Figuring out what the city takes. Waiting for pickup day. Calling around for quotes. It’s a lot to sort out for something you’re ready to be done with.
Standard sofa$79First item example Before applicable tax
Your exact price. Upfront.
Find your items in the catalog and see your exact price online. Book without phone calls or an in-person estimate.
Gone as soon as today.
Choose your pickup day. Book by 2pm local time for same-day pickup, where available.
In the loop until it’s gone.
Get a booking confirmation, a text before arrival and pickup photos when it’s done. Follow along on your pickup page.
Made for your place
Your place. One easy pickup plan.
A house, a condo or an apartment. Choose an accessible outdoor spot that works for your property. You arrange the move outside; we take it from there.
1
Book before you bring it out.
Your items can still be inside when you book. Follow the readiness instructions in your confirmation.
2
Choose a clear outdoor spot.
You arrange any carrying out of your home or down interior stairs. Keep entrances, sidewalks and shared access clear. We handle loading and haul-away from outside.
3
Show us where to find it.
Add a photo and clear location notes. Contact us before booking if a gate, building rule or restricted access window needs an arrangement.
At a house: outside, accessible and easy to identify.At an apartment: an approved outdoor spot with shared access clear.
Access needs an arrangement?
Check any building or shared-area rules. Contact us before booking if access is limited to particular hours.
City collection Furniture is a curbside item in Hoboken. A non metal couch or chair goes out with the garbage, a piece built on a metal frame waits for the Thursday metal collection, and a sofa bed stays with the garbage. No charge. Hoboken households on the city collection route, where furniture is collected as part of the municipal garbage or metal night programme without a published per item fee.
City collection A mattress in Hoboken is simply part of the regular garbage collection, with no appointment, no fee and no separate drop-off needed. No charge. Hoboken households on the city collection route, because the city lists mattresses with the regular garbage stream and publishes no mattress fee.
City collection Metal appliances are a Thursday night curbside item, including refrigerators, washers, dryers, stoves, hot water heaters and air conditioners, with the doors removed before the unit goes out. No charge. Hoboken households on the city collection route, because the city lists metal appliances in the Thursday metal stream and publishes no per item charge. The page also points to a New Jersey Clean Energy Program rebate that may pay for recycling an old appliance.
City collection The city's bulk removal programme splits large items by material rather than by size: non metal furniture and mattresses go out with the regular garbage, and metal furniture and appliances wait for the Thursday metal night. No charge. Hoboken households on the city collection route. The city treats bulk removal as part of the municipal programme and publishes no per item charge, so the collection itself carries no published fee.
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.
Selected customer reviews. Counts checked September 2026.
The local disposal guide
Will the city take it?
Hoboken collects its own garbage, recycling and bulk material rather than leaving residents to hire a hauler. The Department of Parks, Recreation and Public Works runs the programme, and it works on a fixed weekly rhythm: garbage with non metal furniture and mattresses goes out on Sunday, Wednesday and Friday nights, commingled recycling on Monday nights, and Thursday night is the metal night for metal furniture, appliances, yard waste, electronic waste, paper and cardboard. Everything goes to the curb after 7:30 p.m. in a lidded container, or after 9 p.m. in the Limited Business Area, and garbage may weigh no more than 50 pounds. That schedule is the whole disposal map for a household here: a mattress rides with the garbage, a sofa or a dresser rides with the garbage, a refrigerator, air conditioner or washing machine waits for Thursday, and a television goes out with the electronics on the same metal night. The city does not take construction and demolition debris at all, and paint, varnish, turpentine and pesticides go to the Hudson County Improvement Authority hazardous waste days instead of the curb.
Hoboken runs its own weekly collection with a different stream each night: garbage with non metal furniture and mattresses on Sunday, Wednesday and Friday, commingled recycling on Monday, and the metal, yard waste, electronic waste and paper night on Thursday.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Hoboken households on the city collection route, for which the city publishes the weekly schedule and no per item charge. Buildings with more than 50 units also fall under the city waste containerization ordinance and their containers must be approved by the Department of Infrastructure.
