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City collection A piece of furniture is the first example the city gives for the weekly bulk allowance, so a couch or a chair goes out with the regular collection once a week at no separate charge, and the only published limits are one item a week and the placement rule. No charge. Households on the city collection route. Furniture falls inside the weekly bulk entitlement that the city publishes at no separate charge, while large appliances are excluded and priced separately.
City collection A mattress and a bedspring are both named in the city's bulk examples, so a bed set goes out with the regular collection inside the weekly allowance rather than going to a drop off or a hauler. No charge. Households on the city collection route. The city names a mattress and a bedspring among the bulk items each household may dispose of, with no separate charge published for them.
City collection Large appliances are carved out of the bulk allowance. The city states that they are not included in bulk items and are subject to a removal fee, and it directs residents to Public Works for questions, but no amount is published on the pages kept here, so the appliance route is a call rather than a rate. The city publishes that large appliances are excluded from bulk items and subject to a removal fee without naming the amount, so call the Department of Public Works on 717-412-4320 and describe the unit before it goes out, and confirm whether the fee is collected before or at pickup.
City collection Harrisburg is one of the few cities in this dataset that still takes bulky material on an ordinary collection week. Every household may dispose of one bulk item each week at no extra charge, and the city's examples are a piece of furniture, a mattress, a bedspring and a roll of carpeting. One item goes each week, others are subject to a fine, and the pile belongs at the curb rather than in front of the house. No charge. Households on the city collection route. The city states that each household is entitled to dispose of one bulk item each week, so the piece carries no separate charge, and large appliances are the one published exception because they fall outside the bulk allowance and carry a removal 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.
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The local disposal guide
Will the city take it?
Harrisburg collects residential trash itself. Public Works crews serve every address once a week through five weekday zones, residents use the containers the city provides, and the evening before the collection day is when the bins go out. The rule that matters most for a clean-out is unusual and generous: each household may put out one bulk item every week at no extra charge, and the city names furniture, a mattress, a bedspring and a roll of carpeting as examples. Only one goes each week, extras draw a fine, and large appliances are carved out of that allowance and carry a removal fee instead. Electronics do not go in the trash at all: small electric appliances, televisions and computers go to the Dauphin County Recycling Center on South Cameron Street, which is free for county residents. Construction material has its own route as well, through the transfer station on 19th Street, a roll-off rented from Public Works, or one of the haulers the city lists.
Harrisburg is one of the few cities in this dataset that still takes bulky material on an ordinary collection week. Every household may dispose of one bulk item each week at no extra charge, and the city's examples are a piece of furniture, a mattress, a bedspring and a roll of carpeting. One item goes each week, others are subject to a fine, and the pile belongs at the curb rather than in front of the house.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Households on the city collection route. The city states that each household is entitled to dispose of one bulk item each week, so the piece carries no separate charge, and large appliances are the one published exception because they fall outside the bulk allowance and carry a removal fee.
When & how
The item goes out the evening before the household's assigned collection day, and the city services each address once a week on its zone day. A citywide holiday delays collection by one day for the rest of the week.
Get it ready
Put the item at the appointed collection location rather than piled in front of the property, and keep the pile to the single item a household is allowed that week, because the city states that all others are subject to a fine. Keep large appliances out of the pile entirely and arrange the removal fee with Public Works first.
A piece of furniture is the first example the city gives for the weekly bulk allowance, so a couch or a chair goes out with the regular collection once a week at no separate charge, and the only published limits are one item a week and the placement rule.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Households on the city collection route. Furniture falls inside the weekly bulk entitlement that the city publishes at no separate charge, while large appliances are excluded and priced separately.
When & how
Put the furniture out the evening before the assigned collection day, on the household's once-a-week zone day, and remember that a citywide holiday pushes the rest of that week back by a day.
Get it ready
Keep the piece at the appointed collection location rather than in a pile in front of the property, and do not add a second item in the same week, because the city states that others are subject to a fine. Keep glass, mirrors and ceramics that come off the piece in the trash bin rather than the recycling bin.
