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City collection Furniture is named on the borough bulk item list, so a couch goes out by appointment on the Borough's Monday bulk run inside the three item limit. No charge. Borough of State College residential refuse accounts, for up to three bulk items booked by form or by calling 814-234-7135; the borough warns that excessive household trash, brush or construction material may carry a charge, which the department confirms before the load is set out.
City collection Mattresses are not named on the borough bulk list or on any authority page, so the item has to be confirmed before it is set out. The borough bulk list names refrigerators, stoves, washing machines, furniture and similar household items rather than mattresses or box springs, and the Centre County authority pages name mattresses nowhere either, so the route and any charge have to be settled first. Call the borough on 814-234-7135 to ask whether the item counts as bulk refuse, and note that the borough says excessive or oversized material may carry a charge.
City collection Refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners and dehumidifiers are accepted free at the county Transfer Station, with the borough bulk run as the second route. No charge. The Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority accepts appliances, or white goods, at the Transfer Station from any Centre County resident for no charge, and the list names air conditioners and dehumidifiers, refrigerators and freezers, and helium tanks; a Borough of State College refuse account can also book the unit on the bulk run.
City collection Borough residents have a weekly Monday bulk run by appointment, with three items at a time and a request due the Sunday before. No charge. Borough of State College residential refuse accounts, for up to three bulk items booked by form or by phone; the borough states that excessive household trash, brush or construction material may carry a charge, which is confirmed by calling 814-234-7135.
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?
State College runs its own refuse service and adds a borough bulk route on top of it. Every household gets a Borough cart, collection runs Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday depending on the address, recyclables come the same day through the Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority, and organics ride the green-lidded cart. For a couch, an appliance or another large piece, residents book the bulk item collection by form or by calling 814-234-7135, and the truck runs down the list starting Monday, with up to three items at a time and a request due by five in the afternoon on Sunday. Refrigerators, stoves, washing machines and furniture are named as collected, while building materials, tree limbs and anything over forty pounds or too large to handle are refused, and tires are not part of the borough route at all. The county authority carries the rest: white goods and covered electronics such as televisions are dropped free at the Transfer Station on Transfer Road, wood and tires go across the scales for a fee, and household hazardous waste waits for the annual collection event.
Furniture is named on the borough bulk item list, so a couch goes out by appointment on the Borough's Monday bulk run inside the three item limit.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Borough of State College residential refuse accounts, for up to three bulk items booked by form or by calling 814-234-7135; the borough warns that excessive household trash, brush or construction material may carry a charge, which the department confirms before the load is set out.
When & how
Book the pickup by five in the afternoon on Sunday for the Monday run, and have the piece at the curb by 6 am on the collection day. Bulk collection starts Monday each week unless a Monday holiday cancels it for the whole week.
Get it ready
Keep the load to three items, put the piece where the crew can reach it from the street, and leave it out no more than 48 hours before collection. Bulk items are not collected from alleys unless the property has no street frontage or normally uses an alley dumpster.
Mattresses are not named on the borough bulk list or on any authority page, so the item has to be confirmed before it is set out.
City cost & eligibility
The borough bulk list names refrigerators, stoves, washing machines, furniture and similar household items rather than mattresses or box springs, and the Centre County authority pages name mattresses nowhere either, so the route and any charge have to be settled first. Call the borough on 814-234-7135 to ask whether the item counts as bulk refuse, and note that the borough says excessive or oversized material may carry a charge.
When & how
Confirm the answer with public works first, then book the Monday bulk run by five in the afternoon on the preceding Sunday if the borough agrees to take the mattress.
Get it ready
Take the frame, headboard and bedding off, keep the mattress and box spring apart so each one can be handled, and keep the piece dry while it waits for the confirmed collection day.
White goods are named on the borough bulk list and the county authority takes appliances free at the Transfer Station, so a washer or stove has two routes.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Any Centre County resident may bring appliances to the Transfer Station for no charge, and Borough of State College refuse accounts may also book the item on the bulk run; the authority accepts air conditioners, dehumidifiers, washing and drying machines, dishwashers, metal pots and pans, furnaces and electrical heaters, water heaters, refrigerators and freezers, stoves, ovens, microwaves and helium tanks.
