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City collection Junk, furniture and other bulk items go out in their own pile at the curb on the collection day, which is how the city describes the bulk stream alongside white goods. Smaller household items such as dishes and clothing belong in a bag rather than in the pile. No charge. Furniture and junk are collected as bulk on the regular residential route and the city publishes no per-item fee; the county sets its own scale charges for material that goes to the landfill.
City collection A mattress is handled as a bulk item: it goes out in its own pile at the curb on the collection day rather than inside the garbage cart. The county also names mattresses in the zone that takes furniture, carpet and construction material at a staffed convenience center. No charge. A mattress on the city bulk route carries no published city fee, and the county publishes no per-item charge for a resident dropping furniture or a mattress at a convenience center.
City collection A refrigerator or freezer is a white good in Charleston, and the city's rule for it is the door: the unit is not picked up unless the doors and drawers are removed or secured. The county takes the same units in the scrap metal zone at a convenience center. No charge. A refrigerator or freezer is collected as a white good on the regular residential route with no published city fee, and the county scrap metal zone takes household appliances such as refrigerators from residents.
City collection Residential garbage is collected once a week from the city's standardized cart on a semi-automated route, and the garbage has to be bagged inside the cart with the lid closed. The cart stays city property, and a new resident is issued one on request. From $34 per additional garbage cart purchased from the city, with the range running to $48.00 depending on cart size. The first cart for a new residence is issued on request at 843-724-7311, a cart damaged by a city vehicle or by normal wear is repaired at no charge, a cart lost or damaged through misuse is replaced at the city purchase price, and a set-out violation can bring a citation with a fine of up to $1,092.00.
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The local disposal guide
Will the city take it?
Charleston collects garbage weekly from the city's own cart, and the bulk stream runs on the same route rather than through a separate appointment: junk, furniture, mattresses and white goods go out in their own pile on the trash collection day, with doors and drawers removed from anything that has them. Electronics are the exception the city refuses outright, and renovation material, paint, batteries, tires and concrete are not single-family curbside waste. Those go to a Charleston County convenience center, where a staffed site takes construction debris, furniture and mattresses, scrap metal and appliances, up to four tires, household electronics, paint, batteries and hazardous material from residents. Dropcurb hauls residential items from addresses across Charleston.
Residential garbage is collected once a week from the city's standardized cart on a semi-automated route, and the garbage has to be bagged inside the cart with the lid closed. The cart stays city property, and a new resident is issued one on request.
City cost & eligibility
From $34 per additional garbage cart purchased from the city, with the range running to $48.00 depending on cart size. The first cart for a new residence is issued on request at 843-724-7311, a cart damaged by a city vehicle or by normal wear is repaired at no charge, a cart lost or damaged through misuse is replaced at the city purchase price, and a set-out violation can bring a citation with a fine of up to $1,092.00.
When & how
Once weekly on the neighborhood collection day, at the curb no earlier than 6 p.m. the day before and back off the street by 6 p.m. on the collection day. A holiday week generally shifts collection one day later.
Get it ready
Bag the garbage inside the cart, keep anything from sticking out of the top or hanging over the sides, and close the lid with nothing resting on top of it. Place the cart within two feet of the curb with the handle facing away from the curb and at least three feet from mailboxes, recycling carts, trees and vehicles. Cardboard and anything else outside the cart is not collected.
Charleston collects bulk items, including white goods, on the regularly scheduled trash collection day rather than through a separate appointment, and the city asks for a call to Environmental Services before an entire household of items goes to the curb.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Bulk items and white goods are part of the city's regularly scheduled residential collection and the city publishes no per-item fee for them. Material that the city will not take carries a county charge at the landfill scale instead.
When & how
On the regularly scheduled trash collection day, at the date and time the Environmental Services Division assigns.
Get it ready
Remove the doors and drawers from anything that has them, because the city states that no white goods are picked up unless all doors or drawers are removed. Keep bulk items in their own pile at the curb or the edge of the pavement, bag smaller household items such as dishes and clothing, and call 724-7364 before placing an entire household of items curbside.
Junk, furniture and other bulk items go out in their own pile at the curb on the collection day, which is how the city describes the bulk stream alongside white goods. Smaller household items such as dishes and clothing belong in a bag rather than in the pile.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Furniture and junk are collected as bulk on the regular residential route and the city publishes no per-item fee; the county sets its own scale charges for material that goes to the landfill.
