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City collection Furniture is a scheduled large item rather than something that rides with the ordinary bags. York lets a household book up to five furniture pieces, appliances or other approved bulky items a week, year-round, at no additional fee, as long as the pickup is arranged seven to ten days ahead. No charge. York curbside customers with an active city refuse account, scheduling up to five household furniture items, appliances and other approved bulky items each week. The city states that large item collections are part of the regular curbside service with no additional fee to schedule.
City collection A mattress is named on the city's list of items that can be scheduled as a large item, so it leaves on the same no-fee weekly large item collection as furniture. The county's small load drop-off also takes mattresses if the household would rather haul it. No charge. York curbside customers booking the mattress inside the five item weekly large item allowance, where the city states there is no additional fee. A mattress taken to the county small load area instead is charged by weight with a minimum for the first 470 pounds.
City collection Household appliances are part of the city large item allowance, with a stove, washer and lawn mower named on the scheduled list and a microwave handled as a metal item. A unit that still contains refrigerant is the open question, because the city list does not name a refrigerator and the county route removes the Freon before recycling. Confirm the appliance when the pickup is booked. The city states that scheduled large items carry no additional fee, and a refrigerant unit can also go to the county small load area, where loads are charged by weight with a minimum for the first 470 pounds.
City collection Trash is collected twice a week by the city's contracted hauler. Bags and cans are capped at 32 gallons and 40 pounds, containers need lids and handles, and everything goes to the pickup point by 6 a.m. on the collection day. The city bills refuse service and states that scheduled large items carry no additional fee, but it publishes no per-pickup rate. Confirm account questions and any extra service with the city or the hauler rather than assuming a charge.
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?
York runs curbside collection through its contracted hauler and schedules big items itself: households can put out up to five furniture pieces, mattresses or appliances a week as a large item collection, at no additional fee, as long as the pickup is booked seven to ten days ahead through the Public Works request form and the attendant callback. Trash itself goes out twice a week in cans or bags of no more than 32 gallons and 40 pounds. Anything the city will not schedule, from televisions to shingles, has a county answer: Pennsylvania bans televisions, computers and their peripherals from disposal, so the county's free electronics programme takes them, and the York County Resource Recovery Center takes small loads, metal, refrigerant appliances, yard waste and most household chemicals by weight on Blackbridge Road.
Furniture is a scheduled large item rather than something that rides with the ordinary bags. York lets a household book up to five furniture pieces, appliances or other approved bulky items a week, year-round, at no additional fee, as long as the pickup is arranged seven to ten days ahead.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. York curbside customers with an active city refuse account, scheduling up to five household furniture items, appliances and other approved bulky items each week. The city states that large item collections are part of the regular curbside service with no additional fee to schedule.
When & how
Submit the large item request form, wait for the attendant's call and the email confirmation, and put the item out no earlier than 5 p.m. the night before and by 6 a.m. on the scheduled day.
Get it ready
Keep the pile to furniture and other approved bulk, count each piece against the five item weekly allowance, and leave the excluded material out: televisions and computers, car parts, shingles, pool tables, rocks, dirt, trampolines, fencing, garage doors, propane tanks and anything in bags or boxes.
A mattress is named on the city's list of items that can be scheduled as a large item, so it leaves on the same no-fee weekly large item collection as furniture. The county's small load drop-off also takes mattresses if the household would rather haul it.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. York curbside customers booking the mattress inside the five item weekly large item allowance, where the city states there is no additional fee. A mattress taken to the county small load area instead is charged by weight with a minimum for the first 470 pounds.
When & how
Book the large item pickup seven to ten days ahead through the request form, then set the mattress out from 5 p.m. the night before the scheduled day.
Get it ready
Keep the mattress dry and out of the regular bags, count it as one of the five items in the weekly allowance, and note that the county charges a tonnage minimum if the mattress is dropped at the Resource Recovery Center instead.
Household appliances are part of the city large item allowance, with a stove, washer and lawn mower named on the scheduled list and a microwave handled as a metal item. A unit that still contains refrigerant is the open question, because the city list does not name a refrigerator and the county route removes the Freon before recycling.
City cost & eligibility
Confirm the appliance when the pickup is booked. The city states that scheduled large items carry no additional fee, and a refrigerant unit can also go to the county small load area, where loads are charged by weight with a minimum for the first 470 pounds.
When & how
Book the appliance as a large item seven to ten days ahead, or take a refrigerant unit to the county small load area Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. or Saturday 8 a.m. to noon.
Get it ready
Empty and defrost a cooling appliance, drain the gas and oil from a lawn mower before it goes out, secure the doors, and keep the unit out of the ordinary bags.
