehicle registration and an ID, and pay by check, credit or debit card at the site.
Arrange it
Take the material to 265 Mast Road during the published hours and unload it yourself at the marked area for each material, allowing extra time if the load has to be weighed.
The site does not take bulky items, household trash or hazardous waste, padded furniture is refused, and the construction scale closes fifteen minutes before the gate. A dump trailer with a box longer than twelve feet cannot dump there, and the city points that load to the alternative sites it names.
City of Dover Community Services and Waste Management
Save household chemicals for the Dover hazardous waste day
A household with paint, stain, solvent, pesticide, pool chemical or other hazardous material from the yard, the house, the garage or the workbench.
Cost & conditions
The city publishes the collection date and location but no fee for dropping material there, so confirm any charge with Community Services before the event instead of assuming the drop off is free.
Arrange it
The published collection is Saturday, October 17, 2026, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Dover Community Services Garage at 271 Mast Road, and it is open to Dover, Madbury, Lee and Rollinsford residents.
Residents only, with no businesses, and the event does not take explosives, asbestos, latex paint, waste oil, antifreeze, propane tanks, batteries or fluorescent bulbs, which are handled at the Recycling Center instead.
City drop off for metal, appliances, electronics, construction debris, batteries, waste oil, tires and yard waste
Dover Recycling Center
265 Mast Road, Dover, NH
Household recycling, plastics, glass, cans and cardboard, light iron scrap metal including washers, dryers, ovens, grills and dishwashers, large metal items, construction and demolition debris, refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners, humidifiers and dehumidifiers, televisions, microwaves, monitors, printers, scanners, laptops, copiers, fax machines, cell phones, fluorescent tubes up to four feet, mercury devices, automobile and rechargeable batteries, waste oil, antifreeze, tires and inner tubes, propane tanks, yard waste, brush and compostable food scraps.
A vehicle permit is issued at the City Clerk's Office with a registration and an ID, and the site does not take bulky items, household trash, hazardous waste, padded furniture, light fixture ballasts or milk and juice cartons. Fluorescent tubes are limited to residents, the construction and demolition scale closes fifteen minutes before the gate, and a dump trailer with a box longer than twelve feet or a load larger than a one ton dump truck is turned away.
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The city brochure also lists a seasonal Sunday opening that the web pages do not show, so confirm before travelling on a Sunday.
From $0 per drop, since the city publishes no fee for household recycling, metal, yard waste, batteries, waste oil, antifreeze or compostable food scraps while it weighs construction and demolition debris at ten cents a pound for a resident load with a five dollar minimum and fifteen cents a pound for a contractor load with a twenty five dollar minimum, and charges per item for televisions, monitors, microwaves, computers, refrigerated appliances and propane tanks. Dover residents and contractors dropping material at the site with the no-charge vehicle permit; payment is by check, credit or debit card, and a card payment adds a processing fee.
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 Dover take a couch from the curb?+
Yes. Furniture is one of the city's bulky item tag examples, and a tagged non-metal piece leaves on your regular trash day with the household trash. The Recycling Center does not take padded or upholstered material, so the curb with a tag is the city route for a couch or an upholstered chair.Official guidance
Does a mattress need a tag in Dover?+
Yes. A mattress and a box spring are named in the city's bulky item tag examples, and each piece leaves at the curb on your regular trash day with its own tag. The Recycling Center does not take padded or upholstered material, so the curbside tag is how bedding leaves Dover.Official guidance
Where does a refrigerator go in Dover?+
A refrigerator, a freezer, an air conditioner, a humidifier or a dehumidifier contains refrigerant and has to be brought to the Recycling Center on Mast Road, where the city charges per item. A tag cannot be used, because the tag program covers non-metal items only.Official guidance
Can a television go out with a bulky item tag?+
No. The city says a television and a microwave must be brought to the Recycling Center, where each carries a published fee, and the fee for a television is higher once it is over 36 inches. Computer equipment goes to the same site with its own per-device prices, so check the schedule before you load a vehicle.Official guidance
What does a bulky item tag cover in Dover?+
One non-metal item that is too large for a Dover trash bag, collected on your regular trash day with the trash. Furniture, a mattress, a toilet and carpets are the city examples, and the same tag can cover a bundle of building material cut to three or four feet and kept within the tag weight.Official guidance
Who collects trash and bulky items in Dover?+
The City of Dover runs a weekly bag-and-tag curbside program through its contractor, Waste Management, and the Recycling Center on Mast Road takes what cannot go to the curb. Community Services answers program questions at (603) 516-6450 and the Recycling Center line is (603) 516-6073. The city has announced that curbside collection becomes a toter system on July 1, 2027, when the bag and tag program ends.Official guidance
Where do I buy a bulky item tag, and what does it cover?+
A tag covers one non-metal item that is too large for a Dover trash bag, and the city prices tags with the rest of its bag and tag program. Tags are sold at the City Clerk's Office at City Hall, the Public Works facility on Mast Road, the Recycling Center and most stores that sell Dover bags, so buy one before your collection day.Official guidance
How much can go in a Dover bag, and when does it go out?+
A 15 gallon Dover bag is collected up to 20 pounds and a 30 gallon bag up to 35 pounds, both tied shut, and everything goes to the curb by 7 a.m. on your trash day and no earlier than 4 p.m. the day before. Recycling goes out the same day, and bottles, cans and paper left curbside in plastic bags are not collected.Official guidance
Why can a television or a refrigerator not go out with a tag?+
Because the tag program is written for non-metal items. Dover says a television and a microwave must be brought to the Recycling Center, where each has a published fee, and a refrigerator, freezer, air conditioner, humidifier or dehumidifier contains refrigerant and also has to come to the center for a fee. Washers, dryers, ovens and dishwashers go to the same site as metal.Official guidance
Where does construction debris go in Dover?+
A small bundle of building material, three to four feet long and within the tag weight, can leave at the curb with a bulky item tag on your trash day. Anything larger goes to the construction and demolition container at the Recycling Center, where the load is weighed and charged by the pound with a minimum per load for residents and a higher rate and minimum for contractors, up to a one ton dump truck load.Official guidance
Do I need a permit for the Recycling Center, and how do I pay there?+
The Recycling Center permit is issued annually at the City Clerk's Office at no charge, and you bring your current vehicle registration and an ID to get one. At the site, payment is by check, credit or debit card and a card payment carries a processing fee, because the center does not take cash.Official guidance
When can I get rid of paint and other household chemicals?+
The Dover, Madbury, Lee and Rollinsford household hazardous waste collection is on Saturday, October 17, 2026, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Dover Community Services Garage at 271 Mast Road. It is open to residents only, and it does not take explosives, asbestos, latex paint, waste oil, antifreeze, propane tanks, batteries or fluorescent bulbs, which belong at the Recycling Center instead.Official guidance