When & how
In the bulk pile at the curb or the edge of the pavement on the regularly scheduled trash collection day.
Get it ready
Build one pile, keep it clear of water meters, fire hydrants and sprinkler heads, and bag the small household items instead of mixing them into the pile. Remove the doors and drawers from any piece that has them, because the city will not take white goods that still have theirs.
A mattress is handled as a bulk item: it goes out in its own pile at the curb on the collection day rather than inside the garbage cart. The county also names mattresses in the zone that takes furniture, carpet and construction material at a staffed convenience center.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. A mattress on the city bulk route carries no published city fee, and the county publishes no per-item charge for a resident dropping furniture or a mattress at a convenience center.
When & how
In the bulk pile on the regularly scheduled trash collection day, or at a county convenience center during staffed hours.
Get it ready
Keep the mattress out of the garbage cart and out of a yard waste pile, put it in the bulk pile at the curb, and keep it dry. Furniture and mattresses are named in the county zone for construction and demolition debris and bulk items, which is the alternative when the city route is not suitable.
The city calls old appliances and large metal items white goods, and they go out separately at the curb on the collection day. The county's scrap metal zone takes household appliances such as refrigerators as well.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. White goods and large metal items are collected on the regular residential route and the city publishes no per-item fee for them; the county scrap metal zone takes household appliances from residents.
When & how
Separately at the curb on the regularly scheduled trash collection day, or at a county convenience center during staffed hours.
Get it ready
Drain a hot water heater before it goes out, and remove or secure the doors on a refrigerator or freezer along with any drawers, because the city will not pick up white goods unless the doors or drawers are removed. Keep the appliance in its own pile instead of mixing it into the trash.
A refrigerator or freezer is a white good in Charleston, and the city's rule for it is the door: the unit is not picked up unless the doors and drawers are removed or secured. The county takes the same units in the scrap metal zone at a convenience center.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. A refrigerator or freezer is collected as a white good on the regular residential route with no published city fee, and the county scrap metal zone takes household appliances such as refrigerators from residents.
When & how
Out separately at the curb on the collection day, or dropped at a county convenience center during staffed hours.
Get it ready
Empty the unit, remove or secure the doors, and keep it separate from the rest of the pile. A refrigerator or freezer that still has its doors on will be left at the curb.
The City of Charleston does not collect electronics. The city's FAQ lists computers, televisions and microwaves under e-waste and states plainly that the city does not collect it, and electronics also appear on the unacceptable list for commercial and multifamily service.
City cost & eligibility
The City of Charleston does not collect electronics as e-waste, so there is no city charge for one. A Charleston County convenience center takes household computers, monitors, printers and televisions from residents, and the county publishes no per-item charge for that staffed drop-off.
When & how
Not on the city route at all. Charleston County convenience centers take household computers, monitors, printers and televisions from residents during staffed hours.
Get it ready
Keep electronics out of the garbage cart, out of the bulk pile and out of a yard waste pile, and erase personal data before handover. At a convenience center the accepted electronics are household computers, monitors, printers and televisions only, and the site attendant decides on anything else.
Construction material is the sharpest boundary in Charleston. The trash route takes miscellaneous materials that may include personal construction materials, wood or metal scrap, but the city's FAQ puts construction and renovation debris, concrete, dirt, sod, sand, plaster and carpet on the unacceptable list for single-family collection, refuses refuse, bricks, lumber, mortar, plaster, roofing and guttering generated by a hired contractor or builder outright, and the brochure refuses construction material over roughly 90 gallons.
City cost & eligibility
The city publishes no per-item construction rate, the county publishes no per-item charge for a resident at a convenience center, and the landfill scale charges $100 per ton for municipal solid waste and $150 per ton for tires, so confirm the route and the cost before a load is built.
When & how
Small personal amounts can go out with the separated trash on the collection day, and anything larger or in a refused category goes to a county convenience center during staffed hours.
Get it ready
Keep the load small, separated and clear of obstructions, and cut wood or lumber under four feet. Concrete, dirt, sod, sand, plaster and carpet are refused at the curb, material from a hired contractor or builder is not collected at all and is the contractor's or the owner's to remove, and the county zone that takes construction debris refuses bricks, cement, stucco and shingles.