Pennsylvania's Covered Device Recycling Act bans televisions, computers, monitors and peripherals from disposal, so the city will not schedule them and the county's free electronics programme takes them instead. The programme runs six days a week and limits televisions to five per resident per visit.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Free for York County residents at the county electronics programme, which takes computers, monitors, peripherals, televisions and a long list of other devices. Businesses use a separate programme.
When & how
Deliver the devices Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. or Saturday 8 a.m. to noon. The city's large item service will not schedule them at all.
Get it ready
Wipe personal data before handover, keep the devices out of the trash and out of the large item pile, and leave refrigerant appliances, electric motors, smoke detectors and oil radiant heaters out of an electronics load because the programme refuses them.
The city takes only what fits the regular trash rules: lumber and wood must be cut and bundled to 3 feet and 40 pounds, and shingles, dirt, stone and similar material are refused outright. The county small load area takes a defined construction list at the tonnage rate.
City cost & eligibility
From $20 for minimum fee for a small load up to 470 pounds at the York County Resource Recovery Center, where the general rate is 85 dollars per ton and tire-only loads are 200 dollars per ton. York County residents delivering their own small load, paid in cash, by check or by credit card other than American Express, with a 3.50 dollar service fee on card payments.
When & how
Use the small load drop-off area Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. or Saturday 8 a.m. to noon, and check in with the weigh master at the inbound scale.
Get it ready
Sort to the county's limits: lumber including pressure treated no longer than 6 feet and no more than 6 inches in diameter, carpet and padding no longer than 6 feet and carryable by one person, fencing no larger than 6 feet by 6 feet with no concrete on the posts, and drywall, tile, glass, insulation or cement board inside two 42 gallon contractor bags each.
Exercise equipment is not named on the city's scheduled list or on the county's accepted material lists, so the route has to be confirmed. The city allowance covers household furniture and appliances, and the county small load area takes metal items, which is the likely answer for a metal framed machine.
City cost & eligibility
No exercise machine fee is published. Call the large item office at 717-843-1240 or the county at 717-845-1066 to confirm whether the machine is scheduled as a large item or delivered as a small load, and what it costs.
When & how
Confirm on a weekday during office hours, then either book the large item pickup seven to ten days ahead or deliver the machine to the small load area.
Get it ready
Give the weight and dimensions when you call, drain any fluids from powered equipment, strip the console and battery pack so the electronics can be handled separately, and break the frame down so two people can move it.
Trash is collected twice a week by the city's contracted hauler. Bags and cans are capped at 32 gallons and 40 pounds, containers need lids and handles, and everything goes to the pickup point by 6 a.m. on the collection day.
City cost & eligibility
The city bills refuse service and states that scheduled large items carry no additional fee, but it publishes no per-pickup rate. Confirm account questions and any extra service with the city or the hauler rather than assuming a charge.
When & how
Set the bags and containers out after 5 p.m. the night before and by 6 a.m. on each of the two weekly collection days, and check whether a holiday has shifted the week.
Get it ready
Use securely tied trash bags or lidded plastic or metal cans with handles, keep each container at 32 gallons or less and 40 pounds or less, keep indoor kitchen and bathroom cans out of the programme, and recycle cardboard flattened and bundled because it is a mandated recyclable.
Nothing large goes out until the pickup is confirmed
Submitting the large item request form does not schedule anything. The large item attendant calls back within 48 hours to fix the date, an email confirmation follows, and the pickup itself is set seven to ten days out. Items then sit with the normal trash, no earlier than 5 p.m. the night before and by 6 a.m. on the scheduled day, and calling before 3 p.m. on a Wednesday is what gets the collection into the following week's schedule.
Two collection days a week, with 32 gallon and 40 pound limits
York collects household trash twice a week. Bags and containers go to the pickup point after 5 p.m. the night before and by 6 a.m. on the collection day, and the city may allow a 5 a.m. start in extreme heat or winter weather. Trash goes in securely tied bags or in plastic or metal cans with a lid and handles, nothing bigger than 32 gallons or heavier than 40 pounds, and indoor kitchen or bathroom cans are not part of the programme.
Up to two passenger tires off the rim can ride with regular trash, with each tire replacing one bag inside the normal limit, but a tire on the rim has to be scheduled as a large item and the limit is two. Commercial customers may not put tires out at all, and the county charges by the ton when a load is nothing but tires. Drain the gas and oil from a lawn mower before it goes out, and keep paint, chemicals and other hazardous material out of the trash because the county runs registered collection events and a drop-off for those 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 York Public Works with ESC Waste Services and the York County Solid Waste Authority
Book a city large item pickup
A York household with a couch, mattress, appliance or other approved bulky item that does not fit the 32 gallon and 40 pound trash limits.
Cost & conditions
No charge. York curbside customers with an active city refuse account. The city states that large item collections run year-round as part of the regular curbside service with no additional fee to schedule, and that a household may schedule up to five furniture pieces, appliances and other approved bulky items each week.