When & how
Put the containers out after 7:30 p.m. on the night before the collection, or after 9 p.m. in the Limited Business Area covering Washington Street, Newark Street, First Street, 14th Street and Hudson Place. Sunday, Wednesday and Friday carry garbage with non metal furniture and mattresses; Monday carries commingled recycling; Thursday carries metal furniture, appliances, yard waste, electronic waste, paper and cardboard; Tuesday and Saturday have no collection.
Get it ready
Use a container with a tight fitting lid and keep garbage under 50 pounds per container, because the city sets both rules and warns that failing to follow the ordinances can bring a summons. Commingled recycling must be empty, clean and dry with only plastics numbered 1, 2 and 5, and paper recycling must be dry, flattened and secured, so the two recycling streams never mix.
The city's bulk removal programme splits large items by material rather than by size: non metal furniture and mattresses go out with the regular garbage, and metal furniture and appliances wait for the Thursday metal night.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Hoboken households on the city collection route. The city treats bulk removal as part of the municipal programme and publishes no per item charge, so the collection itself carries no published fee.
When & how
Put non metal furniture and mattresses at the curb after 7:30 p.m., or after 9 p.m. in the Limited Business Area, on a Sunday, Wednesday or Friday night. Put metal furniture and appliances out on Thursday night, because they are collected on Friday morning before noon by a different crew from the paper recycling round.
Get it ready
Sort by material before the item goes out, because the night depends on it. Remove all doors from refrigerators, washers, dryers and stoves, tie branches in bundles, and keep the item off the sidewalk in a way that blocks nothing, since the same page carries the containerization rules and the warning about summonses.
Furniture is a curbside item in Hoboken. A non metal couch or chair goes out with the garbage, a piece built on a metal frame waits for the Thursday metal collection, and a sofa bed stays with the garbage.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Hoboken households on the city collection route, where furniture is collected as part of the municipal garbage or metal night programme without a published per item fee.
When & how
Non metal furniture goes out after 7:30 p.m., or after 9 p.m. in the Limited Business Area, on Sunday, Wednesday or Friday night. Metal furniture such as file cabinets, desks and bed frames goes out on Thursday night for the Friday morning metal round.
Get it ready
Empty the drawers and remove the cushions and loose parts before the piece goes out, and keep it out of the recycling bins, which take only plastics numbered 1, 2 and 5 in the commingled stream and paper or cardboard in the Thursday stream. Anything still usable can also go to a charity collection instead of the curb.
A mattress in Hoboken is simply part of the regular garbage collection, with no appointment, no fee and no separate drop-off needed.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Hoboken households on the city collection route, because the city lists mattresses with the regular garbage stream and publishes no mattress fee.
When & how
Put the mattress at the curb after 7:30 p.m., or after 9 p.m. in the Limited Business Area, on a Sunday, Wednesday or Friday night, in the same collection as the garbage.
Get it ready
Keep the mattress dry and out of the rain before the collection, and keep it clear of the recycling bins, because the commingled stream takes only plastics numbered 1, 2 and 5 with glass, cartons and metal and rejects contamination. Wrap it if the weather is wet so the crew can still lift it.
Refrigerators, washers, dryers and other appliances
Accepted with preparation
Metal appliances are a Thursday night curbside item, including refrigerators, washers, dryers, stoves, hot water heaters and air conditioners, with the doors removed before the unit goes out.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Hoboken households on the city collection route, because the city lists metal appliances in the Thursday metal stream and publishes no per item charge. The page also points to a New Jersey Clean Energy Program rebate that may pay for recycling an old appliance.
When & how
Put the appliance at the curb after 7:30 p.m., or after 9 p.m. in the Limited Business Area, on Thursday night, and leave it for the Friday morning pickup before noon by the metal crew.
Get it ready
Remove all doors from refrigerators, washers, dryers and stoves before the unit goes out, as the city's metal appliance list requires, and keep the appliance out of the recycling bins. Small non metal appliances such as vacuums, coffee makers, blenders and food processors are not metal night items and go with the regular garbage instead.