Exercise equipment is not named on the city's list, but it falls inside the bulk description, because the city's guidance is that junk, furniture and other bulk items go out in their own pile. It does not go in the garbage cart.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Bulk material of this kind is collected on the regular residential route and the city publishes no per-item fee for it; the county sets its own scale charges for material that goes to the landfill.
When & how
In the bulk pile at the curb on the regularly scheduled trash collection day.
Get it ready
Break the machine down where that helps one person move it, keep the parts in one pile at the curb, and call 724-7364 before a whole household of items is set out. If the machine is mostly metal, put it in the separate large metal pile rather than with the household junk.
Two feet from the curb, three feet from anything else
Carts go out no earlier than 6 p.m. the day before collection and come back off the street by 6 p.m. on the collection day. Place the cart within two feet of the curb with the handle facing away from the curb, at least three feet from mailboxes, recycling carts, trees and vehicles, and keep the lid closed with nothing resting on top of it.
Doors and drawers come off before a bulk item goes out
Bulk items and white goods go out in their own pile at the curb or the edge of the pavement on the collection day, not mixed with bagged garbage. Doors and drawers have to be removed where they apply, because the city states that no white goods are picked up unless all doors or drawers are removed, and the city asks for a call to 724-7364 before an entire household of items is placed out.
Hazardous waste including paint, auto fluids, batteries and pool chemicals, along with concrete, dirt, sod, sand, plaster, carpet, construction and renovation debris, tires and hot ashes, are not single-family curbside waste. Electronics are refused separately, and paint cans are taken only when the paint is completely dry in the can, so those loads go to a Charleston County convenience center instead.
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City of Charleston Department of Public Service, Environmental Services Division
Bulk and white goods on the scheduled trash day
A household with a couch, a mattress, a refrigerator, a water heater or another large piece that the garbage cart will not take.
Cost & conditions
No charge. Bulk items and white goods are part of the city's regularly scheduled residential collection and the city publishes no per-item fee for them. The city does publish charges for an extra garbage cart.
Arrange it
Set the bulk items in their own pile at the curb or the edge of the pavement on the regularly scheduled trash collection day, with doors and drawers removed, and call 724-7364 before an entire household of items goes out.
One collection day a week, no doors or drawers left on white goods, and refused material such as tires, paint, batteries, concrete, carpet and construction or renovation debris has to go to a county site.
City of Charleston Department of Public Service, Environmental Services Division
Take the load to a county convenience center
A household with electronics, appliances, tires, paint, batteries, furniture, a mattress or construction debris that the city route will not take.
Cost & conditions
The county lists what residents may bring to a staffed convenience center but publishes no per-item charge for the drop-off, while the Bees Ferry Landfill scale charges $100 per ton for municipal solid waste and $150 per ton for tires, so confirm the current position on 843-720-7111.
Arrange it
Take the separated load to a staffed Charleston County convenience center during its hours, with rims removed from tires and tanks emptied and left with staff, and check in at the site.
Charleston County residents only, a maximum of four tires with rims removed and no commercial tires, electronics limited to household computers, monitors, printers and televisions, Signal Point Road takes no household garbage, yard waste, construction debris, scrap metal, appliances or propane tanks, and the construction zone refuses bricks, cement, shingles and stucco.
