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City collection A couch, dresser or large chair is a bulk item in Utica, collected once a week off the curb with the blue bag garbage, or self-hauled to EcoDrop Utica for the published per-item rate. From $5 per bulky item accepted at EcoDrop Utica, such as a chair, sofa or table. The first bulky item each week is collected curbside as part of the city service at no separate charge, and additional pieces go to the drop-off at the published resident rate, with a $10 penalty on an untarped load.
City collection A mattress is a bulk item in Utica, so it comes off the curb as the single bulky item the city allows each week per building, or it goes to EcoDrop Utica as a self-haul bulky item. From $5 per bulky item accepted at EcoDrop Utica for a self-haul load, such as a sofa, chair, table or mattress. One bulky item per week per building comes off the curb with the blue bag garbage at no separate charge, and a mattress set that is larger than one item has to be spread across weeks. At the drop-off the published resident rate applies, with a $10 penalty added to an untarped load.
City collection Appliances are the bulk items Utica names first, and the Authority prices them in two tiers: household white goods are free at the drop-off while a unit that still holds refrigerant carries a published per-item fee. From $10 per household item that still contains CFCs, such as a refrigerator, freezer or air conditioner, at EcoDrop Utica. Household white goods such as a washing machine, dryer or stove are accepted at no charge and the first bulky item each week is collected curbside as part of the city service at no separate charge, so the per-item fee applies to a refrigerated unit brought to the drop-off.
City collection A clean-out in Utica runs on two meters at once: the weekly blue bag rubbish limit and the single bulky item each building may set out, with EcoDrop Utica taking the rest by weight. From $7.5 for minimum load charge for household garbage up to 250 pounds at EcoDrop Utica, with higher flat charges up to 1,000 pounds and a per-ton rate above that. EcoDrop Utica, 824 Sewage Plant Road, charges resident rates and adds a penalty to an untarped load. At the curb, rubbish has to be in City of Utica blue bags, sold at grocery and convenience stores around the city, and the printed city brochure prices a large bag at $1.95 and a small bag at $1.35, so confirm the current price at the counter.
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?
Utica collects its own residential garbage, and household rubbish has to be in City of Utica blue bags bought at stores around the city, capped at ten bags a week for a single-family home and twenty for a two-family building or business. Garbage and recycling run once a week, and setting anything out is legal only between 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. on the night before the collection day. On top of the bagged rubbish the city takes one bulky item a week per building, two car tires a week and a handful of green waste containers, and everything else goes to the Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Authority, whose EcoDrop Utica facility on Sewage Plant Road publishes a resident fee for bulky items, Freon appliances, tires, garbage by weight and construction debris.
A mattress is a bulk item in Utica, so it comes off the curb as the single bulky item the city allows each week per building, or it goes to EcoDrop Utica as a self-haul bulky item.
City cost & eligibility
From $5 per bulky item accepted at EcoDrop Utica for a self-haul load, such as a sofa, chair, table or mattress. One bulky item per week per building comes off the curb with the blue bag garbage at no separate charge, and a mattress set that is larger than one item has to be spread across weeks. At the drop-off the published resident rate applies, with a $10 penalty added to an untarped load.
When & how
Set the mattress out between 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. on the night before your collection day, or take it to EcoDrop Utica on Sewage Plant Road, open Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Get it ready
Keep the mattress whole and dry and put it out with the blue bag garbage rather than inside a bag, because the blue bag is the container for household rubbish. Only one bulky item is collected per building each week, and a room-size rug or carpet has to be rolled, tied and no longer than 6 feet.
A couch, dresser or large chair is a bulk item in Utica, collected once a week off the curb with the blue bag garbage, or self-hauled to EcoDrop Utica for the published per-item rate.
City cost & eligibility
From $5 per bulky item accepted at EcoDrop Utica, such as a chair, sofa or table. The first bulky item each week is collected curbside as part of the city service at no separate charge, and additional pieces go to the drop-off at the published resident rate, with a $10 penalty on an untarped load.