Arrange it
Submit the large item request form, take the attendant's callback within 48 hours, keep the email confirmation, and set the items out between 5 p.m. the night before and 6 a.m. on the scheduled day.
Nothing goes out before the pickup is confirmed, the schedule runs seven to ten days out, televisions and computers are refused, and car parts, tires not on a rim, shingles, pool tables, dirt, stone, trampolines, fencing, garage doors, propane tanks and anything in bags or boxes are not scheduled.
City of York Public Works with ESC Waste Services and the York County Solid Waste Authority
Drop a small load at the Resource Recovery Center
A household with furniture, a mattress, metal items, a refrigerant appliance, yard waste, electronics or a small construction load and its own vehicle.
Cost & conditions
From $20 for minimum fee for a small load up to 470 pounds, with the general rate at 85 dollars per ton, tire-only loads at 200 dollars per ton and a 3.50 dollar service fee on credit card payments. York County residents delivering their own load, paid in cash, by check or by credit card other than American Express.
Arrange it
Drive to 2651 Blackbridge Road, take the second gate entrance, check in with the weigh master and unload in the small load area between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday to Friday or 8 a.m. and noon on Saturday.
Asbestos, clay, concrete and slate shingles, railroad ties, sand, soil, stone, gravel and solar panels are refused, while asphalt, metal, vinyl and wood shake shingles are accepted up to one pickup truck or small trailer load per disposal. Refrigerant appliances must have the Freon removed by staff rather than by the customer, and this is a drop-off site rather than a collection service.
City of York Public Works with ESC Waste Services and the York County Solid Waste Authority
Recycle electronics free through the county programme
A household with a television, computer, monitor, printer or another covered electronic device.
Cost & conditions
No charge. Free for York County residents at the county electronics programme, which covers computers, monitors, peripherals, televisions and many other devices. Businesses use a separate programme.
Arrange it
Deliver the devices between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday to Friday or 8 a.m. and noon on Saturday, and keep the load inside the programme limits, including a maximum of five televisions per resident per visit.
Refrigerant appliances, electric motors, lava lamps, oil radiant heaters and smoke detectors are refused, and Best Buy or Goodwill are named as other drop-off options for devices the household would rather take elsewhere.
City of York Public Works with ESC Waste Services and the York County Solid Waste Authority
Use a county hazardous waste event or the recovery center
A household with paint, solvents, fuels, pesticides, pool chemicals, mercury devices, fluorescent bulbs or similar material.
Cost & conditions
No charge. The two annual collection events are free for York County residents with registration required. A drop-off at the Resource Recovery Center is charged at the general tonnage rate with the minimum for small loads.
Arrange it
Register for the spring or fall event, which runs 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. behind the Recycling Drop-Off Center, or take the material to the Resource Recovery Center between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. on a weekday or 8 a.m. and noon on Saturday.
The center does not accept mercury containing devices, pressurized gas tanks, rechargeable batteries, pool chemicals, flares, weapons, ammunition or radioactive material, and it limits fuel to one gallon per visit and fluorescent bulbs or tubes to five per visit.
Send refused material to a private hauler or landfill
A household with asbestos, clay, concrete or slate shingles, a large demolition load, or another material the city will not schedule and the county small load area will not take.
Cost & conditions
Neither the city nor the county publishes a rate for this material, so the hauler or landfill quotes the load. Confirm the accepted material and the price before the material is loaded.
Arrange it
Call the waste hauler or a landfill directly, describe the material and the quantity, and confirm the disposal location and price.
The city refuses shingles, propane tanks, car parts, rocks, dirt and similar material outright, and the county small load area refuses asbestos, clay, concrete and slate shingles, railroad ties, sand, soil, stone, gravel and solar panels, while it does take asphalt, metal, vinyl and wood shake shingles up to one pickup truck or small trailer load, so this is the route for the rest.
York has two layers of self-haul. The city side is the scheduled large item service: up to five furniture pieces, mattresses or appliances a week at no additional fee, booked seven to ten days ahead through the Public Works request form, with the item going out between 5 p.m. the night before and 6 a.m. on the scheduled day. The county side is the York County Resource Recovery Center at 2651 Blackbridge Road, open Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday 8 a.m. to noon, where a small load is charged at $85 per ton with a $20 minimum for the first 470 pounds and tire-only loads run at $200 per ton, paid in cash or by check or a credit card other than American Express. The small load area takes furniture, mattresses, metal items, refrigerant appliances with the Freon removed, yard waste, electronics and a defined construction list, refuses asbestos, clay, concrete and slate shingles while taking asphalt, metal, vinyl and wood shake shingles up to one pickup truck or small trailer load per disposal, and refuses railroad ties, sand, soil, stone, gravel and solar panels. Electronics are free to drop through the county programme, with a five television limit per visit, and household chemicals go to the registered spring and fall events or to the center within its published limits. Schedule a large itemRefuse curbside collection serviceHousehold wasteSmall load drop-off facilityConstruction material disposalElectronics recycling
County resource recovery center and small load drop-off
York County Resource Recovery Center
2651 Blackbridge Road, York, PA 17406
Small loads of waste such as furniture, mattresses and large quantities of trash, metal items such as bed frames and bookshelves, refrigerant appliances such as air conditioners, refrigerators, freezers and dehumidifiers with the Freon removed before recycling, yard waste, electronics such as televisions, computers and printers, and the construction material list that includes bathroom and kitchen fixtures, wood and vinyl doors, flooring, fiberboard, house wrap, PVC pipe and tar paper with quantity limits on drywall, tile, glass and similar items.