A mattress and a bedspring are both named in the city's bulk examples, so a bed set goes out with the regular collection inside the weekly allowance rather than going to a drop off or a hauler.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Households on the city collection route. The city names a mattress and a bedspring among the bulk items each household may dispose of, with no separate charge published for them.
When & how
Set the mattress out the evening before the assigned collection day on the household's zone day, and note that a mattress and a bedspring put out together count as that week's bulk allowance rather than as two separate weeks.
Get it ready
Keep the mattress at the appointed collection location and dry, keep it out of the recycling bin, and do not add a second bulk piece in the same week because extra items are subject to a fine.
Large appliances are carved out of the bulk allowance. The city states that they are not included in bulk items and are subject to a removal fee, and it directs residents to Public Works for questions, but no amount is published on the pages kept here, so the appliance route is a call rather than a rate.
City cost & eligibility
The city publishes that large appliances are excluded from bulk items and subject to a removal fee without naming the amount, so call the Department of Public Works on 717-412-4320 and describe the unit before it goes out, and confirm whether the fee is collected before or at pickup.
When & how
An appliance is not part of the ordinary weekly bulk item, so nothing should be set out for it until Public Works confirms the arrangement and the day. The rest of the collection week keeps the usual zone schedule, with holidays pushing the week back a day.
Get it ready
Keep the appliance out of the weekly bulk pile and out of the recycling bin, empty it first, secure the doors, and confirm whether the fee applies to the unit before it is left at the curb.
Televisions, computers and small electric appliances
Accepted with preparation
Electronics have a county home rather than a curbside one. The city states that Harrisburg residents can take old electronic devices in any condition to the Dauphin County Recycling Center on South Cameron Street, free of charge for county residents, and it names toasters, microwave ovens, televisions and computers.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Dauphin County residents. The city states that the service is free of charge for county residents and that devices are accepted in any condition, and it puts the center at 1625 South Cameron St in Harrisburg.
When & how
The center opens Monday through Friday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm and answers on (717) 982-6772. Nothing in the city's curbside program collects electronics, so the trip is the route rather than a collection day.
Get it ready
Keep electronics out of both curbside bins. Wipe personal data from a computer or drive before handover, and note that the city names small electric appliances such as toasters and microwave ovens alongside televisions and computers, so the packet does not widen that list to every device.
Construction material never rides the trash truck. The city says plaster board, sheet rock, lumber, rocks, soil, cinder blocks and plumbing fixtures go to the transfer station at the Incinerator on 19th Street, and it offers two alternatives for a house clean-out or a large amount of material: rent a roll-off container from Public Works or hire a professional hauler from its published list.
City cost & eligibility
No city rate is published here for the transfer station, the roll-off or the haulers. The roll-off pricing sheet is an image with no readable rates, and the hauler list carries phone numbers only, so call Public Works on 717-412-4320 or one of the listed haulers to price the load before the work starts.
When & how
Construction material has no collection day. It goes to the transfer station at the Incinerator on 19th Street, into a rented roll-off, or with a private hauler, so the arrangement decides the timing rather than the city zone schedule.
Get it ready
Keep plaster board, sheet rock, lumber, rocks, soil, cinder blocks and plumbing fixtures out of the trash bin and out of the weekly bulk pile, because the city routes all of it separately. Sort any metal or reusable material out before the load goes, and confirm which of the three routes is taking it.
Exercise equipment is not named anywhere on the city pages. A machine that fits the weekly bulk allowance may go out with it, and anything larger may fall under the roll-off and hauler route the city describes for big clean-outs, so the piece is a call to Public Works before it reaches the curb.
City cost & eligibility
Nothing published names an exercise machine or prices it. Call Public Works on 717-412-4320 and describe the machine, ask whether it fits the one-item weekly bulk allowance, and ask whether the household should instead use a roll-off or a listed hauler for a load of that size.
When & how
There is no collection day for a machine. If Public Works confirms it as the week's bulk item it goes out the evening before the assigned collection day, and otherwise it moves to a roll-off or hauler arrangement.