Televisions, computers, monitors and cell phones are collected at the curb on Thursday night with the other electronic waste, while small non metal appliances go out with the regular garbage.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Hoboken households on the city collection route, because the city lists computers, televisions, monitors and cell phones in the Thursday electronic waste stream and publishes no fee for the collection.
When & how
Put the device at the curb after 7:30 p.m., or after 9 p.m. in the Limited Business Area, on Thursday night, and leave it for the Friday morning pickup before noon. Lithium ion batteries go out with the electronic waste on the same night.
Get it ready
Wipe or remove the storage from a computer or phone before it goes out, and keep batteries out of the recycling bins, because the city states plainly that no batteries should be in recycling. Alkaline batteries go with regular garbage, lithium ion batteries go with electronic waste, and compact fluorescent bulbs go to a home improvement retailer while incandescent bulbs and lighting fixtures go with the garbage.
The city does not name exercise equipment, so the night depends on what the machine is made of and the household should confirm with the recycling coordinator.
City cost & eligibility
No exercise equipment charge or stream is published. A metal framed machine belongs to the Thursday metal collection and a machine that is not metal follows the non metal furniture rule with the regular garbage, so confirm the specific machine with the recycling coordinator on (201) 420-2000 extension 1320 or recycling@hobokennj.gov before it goes out.
When & how
Call the recycling coordinator first, then put the machine out on Thursday night if it is a metal item or on a Sunday, Wednesday or Friday night if it is not, always after 7:30 p.m. or after 9 p.m. in the Limited Business Area.
Get it ready
Strip the machine down as far as it comes apart, remove or tape any battery pack, and keep the pieces together so the crew can see what the load is. Never put the machine in a recycling bin, because the commingled bin takes only plastics numbered 1, 2 and 5 with glass, cartons and metal, and the Thursday bin is for paper and cardboard.
Construction and demolition waste is the one stream Hoboken refuses outright: sheet rock, concrete and treated lumber are not collected at the curb and have to be hauled privately.
City cost & eligibility
The city states that construction and demolition waste is not collected by the City of Hoboken and must be hauled privately, so there is no municipal charge to publish. A licensed contractor or a private hauler carries the load and sets its own price.
When & how
Arrange a private haul or a contractor's container, because construction material has no place on any of the city collection nights and putting it out would breach the collection ordinances.
Get it ready
Keep sheet rock, concrete, treated lumber and the rest of the demolition material off the curb and out of the bins, and agree in writing with the contractor about who removes the debris. The police and the city licensing rules apply to a container placed on a street.
Non latex paint, varnish, turpentine and pesticides never go to the curb. They belong to the Hudson County Improvement Authority drop-off days, while latex paint has its own two rules depending on how full the can is.
City cost & eligibility
The city publishes the hazardous waste hotline and the twice yearly drop-off programme but no fee for a Hoboken household, so confirm the details on the environmental hotline at 201-324-6222 extension 3219 before travelling.
When & how
Hold hazardous material for one of the Hudson County Improvement Authority drop-off days, which the city says run twice a year, and call the environmental hotline at 201-324-6222 extension 3219 for the dates. Latex paint follows a different path: an empty or dried can goes out with regular garbage, and a can more than half full can be brought to the Hoboken Recycling Center at 1501 Madison Street.
Get it ready
Dry out a partly used can of latex paint with cat litter, speedy dry or newspaper strips before putting it in the garbage, and never put a liquid can in the bin. Keep batteries out of recycling altogether: alkaline batteries go with garbage, lithium ion batteries go out with electronic waste on Thursday, and compact fluorescent bulbs go to a home improvement retailer.
Yard waste goes out on Thursday night with the metal and electronic waste round and is picked up on Friday morning, with separate piles for leaves, grass, weeds and branches.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Hoboken households, which receive the collection free of charge and can pick up paper yard waste bags free at the Hoboken Recycling Center at 1501 Madison Street.
When & how
Place yard waste at the curb after 7:30 p.m., or after 9 p.m. in the Limited Business Area, on Thursday night, for a Friday morning pickup before noon by the yard waste crew.