When & how
Either book the borough bulk run by five in the afternoon on Sunday for the Monday collection, or take the appliance to the Transfer Station on Transfer Road where electronics and wood drop-offs run Monday to Saturday 8am to 4pm.
Get it ready
Empty the appliance and take out anything loose, keep sealed units such as propane bottles out of the load because the authority refuses them, and keep drums, barrels, paint cans, tar buckets and insulated pipe out as well.
Refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners and dehumidifiers are accepted free at the county Transfer Station, with the borough bulk run as the second route.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. The Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority accepts appliances, or white goods, at the Transfer Station from any Centre County resident for no charge, and the list names air conditioners and dehumidifiers, refrigerators and freezers, and helium tanks; a Borough of State College refuse account can also book the unit on the bulk run.
When & how
Take the unit to the Transfer Station on Transfer Road during the drop-off hours, entering through Gate 1 and following the signs to the scale house, or book it on the borough's Monday bulk run through 814-234-7135.
Get it ready
Empty and clean the unit, take the doors off, and ask at the scale house whether the refrigerant has to be recovered first, because no borough or authority page retained here states a refrigerant rule.
A television is a covered device under the state electronics law and is taken free at the county Transfer Station, or as a booked bulk item for a borough household.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. The Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority offers a free drop-off for residents, and covered devices include televisions; a Borough of State College refuse account can also request a television as a bulk item, because the borough accepts electronic devices only as a bulk item collection and sends them to the authority.
When & how
Take the set to the Transfer Station on Transfer Road during the Monday to Saturday electronics drop-off hours of 8am to 4pm, go through Gate 1 to the scale house, or book it on the borough bulk run through 814-234-7135.
Get it ready
Keep the screen whole and dry, wipe anything that stores data, keep the remote and cords with the set, and never put a television in the refuse cart, because covered devices cannot be disposed of as refuse.
Computers, monitors and peripherals are covered devices under the state law and drop free at the county Transfer Station, with the borough bulk booking as the alternative.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Free resident drop-off at the Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority for covered devices, which the authority lists as desktop computers, monitors, laptops, computer peripherals and televisions; borough accounts can also request electronics as a bulk item collection.
When & how
Use the Transfer Station drop-off Monday to Saturday 8am to 4pm and go to the scale house, or call 814-234-7135 to book the item on the borough bulk run.
Get it ready
Wipe stored data from drives, laptops and phones, keep the power supply and cables with the device, and keep electronics out of the refuse cart and out of the alley, because covered devices are banned from landfill disposal.
Building materials are refused on the borough bulk route, and only clean untreated wood has a county drop-off, with everything else priced across the refuse scales.
City cost & eligibility
From $45 per ton for clean, untreated wood, timber, pallets, yard trim and brush at the Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority's wood recycling programme, which carries a $10.00 minimum charge, with mixed refuse priced across the same scales at $87.00 a ton over 560 pounds and a $25.00 minimum for a load up to that weight. Self-haul to the Transfer Station on Transfer Road; painted, stained or treated wood, railroad ties, landscape ties and furniture are refused by the wood programme, and the borough bulk route refuses building materials outright.
When & how
Take clean wood to the Transfer Station Monday to Saturday 8am to 4pm through the scale house, and expect a mixed refuse load to be weighed instead, since the wood programme only accepts clean material.
Get it ready
Separate clean untreated wood and pallets from painted, stained or treated pieces, cut stumps so no piece is larger than 24 inches in diameter, and keep the load out of the borough bulk pile entirely, because building materials are on the refused list.
Exercise equipment is named nowhere, and a machine heavy enough to need two people falls foul of the borough's weight and handling limit.
City cost & eligibility
No borough or authority page retained here names a treadmill, elliptical or weight machine, and the borough refuses any part of a bulk load that weighs over 40 pounds or is too large to handle, so the route has to be confirmed. Call 814-234-7135 to ask whether the machine can go on the bulk run and whether a charge applies.
When & how
Confirm with public works first, then book the Monday bulk run by five in the afternoon on the preceding Sunday if the machine qualifies.
Get it ready
Strip the console and any loose weights so the frame drops below the weight and handling limit, fold the deck where the maker allows it, and be ready to split the machine into parts the crew can actually lift.