Get it ready
Take the machine down as far as it will come apart and keep the loose weights with it, drain anything powered by fluid, and keep it out of the recycling bin. Confirm the piece before setting it out, because the city fines households that put out more than the one bulk item a week.
Containers and bulk go out the evening before the zone day
Every address in Harrisburg is served once a week on its own weekday zone, and the containers go to the appointed collection location the evening before that day. The city provides the standard trash and recycling containers, extra recycling bins are free, and questions about a container, its placement or an account go to the sanitation office on 717-412-4320.
The weekly bulk entitlement is one item, and the city states plainly that only one is collected each week while all others are subject to a fine and that bulk items must not be piled in front of the property. A mattress and bedspring set, a couch or a roll of carpeting therefore uses the whole allowance for that week.
Collection dates are updated through the year for city holidays and furlough days, and a citywide holiday delays collection by one day for the rest of that week, so a Friday route moves to Saturday. The published schedule is the authority for the week rather than the usual zone day.
Appliances, electronics and construction each leave the curb
Three categories are outside the ordinary collection: large appliances, which the city excludes from bulk and prices as a removal, electronics such as toasters, microwave ovens, televisions and computers, which go free to the Dauphin County Recycling Center on South Cameron Street, and construction material such as plaster board, sheet rock, lumber, rocks, soil, cinder blocks and plumbing fixtures, which goes to the transfer station on 19th Street, a Public Works roll-off or a listed hauler.
Keep glass, bags and problem paper out of the recycling bin
The city splits material carefully: glass windows, mirrors and ceramics, food and food-soiled paper, plastic bags, light bulbs and garden hoses belong in the trash bin, while plastics 1, 2 and 5, aluminum and steel cans, cartons and flattened corrugated boxes belong in the recycling bin. Glass bottles and jars are separated and taken to one of the ten drop off sites, and the city's recycler does not want office paper, junk mail or shredded paper, which go in the trash unless the household arranges a separate collection.
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 Harrisburg Department of Public Works Sanitation Office, with the Dauphin County Recycling Center for electronics
Use the weekly bulk item allowance
A Harrisburg household with a couch, a mattress and bedspring, a roll of carpeting or another bulk piece that can go out on the regular collection day.
Cost & conditions
No charge. Households on the city collection route. The city entitles each household to dispose of one bulk item each week with no separate charge published for it, and the only excluded category is large appliances, which carry a removal fee.
Arrange it
Put the item at the appointed collection location the evening before the assigned collection day, which is the household's own weekday zone. Call 717-412-4320 if you are unsure where that location is or how the week's holiday delay affects the day.
One bulk item each week, with all others subject to a fine and the direction not to pile items in front of the property. Large appliances, electronics and construction material are outside this allowance and follow their own routes.
City of Harrisburg Department of Public Works Sanitation Office, with the Dauphin County Recycling Center for electronics
Take electronics to the Dauphin County Recycling Center
A Dauphin County household with a television, a computer, a microwave oven, a toaster or another small electric appliance in any condition.
Cost & conditions
No charge. Dauphin County residents. The city states the service is free of charge for county residents and that devices are accepted in any condition.
Arrange it
Drive to 1625 South Cameron St in Harrisburg between 8:30 am and 4:30 pm Monday through Friday, and call (717) 982-6772 with a question about a particular device.
The center is the route because the city's curbside program does not collect electronics, and the city names small electric appliances, televisions and computers rather than every electronic device, so confirm an unusual item by phone before the trip.
City of Harrisburg Department of Public Works Sanitation Office, with the Dauphin County Recycling Center for electronics
Move construction material on its own route
A household or contractor with plaster board, sheet rock, lumber, rocks, soil, cinder blocks, plumbing fixtures or a house clean-out load.
Cost & conditions
No rate is published on the city pages for the transfer station on 19th Street, the roll-off container rental or the listed haulers, and the roll-off pricing sheet is an image with no readable figures. Call Public Works on 717-412-4320 to price the roll-off and the drop off, or call one of the seven haulers the city lists for a quote.
