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City collection Furniture is named in the bulky waste drop-off at the Recycling Center, with sofas and mattresses given as the examples, and carpet is on the same accepted list. The curbside brush and bulky week takes the same kind of material. No charge. Furniture and carpet are accepted in the city's residential brush and bulky week and at the resident bulky drop-off, and no item fee is published for either route.
City collection A mattress is named in the bulky waste drop-off list at the Recycling Center, in the same line as sofas and other furniture. The curbside brush and bulky week handles the same bulky household group. No charge. A mattress is accepted in the residential bulky drop-off and in the monthly brush and bulky week, and no mattress fee is published on the retained city pages.
City collection A refrigerator is accepted at the McAllen bulky waste drop-off only when it is tagged by a technician confirming the refrigerant was removed. Without that tag the unit does not meet the drop-off condition. No charge. The city charges no item fee for a tagged refrigerator at the bulky drop-off, while the refrigerant removal is arranged and paid separately with a technician and is not priced by the city.
City collection Every McAllen residence is issued a black cart for garbage, and a blue commingled recycling cart is available on a separate application and badge. The recycling cart carries a published monthly fee on the household bill. $15.5 per month for the residential recycling cart, with an additional bin at $13.50 per month. Participation in the residential recycling programme requires a separate recycling application and badge, and the fee is billed with the service. The black garbage cart is provided to every residence.
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.
Selected customer reviews. Counts checked September 2026.
The local disposal guide
Will the city take it?
McAllen collects brush and bulky waste from the curb every month, with the city split into four map sections and each section assigned its own full week of the month. Furniture, mattresses, wood, carpet, bulky toys, tires up to five a month and appliances are all accepted, and a refrigerator only goes if a technician has tagged it to show the refrigerant was removed. Construction debris is refused in both the curbside programme and the resident drop-off site on Bentsen Road, which is the same place residents take bulky waste, wood and electronics, with a water bill as proof of address. Electronics are taken there from residents and non-residents, and mattresses ride the bulky pile. Dropcurb hauls residential items from addresses across McAllen.
Every McAllen residence is issued a black cart for garbage, and a blue commingled recycling cart is available on a separate application and badge. The recycling cart carries a published monthly fee on the household bill.
City cost & eligibility
$15.5 per month for the residential recycling cart, with an additional bin at $13.50 per month. Participation in the residential recycling programme requires a separate recycling application and badge, and the fee is billed with the service. The black garbage cart is provided to every residence.
When & how
Both carts go out on the address pickup day by 7 a.m. and come back in by 7 p.m., and the two carts need three feet of space between them.
Get it ready
Bag and tie all trash inside the black cart, keep recyclables only in the blue cart, keep either cart from overflowing with the lid closed and nothing resting on top, and leave no obstructions around the carts. The Solid Waste Department arranges carts and the recycling application on 956-681-4020.
Monthly curbside brush and bulky collection by section
Accepted with preparation
McAllen runs a curbside brush and bulky waste collection every month, with the city divided into four map sections and each section collected during its own full week of the month: North East in the first full week, North West in the second, South West in the third and South East in the fourth.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. The curbside brush and bulky collection is a city residential service and the city publishes no item fee for it. Compostable paper bags are also free to residents, twenty a month from the Recycling Center and five a month from the other listed city facilities.
When & how
One week a month for the section the address falls in, with items set out at the assigned location before the Monday of that collection week.
Get it ready
Keep three feet of empty space all around the pile, put the pile at the curbside or in the alleyway rather than in the street, and keep it clear of mailboxes, fire hydrants, water meters, walls and fences. City Ordinance Sec. 90-42 makes it unlawful to place brush so that it blocks a mailbox or covers a water meter, telephone pedestal, gas meter or cable wire. Grass and leaves go in the free compostable paper bags rather than in plastic.
Furniture is named in the bulky waste drop-off at the Recycling Center, with sofas and mattresses given as the examples, and carpet is on the same accepted list. The curbside brush and bulky week takes the same kind of material.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Furniture and carpet are accepted in the city's residential brush and bulky week and at the resident bulky drop-off, and no item fee is published for either route.