Borough residents have a weekly Monday bulk run by appointment, with three items at a time and a request due the Sunday before.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Borough of State College residential refuse accounts, for up to three bulk items booked by form or by phone; the borough states that excessive household trash, brush or construction material may carry a charge, which is confirmed by calling 814-234-7135.
When & how
Book by five in the afternoon on Sunday, put the items at the curb by 6 am on the collection day, and expect the run to start Monday unless a Monday holiday cancels the week. Nothing goes out more than 48 hours before collection.
Get it ready
Keep the load to three items, keep every piece under 40 pounds and small enough to handle, keep building materials, tree limbs and tires out of the pile, and keep bagged household refuse separate, since the refuse cart is collected on the regular Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday route.
Tires are refused on the borough route and go across the county scales, with a resident rate and a higher commercial rate.
City cost & eligibility
From $25 for minimum charge for a resident tire load up to 560 pounds at the Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority, with loads over that weight pro-rated at $87.00 a ton, commercial and truck quantities at $150.00 a ton, oversized tires of 44 inches or more adding $30 per tire and dirty tires priced at $350.00 a ton. Resident tires brought in a personal vehicle to the Transfer Station on Transfer Road through Gate 1; the borough collects no tires at the curb and will only arrange removal itself at cost if no private arrangement can be made.
When & how
Take the tires to the Transfer Station through Gate 1 to the scale house, or call the borough on 814-234-7135 in advance to ask about dropping them at the Borough Maintenance Facility during normal business hours.
Get it ready
Keep the tires dry and free of dirt because dirty tires are charged at a much higher tonnage rate, ask about the oversized rate before loading anything 44 inches or larger, and keep tires out of the refuse cart and the bulk pile because the borough does not collect them.
One cart, one day, refuse, organics and recycling together
State College residential refuse runs Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday depending on the address, with the day set when the account is opened through the Borough Finance Department. Refuse, organics and the red-bin recycling all come on the same collection day, the cart goes to the curb by 7 a.m. with the lid closed and three feet of clearance from trees, signs and other carts, and anything that does not fit goes beside the Borough cart in a container. Loose or fine waste such as ashes, plastic wrap, pet hair, kitty litter, tissues and packing peanuts has to be bagged, while larger items such as pizza boxes and lumber scraps can go straight in the cart. Carts come back off the street the same day, and residents who leave them out are subject to a fine.
The bulk run is booked, Monday only, three items at a time
Bulk refuse is collected by appointment on a run that starts Monday each week unless a Monday holiday cancels it entirely. The request has to reach the borough by five in the afternoon on Sunday, by form or by calling 814-234-7135, the items go to the curb by 6 am on the collection day and no more than 48 hours early, and no more than three items may be placed at once. Refrigerators, stoves, washing machines, furniture and similar household items are the collected materials, and bulk items are not picked up from alleys unless the property has no street frontage or normally uses an alley dumpster.
What the borough will not take, and where it goes instead
Building materials, tree limbs and any part of a bulk load that weighs over 40 pounds or is too large to handle are refused. Limbs can go to the Borough Recycling and Compost Facility, building materials to the Centre County authority, and both cost money. Tires are not collected either: they may go to the Centre County Transfer Station at cost, or to the Borough Maintenance Facility by prior arrangement on 234-7135, and the borough will remove them at cost only if no private arrangement can be made. Electronics cannot be disposed of as refuse at all and must reach the county authority, which takes covered devices free.
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.
Borough of State College Public Works with the Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority
Book the borough bulk item collection
A Borough of State College household with furniture, an appliance, a television or another large household item to put out on the Monday run.
Cost & conditions
No charge. Borough residential refuse accounts, with up to three items per appointment and a charge possible on an excessive load, which public works confirms on 814-234-7135.
Arrange it
Submit the Bulk Refuse Pickup Form or call 814-234-7135 by five in the afternoon on Sunday, then put the items at the curb by 6 am on the collection day.
Three items at a time, no alley collection unless the property has no street frontage, nothing over 40 pounds or too large to handle, and no building materials, tree limbs, tires or unbagged fine waste.
Borough of State College Public Works with the Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority
Drop appliances and electronics free at the county Transfer Station
A Centre County household with a refrigerator, freezer, air conditioner, dehumidifier, washer, dryer, dishwasher, stove, oven, microwave, water heater, television, monitor, laptop or computer peripheral.