When & how
Set the furniture out between 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. on the night before your collection day, or use EcoDrop Utica during its weekday and Saturday hours.
Get it ready
Put the piece at the curb with the blue bag garbage, keep a rug or carpet rolled and tied under 6 feet, and remember the one-bulky-item-a-week rule, which means a whole room of furniture takes several weeks or a trip to the drop-off.
Appliances are the bulk items Utica names first, and the Authority prices them in two tiers: household white goods are free at the drop-off while a unit that still holds refrigerant carries a published per-item fee.
City cost & eligibility
From $10 per household item that still contains CFCs, such as a refrigerator, freezer or air conditioner, at EcoDrop Utica. Household white goods such as a washing machine, dryer or stove are accepted at no charge and the first bulky item each week is collected curbside as part of the city service at no separate charge, so the per-item fee applies to a refrigerated unit brought to the drop-off.
When & how
Set one appliance out between 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. on the night before your collection day, or take it to EcoDrop Utica, open Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Get it ready
Empty and clean a refrigerator or freezer before it moves, and keep the unit upright so it can be handled safely. The city does not collect 55-gallon drums, propane tanks or oil tanks at the curb, so those go to the drop-off instead.
New York State bans electronics from the garbage, and Utica answers that two ways: the device can be the weekly bulky item at the curb, or it can go to EcoDrop Utica free of charge.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. The Authority accepts electronics year-round at no charge at EcoDrop Utica and EcoDrop Rome, and the city also allows electronic waste to be the single bulky item collected at the curb each week, so there is no published charge on either route.
When & how
Set the device out between 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. on the night before your collection day as your weekly bulky item, or drop it at EcoDrop Utica during its weekday and Saturday hours.
Get it ready
Never put a television, monitor or computer in the blue bag or the orange recycling container, because the state bans the material from the waste stream and the city brochure says electronics that are set out come off the curb as the bulk item instead. Erase anything that stores personal data before it leaves the house.
Small tear-out material can go out as blue bag rubbish inside the city's one cubic yard limit, and anything larger is a self-haul load at EcoDrop Utica with a published construction and demolition rate.
City cost & eligibility
From $7.25 for minimum load charge for construction and demolition debris up to 250 pounds at EcoDrop Utica, with higher flat charges up to 1,000 pounds and a per-ton rate above that. EcoDrop Utica, 824 Sewage Plant Road. The rates are resident rates, clean fill such as asphalt, concrete, brick and stone is charged at a lower per-ton rate, and a load that arrives untarped draws an extra penalty. The curbside route is not charged separately but is capped by the city's trash limit.
When & how
Keep curbside material inside the weekly limit on your collection night, or take the load to EcoDrop Utica Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. or Saturday 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Get it ready
Wood and metal are limited to 4-foot lengths and must be tied into secure bundles, smaller pieces go in a lidded container no larger than 35 gallons and under 50 pounds, and no container may hold more than 50 pounds. The city caps household rubbish at one cubic yard for one family, so a renovation produces several weeks of curbside material or one drop-off trip.
Neither the city brochure nor the Authority names exercise equipment, so a treadmill or machine is either the weekly bulky item at the curb or a donation through the Authority's reuse list.
City cost & eligibility
No published city or Authority rate covers an exercise machine and no source names the category. The Authority's reuse list includes businesses that take donated household and sporting goods, and the drop-off charges its published bulky item rate if the machine goes to EcoDrop, so confirm the route before the machine is moved.
When & how
Use the weekly curbside bulky item slot on your collection night, or contact a reuse outlet from the Authority list before loading the machine.
Get it ready
Take the machine down as far as it will come apart so the frame and the weights can be handled separately, keep it out of the recycling container, and remove a console or battery pack so it can be handled as electronics separately.