Most self-haul loads from Charleston go to a Charleston County convenience center, where staffed sites take, from county residents, household garbage, recyclables, household computers, monitors, printers and televisions, paint, batteries, light bulbs, motor oil and cooking oil, scrap metal and appliances such as refrigerators, up to four tires with rims removed, construction and demolition debris with furniture, carpet, mattresses, sheetrock and wood under four feet, and household hazardous material, with used gasoline only at the Bees Ferry center. The county's own zone rules refuse bricks, cement, stucco, shingles, tires inside the construction zone, boats, cars and hazardous waste there, and the Signal Point Road site is not full service. Behind the centers is the Bees Ferry Road Landfill at the same address, where the scale charges municipal solid waste by the ton and tires by the ton and refuses construction and demolition waste from private or commercial haulers, and yard waste goes to the compost facility next door. The city route stays the cheaper option for a couch, a mattress, a refrigerator or a pile of household junk, because those ride the regular trash collection day. Recycling, Convenience Centers and Drop SitesLandfill & Garbage InformationHousehold Hazardous Waste RecyclingEnvironmental Services FAQsTrash & Yard Waste Collection
County convenience center
Bees Ferry Convenience Center
1344 Bees Ferry Rd., Charleston, SC 29414
Household garbage, recyclables, electronics limited to household computers, monitors, printers and televisions, household hazardous material, paint, all light bulbs, batteries including car, lithium ion and NiCad, scrap metal and household appliances such as refrigerators, up to four tires with rims removed and no commercial tires, motor oil and used cooking oil, propane, helium and fire extinguisher tanks that are emptied and left with staff, construction and demolition debris and bulk items such as furniture, mattresses, sheetrock, carpet, insulation and wood or lumber under four feet, and used gasoline at this center only.
Charleston County residents only. The construction and bulk zone refuses shingles, bricks, cement, stucco, boats, cars, gasoline, tires, plastic bags, household garbage, animal carcasses, empty gas containers, fireworks, flammable items and household hazardous waste. Tires are limited to four with rims removed and no commercial or tractor trailer tires, propane is limited to two tanks per visit, and household electronics are limited to computers, monitors, printers and televisions.
Monday to Saturday 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. as published in the county listing, which also prints a Sunday line and a closed Sunday note that contradict each other, so confirm the weekend position on 843-720-7111 before a trip.
The county publishes no per-item charge for a resident at a convenience center, while the Bees Ferry Landfill scale charges $100 per ton for municipal solid waste and $150 per ton for tires, so confirm the current position on 843-720-7111.
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.
Does Charleston pick up bulk items on a special day?+
No. The city collects bulk items, including white goods, on the regularly scheduled trash collection day, at the date and time the Environmental Services Division assigns. Doors and drawers have to be removed where they apply, the pile goes at the curb or the edge of the pavement, and the city asks for a call to 724-7364 before an entire household of items is placed out.Official guidance
How does Charleston handle an old mattress?+
As a bulk item on the regularly scheduled trash collection day, set in its own pile at the curb with the smaller household items bagged separately. Keep it out of the garbage cart and out of a yard waste pile. If you would rather haul it yourself, mattresses are named in the county zone that accepts furniture, carpet and construction material at a staffed convenience center.Official guidance
What has to be done to a refrigerator before Charleston takes it?+
The doors come off, or at least get secured, along with any drawers, because the city states that no white goods are picked up unless all doors or drawers are removed. The appliance also goes out separately from the trash rather than inside the pile of household junk, and a hot water heater has to be drained first.Official guidance
Will Charleston pick up a television at the curb?+
No. The city states that it does not collect electronics as e-waste, and that covers computers, televisions and microwaves. The route is a Charleston County convenience center, where staff accept household computers, monitors, printers and televisions from residents during staffed hours and anything else has to be checked with the attendant.Official guidance
Who collects garbage and trash in Charleston?+
The City of Charleston Environmental Services Division runs curbside garbage once a week, trash and yard waste once a week on a separate pile, and the bulk and white goods stream on the regularly scheduled trash collection day. The county does not collect garbage at all: it runs the landfill, the convenience centers and the hazardous waste programme. City service questions go to Citizen Services at 843-724-7311, and bulk scheduling questions go to 724-7364.Official guidance
What will Charleston not take at the curb?+
Hazardous waste such as paint, auto fluids, batteries and pool chemicals, along with concrete, dirt, sod, sand, plaster, carpet, construction and renovation debris, tires and hot ashes, are not single-family curbside waste. Electronics are refused as well, and paint cans are accepted only when the paint is completely dry inside the can. Those items go to a staffed Charleston County convenience center instead.Official guidance
How is yard waste set out in Charleston?+
Leaves, twigs, weeds and grass clippings go in brown paper bags that the resident provides, and tree limbs and stumps are cut to four foot lengths and four inch diameter and stacked clear of obstructions. Trash may go out no earlier than two days before the scheduled pickup, household garbage may not be mixed into a yard waste pile, and a landscaper's debris stays the landscaper's responsibility.Official guidance