Cost & conditions
No charge. Centre County residents dropping white goods or covered devices at the Transfer Station on Transfer Road, where appliances are accepted for no charge and covered devices are free.
Arrange it
Enter through Gate 1 and follow the signs to the scale house, which takes electronics and wood Monday to Saturday from 8am to 4pm.
Propane bottles and other sealed units, gasoline and fuel tanks, drums, barrels, paint cans, tar buckets, insulated pipe and boilers, lighting fixtures and hazardous scrap are refused with the appliances.
Borough of State College Public Works with the Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority
Take clean wood to the county wood programme
A household with clean untreated wood, timber, pallets, yard trim, brush, stumps or empty cable spools after a project or a storm.
Cost & conditions
From $45 per ton at the wood recycling programme, with a $10.00 minimum charge. Self-haul to the Transfer Station on Transfer Road Monday to Saturday 8am to 4pm through the scale house.
Arrange it
Load only clean, untreated material and go to the scale house, where the load is weighed before it is tipped at the wood programme.
Painted, stained or treated wood, railroad ties, landscape ties and furniture are refused, and any mixed refuse load is priced across the general refuse scales instead.
Borough of State College Public Works with the Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority
Wait for the annual hazardous waste collection event
A household holding paint, solvents, pesticides, automotive fluids or other household hazardous waste that cannot go in the refuse cart.
Cost & conditions
The authority publishes the event dates and a separate accepted materials list but no fee on the pages retained here, so confirm the terms with the authority on 814-238-7005 when registration opens.
Arrange it
The annual Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event is set for April 23-24, 2027, with registration opening in February, so watch the authority site and register before loading a vehicle.
The event runs once a year rather than as a standing drop-off, and the accepted materials list is published separately from the event page.
Arrange a private haul for what the borough refuses
A household or landlord with building material, a load over the bulk limits, tires or a quantity of debris beyond the three item appointment.
Cost & conditions
The borough publishes no private hauling rate and charges only by arrangement for its own excessive load removals, so the price depends on the hauler, the material and the volume. Ask for a quote and confirm the destination before the load leaves the property.
Arrange it
Book a licensed hauler directly, or call the borough on 814-234-7135 to discuss a charged removal if no private arrangement can be made.
Nothing about a hauler load changes the borough's refusal of building materials and tires at the curb, and a hauler load still has to reach a permitted site.
County transfer station taking appliances and electronics free, and wood, tires and refuse by weight
Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority Transfer Station
253 Transfer Road, Bellefonte, PA 16823
White goods and appliances at no charge, including air conditioners, dehumidifiers, washers and dryers, dishwashers, metal pots and pans, furnaces and electrical heaters, water heaters, refrigerators and freezers, stoves, ovens, microwaves and helium tanks; covered electronics such as desktop computers, monitors, laptops, peripherals and televisions free of charge; clean untreated wood, timber, pallets, yard trim, brush, stumps up to 24 inches across and empty cable spools at the wood programme; resident and commercial tires; refuse; and recyclables, with a free residential recyclables drop-off outside the gate.
Sealed units such as propane bottles, medical lab and hospital scrap machinery, gasoline and fuel tanks, drums, barrels, paint cans, tar buckets, pipe or boilers wrapped in insulation, lighting fixtures and any scrap containing hazardous waste are refused with the appliances, and the wood programme refuses painted, stained or treated wood, railroad ties, landscape ties and furniture.
Electronics and wood drop-offs run Monday to Saturday from 8am to 4pm through the scale house by way of Gate 1; questions go to 814-238-7005.
From $25 for minimum refuse fee for a load up to 560 pounds, with over that weight pro-rated at $87.00 a ton, clean wood at $45 a ton with a $10.00 minimum, recyclables at $50.00 a ton with a $10.00 minimum, and resident tires at $87.00 a ton with a $25.00 minimum, while appliances and covered electronics carry no charge. Centre County residents and licensed haulers bringing material to the Transfer Station; payment is by personal cheque, cash or credit card, and residential recyclables dropped outside the gate are free.