A clean-out in Utica runs on two meters at once: the weekly blue bag rubbish limit and the single bulky item each building may set out, with EcoDrop Utica taking the rest by weight.
City cost & eligibility
From $7.5 for minimum load charge for household garbage up to 250 pounds at EcoDrop Utica, with higher flat charges up to 1,000 pounds and a per-ton rate above that. EcoDrop Utica, 824 Sewage Plant Road, charges resident rates and adds a penalty to an untarped load. At the curb, rubbish has to be in City of Utica blue bags, sold at grocery and convenience stores around the city, and the printed city brochure prices a large bag at $1.95 and a small bag at $1.35, so confirm the current price at the counter.
When & how
Set the bags and one bulky item out between 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. on the night before your collection day, or take the load to EcoDrop Utica Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. or Saturday 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Get it ready
Household rubbish is capped at one cubic yard for a single family and two cubic yards for a two-or-more-family building or business, and at ten blue bags a week for a single family and twenty for a larger building. One bulky item per building per week is collected, two car tires a week are accepted with no truck tires, and 55-gallon drums, pianos, safes, propane tanks and oil tanks are never collected at the curb and have to go to the drop-off.
Set out only between 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. the night before
Garbage and recyclables are collected once a week, and the city makes set-out legal only between 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. on the night before the collection day. Putting items out at any other time is against local law and can draw a violation notice, and containers come back off the curb after collection.
Household rubbish has to be in City of Utica blue bags, sold at grocery and convenience stores around the city, with a weekly cap of ten bags for a single-family home and twenty for a two-or-more-family building or business. Anything that cannot be recycled and is not a trash or bulk item belongs in a blue bag, and recyclables go in the orange or RecycleOne container instead.
Use a permitted, accessible outdoor spot. Arrange the move out of your home, keep shared access clear and follow your confirmation’s readiness instructions. Check with your building about access or staging limits before booking.
City of Utica blue bag collection and the Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Authority
Use the blue bag collection and the weekly bulky item
A Utica household with bagged rubbish plus one large item such as a couch, a mattress, an appliance or a television.
Cost & conditions
No charge. The weekly bulky item, the two-tire allowance and the green waste containers are part of the city collection rather than priced extras. Only the rubbish itself carries a cost, because it has to be in City of Utica blue bags bought at stores around the city, and the printed brochure prices a large bag at $1.95 and a small bag at $1.35.
Arrange it
Set everything out between 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. on the night before your collection day and pull the containers back afterwards. Call 315-731-0238 to confirm the collection night, or the city public works department on 315-738-1341 about green waste collection.
One bulk item per building per week, one cubic yard of rubbish for a single family, two car tires a week with no truck tires, and no 55-gallon drums, pianos, safes, propane tanks or oil tanks at any time.
A household with furniture, electronics, household goods or sporting equipment that is still usable and would rather see it reused than landfilled.
Cost & conditions
No charge. The Authority's reuse list is a set of donation outlets rather than a paid service, and the Authority notes that some of the organisations will arrange to pick donated items up. Each outlet sets its own terms, so confirm acceptance directly.
Arrange it
Open the Authority's reuse list, pick the organisation that takes your kind of item, and call it to confirm what it accepts and whether it collects.
These are independent thrift, charity and second-hand stores, not Authority facilities, and each one sets its own condition standards and hours. Nothing on the list takes an item that no longer works.