Arrange it
Choose between the transfer station at the Incinerator on 19th Street, a roll-off container rented from Public Works, or a professional hauler. Public Works is at 1820 Paxton Street and answers on 717-412-4320 or PublicWorks@harrisburgpa.gov.
Construction and demolition material never goes in the trash bin or the weekly bulk pile, and the city publishes phone numbers rather than rates for the haulers it lists, so nothing about this route is fixed until the load is priced.
County drop off for electronics and small electric appliances
Dauphin County Recycling Center
1625 South Cameron St, Harrisburg, PA 17104
Old electronic devices in any condition, including the small electric appliances, toasters, microwave ovens, televisions and computers the city names, from Dauphin County residents.
Free of charge for Dauphin County residents only, and the city names small electric appliances, televisions and computers rather than every kind of electronic device, so an unusual item should be confirmed by phone. Electronics are not collected in either curbside bin.
Monday through Friday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. Phone (717) 982-6772.
No charge. The city states that the service is free of charge for Dauphin County residents.
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 many bulk items can go out in Harrisburg each week?+
One. The city entitles each household to dispose of one bulk item every week at no separate charge, naming a piece of furniture, a mattress, a bedspring and a roll of carpeting as examples, and it states that other items are subject to a fine. The item goes out the evening before the assigned collection day, and large appliances are not part of the allowance.Official guidance
Can a couch go out with the trash in Harrisburg?+
Yes, once a week and at no separate charge. Furniture is the first example the city gives for the bulk item each household may put out, and it goes to the appointed collection location the evening before the assigned collection day. Only one bulk item goes each week, and others are subject to a fine.Official guidance
Will Harrisburg pick up a mattress at the curb?+
Yes. A mattress and a bedspring are named among the bulk items each household may dispose of, and the piece goes to the appointed collection location the evening before the assigned collection day at no separate charge. The allowance is one bulk item a week, so a mattress and bedspring set counts as that week's item.Official guidance
Can a large appliance go out as a bulk item in Harrisburg?+
No. The city states that large appliances are not included in bulk items and are subject to a removal fee, and it directs the question to the Department of Public Works. Call 717-412-4320 and describe the unit before setting it out, because the fee is not published on the city pages.Official guidance
Where do televisions and computers go in Harrisburg?+
To the Dauphin County Recycling Center at 1625 South Cameron St in Harrisburg, which takes small electric appliances, televisions and computers in any condition and is free of charge for Dauphin County residents. It opens Monday through Friday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm and answers on (717) 982-6772. Electronics do not belong in either curbside bin.Official guidance
Who collects trash in Harrisburg?+
The City of Harrisburg Sanitation Office, part of the Department of Public Works, which collects and disposes of residential solid waste for more than 20,000 households and businesses with its own crews. Every address is serviced once a week on one of five weekday zones, the city provides the containers, and the sanitation office answers on 717-412-4320 from the Public Works building at 1820 Paxton Street.Official guidance
How do I find my collection day in Harrisburg?+
Your address sits in one of five zones, one for each weekday, and the city publishes a yearly trash and recycling schedule plus a Recycle Coach lookup where you can enter the address to see the collection schedule. Collection dates are updated through the year for city holidays and furlough days, and a citywide holiday delays collection by a day for the rest of that week.Official guidance
What does Harrisburg's recycling bin take, and what stays out?+
The recycling bin takes plastics labeled 1, 2 and 5, aluminum and steel containers, empty aerosol cans, empty paint cans, newspaper, magazines, phone books and cartons, with flattened corrugated boxes stacked at the curb on trash day. Glass windows, mirrors and ceramics, food and food-soiled paper, diapers, plastic bags and wrappers, pizza boxes, wax-coated cardboard, used paper towels, aluminum foil, light bulbs and garden hoses stay in the trash. The city's recycler does not want office paper, junk mail or shredded paper, and glass bottles and jars are separated and taken to one of the ten drop off sites.Official guidance