York County residents only, checked in at the inbound scale with the weigh master through the second gate entrance. Asbestos, clay, concrete and slate shingles, railroad ties, sand, soil, stone, gravel and solar panels are refused, asphalt, metal, vinyl and wood shake shingles are limited to one pickup truck or small trailer load per disposal, and refrigerant appliances are handled by staff rather than emptied by the customer. YCSWA does not collect from the curb.
Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday 8 a.m. to noon.
From $20 for minimum fee for a load up to 470 pounds, with the general rate at 85 dollars per ton, a proportionate charge above 470 pounds, tire-only loads at 200 dollars per ton and a 3.50 dollar service fee on credit card payments. York County residents paying cash, check or a credit card other than American Express.
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 couch leave a York address?+
As a scheduled large item. York allows up to five household furniture pieces a week at no additional fee, but the pickup has to be booked seven to ten days ahead through the Public Works request form, and the item goes out from 5 p.m. the night before the scheduled day.Official guidance
Will York take a mattress at the curb?+
Yes, as a scheduled large item. Mattresses are on the city's list of items that can be scheduled, the collection is part of the regular curbside service with no additional fee, and it has to be booked seven to ten days in advance. The county small load drop-off at the Resource Recovery Center also accepts mattresses.Official guidance
Can a refrigerator be scheduled as a York large item?+
Confirm it when you book, because the city's scheduled list names a stove, washer and lawn mower but not a refrigerator. A refrigerant unit such as a refrigerator, freezer, air conditioner or dehumidifier is accepted at the county small load drop-off, where the Freon is removed before the appliance is recycled, and small loads there are charged by weight with a minimum.Official guidance
Where do York televisions and computers go?+
To the county's free electronics programme, because Pennsylvania law bans televisions, computers, monitors and peripherals from disposal, and the city large item service will not schedule them. The programme is open Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday 8 a.m. to noon, with a limit of five televisions per resident per visit.Official guidance
Who collects trash in York PA?+
ESC Waste Services holds the city's curbside contract from May 1, 2025 through April 30, 2030, and the city's Public Works department schedules large item collections on top of that service. The county is not a hauler: the York County Solid Waste Authority runs the disposal site and says plainly that it does not pick up garbage.Official guidance
How far ahead do I book a large item pickup?+
Seven to ten days. Submitting the request form does not schedule anything by itself, because the large item attendant calls back within 48 hours to fix the date and then emails a confirmation. Calling before 3 p.m. on a Wednesday is what gets the collection into the following week's schedule.Official guidance
Can tires go out with the trash?+
Up to two passenger tires off the rim can ride with regular trash, with each tire replacing one bag inside the normal limit. A tire on the rim has to be scheduled as a large item, with a limit of two, and commercial customers may not put tires out at all, with fines up to $600 per occurrence.Official guidance
What does the county drop-off cost?+
The York County Resource Recovery Center charges $85 per ton with a $20 minimum for loads up to 470 pounds, and a proportionate charge above that, while a load that is only tires runs at $200 per ton. Payment is cash, check or a credit card other than American Express, with a $3.50 service fee on card payments.Official guidance
When are the household hazardous waste events?+
The county holds two events a year, one in the spring and one in the fall, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. behind its Recycling Drop-Off Center, free for York County residents but with registration required. The fall 2026 event is October 17, and household chemicals can also be taken to the Resource Recovery Center except for mercury devices, pressurized gas tanks, rechargeable batteries, pool chemicals, flares, weapons, ammunition and radioactive material.Official guidance
Can a television go in the trash or the large item pile?+
No. Pennsylvania bans televisions, computers, monitors and peripherals from disposal, the city large item service will not schedule them, and the county runs a free electronics programme instead. Televisions are limited to five per resident per visit there.Official guidance
Do weights and gym frames count as metal items?+
The county small load area names metal items such as bed frames and bookshelves and the city schedules a microwave as a metal item, but neither page names exercise equipment, so confirm the machine with the large item office at 717-843-1240 or the county at 717-845-1066 before it goes outside.Official guidance