The self-haul route for a Utica address is the Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Authority, and the relevant gate is EcoDrop Utica at 824 Sewage Plant Road, open Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Recyclables, electronics, household white goods such as a stove, washer or dryer, auto batteries, empty propane cylinders, used motor oil and antifreeze, and bagged green waste carry no charge, while a bulky item such as a sofa, chair or table is charged per item, a refrigerator, freezer or air conditioner that still holds refrigerant is charged per item, tires are charged per tire with more added for a rim, and garbage and construction debris are charged by weight from a flat minimum load charge upward. The rates are resident rates, businesses are directed to the Authority office, and an untarped load draws a penalty, so a load should be tarped and sorted before the trip. EcoDrop Utica and EcoDrop Rome2026 adopted fee schedule
Authority drop-off for bulky items, appliances, electronics and debris
EcoDrop Utica
824 Sewage Plant Road, Utica, NY 13502
Recyclables at no charge, electronics including computer equipment, televisions and printers at no charge, household hazardous waste at no charge from April 1 to September 30, household white goods such as stoves, washing machines and dryers at no charge, bulky items such as furniture, mattresses, chairs and tables, appliances that still contain CFCs, tires with and without rims, scrap metal, auto batteries, empty propane cylinders under 100 pounds, used motor oil and antifreeze, green waste, and construction and demolition debris.
Resident rates only, with businesses directed to the Authority office, and loads must be tarped or an extra fee is added. Cash, personal check and credit cards are accepted and there is a fee for a returned check. The facility is designed for special or one-time waste and to serve residents who may not subscribe to a collection system.
Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., closed for the remainder of the week.
From $5 per bulky item such as a chair, sofa or table, with separate published per-item rates for CFC appliances, $5.50 per tire up to 20 inches with $4.50 added for a rim, $2 per 35-gallon bag of garbage and flat minimum load charges by weight band for garbage and construction debris. EcoDrop Utica, 824 Sewage Plant Road, at resident rates. Recyclables, electronics, household white goods, auto batteries, empty propane cylinders, used motor oil and antifreeze, bulky rigid plastics and bagged green waste carry no charge, and an untarped load draws a penalty.
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 does a mattress leave a Utica home?+
A mattress is a bulk item, so it goes out with the blue bag garbage between 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. on the night before your collection day, as the single bulky item the city allows each week per building. Anything beyond that one item can be taken to EcoDrop Utica at 824 Sewage Plant Road, which charges its published resident rate per bulky item.Official guidance
Will Utica pick up a couch at the curb?+
Yes, as the bulky item the city allows each week per building. It goes out between 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. on the night before your collection day alongside the blue bag garbage, and a second large piece in the same week has to wait or be taken to EcoDrop Utica, which charges the published resident rate per bulky item.Official guidance
Does Utica charge to take a refrigerator?+
At the curb the first bulky item each week is part of the city service, and a washer, dryer or stove delivered to EcoDrop Utica is taken at no charge. A refrigerator, freezer or air conditioner that still contains refrigerant carries the Authority's published per-item fee, and a load that arrives untarped draws an extra penalty.Official guidance
How does a television or computer leave a Utica home?+
Either as the bulky item the city collects once a week per building, set out between 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. on the night before your collection day, or at EcoDrop Utica, where electronics are accepted year-round at no charge. Electronic waste can never go in the blue bag or the recycling container because New York State bans it from the garbage.Official guidance
How does a Utica household find its collection night?+
Call 315-731-0238 for the night of collection, then set the bags, the recycling container and the one bulky item out between 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. the night before. Garbage and recyclables run once a week, containers come back off the curb afterwards, and green waste questions go to the city public works department on 315-738-1341.Official guidance
Where is the Utica drop-off facility and what does it take?+
EcoDrop Utica at 824 Sewage Plant Road is open Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. It takes recyclables, electronics and household hazardous waste at no charge, along with appliances, bulky items, tires, scrap metal, green waste and construction debris on the Authority's published resident fee schedule, with an extra penalty on an untarped load.Official guidance
Can a usable couch or appliance be donated instead?+
The Authority publishes a reuse list of organisations across Oneida and Herkimer Counties that take donated clothing, books, electronics, furniture, household items and crafting supplies, and it notes that some of them will arrange to pick donations up. Each outlet sets its own rules, so call before loading, and the nearest Utica entries are on Washington Street and Court Street.Official guidance