Get it ready
Separate leaves, grass, weeds and branches, tie the branches in bundles, and put grass and leaves in paper bags rather than plastic. Keep yard waste out of both recycling streams, because the Monday bin takes only plastics numbered 1, 2 and 5 with glass, cartons and metal and the Thursday bin takes paper and cardboard.
Hoboken asks for every item to be placed at the curb after 7:30 p.m., or after 9 p.m. in the Limited Business Area, in a container with a tight fitting lid, and garbage may weigh no more than 50 pounds. The city warns that failing to follow the collection ordinances and the recycling rules can bring a summons, and buildings with more than 50 units also have to comply with the waste containerization ordinance in Chapter 110 of the Municipal Code, with containers approved by the Department of Infrastructure.
Thursday is the metal, yard waste and electronics night
Thursday night carries metal furniture, appliances, yard waste, electronic waste, paper recycling and cardboard, and those streams are collected on Friday morning before noon by crews that are separate from the garbage round. Appliances need their doors removed, electronic waste covers computers, televisions, monitors and cell phones with lithium ion batteries, and yard waste needs separated piles with tied branches, while paper and cardboard have to be dry, flattened and secured.
Commingled recycling goes out on Monday night and takes plastic, glass, beverage cartons and metal, with only plastics numbered 1, 2 and 5 and nothing bagged, foamed, paper or cardboard. Paper and cardboard go out on Thursday night, flattened and secured, with no plastic bags, Styrofoam, glass or plastics. Everything has to be empty, clean and dry, and the city points residents to the free Recycle Coach tool and the recycling coordinator for anything unclear.
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.
Hoboken Department of Parks, Recreation and Public Works
Use the city bulk removal and collection nights
A Hoboken household with a mattress, a couch, a dresser or another large item that can be carried to the curb on a collection night.
Cost & conditions
No charge. Hoboken households on the city collection route, for which the city runs the garbage, recycling and bulk removal programmes without a published per item fee.
Arrange it
Sort the item by material, then put it out after 7:30 p.m., or after 9 p.m. in the Limited Business Area: non metal furniture and mattresses on a Sunday, Wednesday or Friday night, and metal furniture or appliances on Thursday night for the Friday morning round.
The collection is a curbside programme rather than an in-home service, so the household has to carry the item out, and putting construction debris or hazardous material out with it breaches the city rules instead of removing the problem.
Hoboken Department of Parks, Recreation and Public Works
Use the Thursday metal and electronic waste round
A Hoboken household with a refrigerator, washer, dryer, stove, air conditioner, televisions, computer or cell phone to dispose of.
Cost & conditions
No charge. Hoboken households on the city collection route. The city lists these items in the Thursday stream without a per item charge and points to a New Jersey Clean Energy Program rebate that may pay for recycling an old appliance.
Arrange it
Put the item out after 7:30 p.m., or after 9 p.m. in the Limited Business Area, on Thursday night and leave it for the Friday morning pickup before noon by the metal and electronics crew.
The metal crew only takes metal furniture and appliances, so a small non metal appliance such as a coffee maker or blender goes with the regular garbage, and every battery has to stay out of the recycling bins.
Hoboken Department of Parks, Recreation and Public Works
Arrange a private haul for construction debris
A Hoboken household or contractor with sheet rock, concrete, treated lumber or other renovation debris.
Cost & conditions
The city offers no municipal construction collection, so the price comes entirely from the private hauler or the contractor and has to be quoted.
Arrange it
Contract a private hauler or agree with the contractor that the debris leaves the site, and keep the load off the curb and out of the household bins in the meantime.
Construction and demolition waste is the one stream the city refuses outright, so a household cannot solve a renovation load by setting it out on any collection night.
Hoboken Department of Parks, Recreation and Public Works
Save chemicals for the county hazardous waste days
A Hoboken household with non latex paint, varnish, turpentine, pesticides or another household hazardous product.
Cost & conditions
The city publishes the hotline and the twice yearly programme but no fee, so confirm the details on the environmental hotline at 201-324-6222 extension 3219.
Arrange it
Call the Hudson County Improvement Authority environmental hotline on 201-324-6222 extension 3219 to get the drop-off dates, which the city says run twice a year, and bring the material then rather than putting it at the curb.