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 do I book a bulk item pickup in State College?+
Submit the Bulk Refuse Pickup Form or call 814-234-7135 during business hours, Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Furniture is one of the items the borough names as collected, along with refrigerators, stoves and washing machines, and the run starts on Monday each week unless a Monday holiday cancels it. Requests are due by 5 pm on Sunday, the load has to be out by 6 am, and no more than three items go out at once.Official guidance
Where do appliances go in State College?+
Two places. Refrigerators, stoves and washing machines are named on the borough bulk item list, so a household can book them on the Monday bulk run through 814-234-7135. The Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority also accepts white goods at the Transfer Station from any Centre County resident for no charge, covering air conditioners, dehumidifiers, washers and dryers, dishwashers, furnaces, water heaters, refrigerators, freezers, stoves, ovens, microwaves and helium tanks, while refusing propane bottles, fuel tanks, drums and insulated pipe.Official guidance
Where do computers and printers go in State College?+
The county authority takes them free. Covered devices under the state electronics law include desktop computers, monitors, laptops and computer peripherals, and the Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority offers a free resident drop-off Monday to Saturday 8am to 4pm through Gate 1 at the scale house. The borough also lists electronics as a drop-off-only item in its recycling guidance and will collect a device as a booked bulk item.Official guidance
How much bulk waste can go out at once in State College?+
Three items. The borough collects bulk refuse by appointment on a Monday run, with no more than three bulk items at a time, a request due by 5 pm on Sunday and the load at the curb by 6 am. Refrigerators, stoves, washing machines and furniture are named as collected, while building materials, tree limbs and anything over 40 pounds or too large to handle are refused, and the borough warns that an excessive load may carry a charge.Official guidance
Where can I take old tires in State College?+
The borough does not collect tires at the curb, so they go to the Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority. Resident tires brought in a personal vehicle are charged a minimum for a load up to 560 pounds and pro-rated by the ton above that, commercial quantities are charged more, oversized tires of 44 inches or more add a per tire charge, and dirty tires carry the highest tonnage rate. The borough can also arrange drop-off at the maintenance facility if you call 814-234-7135 first.Official guidance
Who collects trash in State College?+
The borough does. Residential refuse collection runs Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday depending on the address, with the day set when the account is opened through the Borough Finance Department, and each household gets a Borough cart. Organics ride the green-lidded cart, red-bin recycling is collected by the Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority on the same day, and anything that does not fit goes beside the cart in a container, except during the leaf season when brush and loose leaves follow their own routes.Official guidance
How does a bulk item appointment work?+
Bulk refuse is collected by appointment on a run that starts Monday each week unless a Monday holiday cancels it. The request has to be in by five in the afternoon on Sunday, by form or on 814-234-7135, the items go to the curb by 6 am and no more than 48 hours early, and no more than three items may be put out at once. Refrigerators, stoves, washing machines and furniture are named as collected, and building materials, tree limbs and anything over 40 pounds or too large to handle are refused.Official guidance
Where do electronics and televisions go instead of the curb?+
To the county authority. Covered devices under the state electronics law, which include televisions, desktop computers, monitors, laptops and computer peripherals, cannot be disposed of as refuse and take a free resident drop-off at the Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority, Monday to Saturday 8am to 4pm, through Gate 1 to the scale house. A borough household can also request a device as a bulk item, because the borough accepts electronics only as a bulk collection and sends them to the authority.Official guidance
Which appliances are taken free?+
All the white goods on the authority list: air conditioners and dehumidifiers, clothes washing and drying machines, dishwashers, metal pots and pans, furnaces and electrical heaters, water heaters, refrigerators and freezers, stoves, ovens, microwaves and helium tanks. They are accepted at the Transfer Station from any Centre County resident for no charge, while sealed units such as propane bottles, medical lab machinery, gasoline and fuel tanks, drums, barrels, paint cans, tar buckets, insulated pipe and lighting fixtures are refused.Official guidance
What about tires and construction wood?+
Neither goes in the borough bulk pile. Tires are refused at the curb and go to the county Transfer Station, where resident loads are charged a minimum up to 560 pounds and pro-rated by the ton above that, commercial quantities cost more, tires 44 inches or larger add a per tire charge and dirty tires carry the highest tonnage rate. Clean untreated wood, pallets, yard trim and brush have their own programme at the same site for a per ton charge with a minimum, while painted or treated wood, railroad ties, landscape ties and furniture are refused.Official guidance