The programme is a periodic drop-off rather than a standing facility, and it does not take ordinary garbage, yard waste, appliances or electronics, so a household has to store the material between events.
City recycling drop-off counter and yard waste bags
Hoboken Municipal Garage and Recycling Drop-Off Center
1501 Madison Street, Hoboken, NJ
Free recycling containers for residents, free paper yard waste bags and a drop-off for a latex paint can that is more than half full. The city also lists this address as the recycling coordinator's office and the place to collect the bins.
Residents have to bring proof of residency, and the published allocation is up to one recycling container for every five units in a building, so a large building claims its containers through the same counter. Construction debris, hazardous waste, appliances and furniture are not a drop-off here.
Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. The recycling coordinator is on (201) 420-2000 extension 1320 and recycling@hobokennj.gov.
No charge. Hoboken residents with proof of residency, who receive the recycling containers and the yard waste paper bags free of charge at this counter.
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.
Which night do large items go out in Hoboken?+
It depends on the material. Non metal furniture and mattresses go out with the regular garbage on Sunday, Wednesday or Friday nights, and non metal furniture with metal parts, such as an upholstered chair with wood or metal legs or a sofa bed, also goes with the garbage. Metal furniture and appliances go out on Thursday night and are collected on Friday morning before noon.Official guidance
Will Hoboken take a couch at the curb?+
Yes. A non metal couch is collected with the regular garbage on Sunday, Wednesday or Friday nights, and the city specifically allows non metal furniture with metal or wood legs and sofa beds to go out that way as well. A metal framed piece instead waits for the Thursday metal night and the Friday morning pickup, so sort the item before setting it out.Official guidance
How do I get rid of a mattress in Hoboken?+
Put it out with the regular garbage. The city lists mattresses in the same curbside stream as non metal furniture on Sunday, Wednesday and Friday nights, at no published charge and with no appointment, so a mattress does not need a special collection or a trip to a transfer station.Official guidance
When do appliances go out in Hoboken?+
On Thursday night. Metal appliances including refrigerators, washers, dryers, stoves, hot water heaters, air conditioners and small metal appliances are collected on Friday morning before noon by a separate crew, and all doors must be removed from refrigerators, washers, dryers and stoves. Small non metal appliances such as a coffee maker or blender go with the regular garbage instead.Official guidance
Where do televisions and computers go in Hoboken?+
To the curb on Thursday night. The city collects computers, televisions, monitors and cell phones as electronic waste on Thursday for the Friday morning round, and lithium ion batteries go out with them. Small non metal appliances such as vacuums, coffee makers, blenders and food processors are separated out and go with the regular garbage, and alkaline batteries also go with garbage.Official guidance
Who do I ask about a Hoboken waste question?+
The recycling coordinator, Dave Calamoneri, at 1501 Madison Street, on (201) 420-2000 extension 1320 or recycling@hobokennj.gov, with counter hours weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Household hazardous waste questions go to the Hudson County Improvement Authority environmental hotline on 201-324-6222 extension 3219.Official guidance
How do I get a recycling bin in Hoboken?+
Visit the Municipal Garage and Recycling Drop-Off Center at 1501 Madison Street with proof of residency, Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. or Saturday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. The city provides up to one container for every five units in a building, and the same counter supplies the free paper bags used for grass and leaves on yard waste night.Official guidance
What happens to batteries in Hoboken?+
They never go in recycling, and the city states that plainly. Alkaline batteries can be put out with the regular garbage, lithium ion batteries go out with the electronic waste on Thursday night, and compact fluorescent bulbs should be taken to a home improvement retailer while incandescent bulbs and lighting fixtures go with the garbage.Official guidance
What about a large apartment building in Hoboken?+
Buildings with more than 50 units have to comply with the waste containerization ordinance in Chapter 110 of the Municipal Code, and the Department of Infrastructure reviews the containers each building proposes so that the city and its contract hauler can collect them. Container allocations are also tied to unit counts, with up to one recycling container for every five units, so a building manager should start at the recycling counter on Madison Street.Official guidance