When & how
Out with the section's monthly bulky week, or taken to the Recycling Center drop-off at 4101 N. Bentsen during its open hours.
Get it ready
Keep the pile neat at the curb or in the alleyway with three feet of space around it, and keep it clear of mailboxes, hydrants, water meters and fences. Bring a water bill to the drop-off site, which is for residential use, and leave clothes and hazardous waste out because neither is accepted.
A mattress is named in the bulky waste drop-off list at the Recycling Center, in the same line as sofas and other furniture. The curbside brush and bulky week handles the same bulky household group.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. A mattress is accepted in the residential bulky drop-off and in the monthly brush and bulky week, and no mattress fee is published on the retained city pages.
When & how
Out with the section's monthly bulky week, or dropped at the Recycling Center at 4101 N. Bentsen during its open hours.
Get it ready
Keep the mattress out of the black cart and off the recycling cart, set it in the bulky pile with three feet of clear space around it for the curbside week, and bring a water bill to the drop-off site. Keep it clear of mailboxes, hydrants, water meters and fences.
Appliances are on the bulky waste drop-off list at the Recycling Center, with refrigerators, stoves and ovens named as the examples, and the residential page describes the drop-off site as the place for old appliances. A unit that holds refrigerant needs a technician's tag first.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Appliances are accepted at the resident bulky drop-off and in the monthly bulky week with no published item fee, while a roll-off container for a project load is a paid service.
When & how
Taken to the Recycling Center drop-off at 4101 N. Bentsen during its open hours, or set out in the section's monthly bulky week.
Get it ready
Empty the unit, keep it out of both carts, and for a refrigerator have a technician confirm that the refrigerant was removed and tag the unit to show it. Bring a water bill to the drop-off site, and keep the appliance clear of obstructions in the curbside pile.
A refrigerator is accepted at the McAllen bulky waste drop-off only when it is tagged by a technician confirming the refrigerant was removed. Without that tag the unit does not meet the drop-off condition.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. The city charges no item fee for a tagged refrigerator at the bulky drop-off, while the refrigerant removal is arranged and paid separately with a technician and is not priced by the city.
When & how
Taken to the Recycling Center drop-off at 4101 N. Bentsen during its open hours, or set out in the section's monthly bulky week.
Get it ready
Arrange the refrigerant removal with a technician, have the unit tagged with that confirmation, empty it and keep it out of both carts. Bring a water bill to the drop-off site, because the bulky drop-off is for city residents.
Electronic devices are accepted for drop-off at the McAllen Recycling Center, and the city page offers that service to residents and non-residents rather than limiting it to city accounts. Electronics do not go in the garbage or recycling carts.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. The city lists e-waste disposal as a drop-off service for residents and non-residents and publishes no fee for it, while compost, mulch and crushed glass are sold at the same site.
When & how
Dropped at the Recycling Center at 4101 N. Bentsen during its open hours, with the information line on 956-681-4050.
Get it ready
Erase personal data before handover, keep the device whole and out of both carts, and ask at the center about any item that is not a computer, monitor, printer or television so the accepted group is clear before the trip. Paper shredding is free at the same site if documents need clearing first.
Construction debris is refused at the McAllen drop-off site, which the residential page explains was dropped because of the weight and the possibility of hazardous material, and it is not part of the curbside brush and bulky week either. The city sells roll-off containers for projects instead.
City cost & eligibility
From $20 per ton roll-off disposal rate, with an overweight disposal rate of $27.50 per ton above fourteen tons. Roll-off service is arranged with the city Public Works Department for new building, renovation, land clearing and demos, and the agreement has to be submitted at City Hall before service. The city publishes no container rental terms, so ask for them when the service is arranged.
When & how
Not on the curbside bulky week and not at the resident drop-off; a project load goes into a roll-off container arranged with the city.
Get it ready
Keep construction debris out of the bulky pile and out of both carts, separate anything reusable, and keep car tires, chemicals and hazardous waste out of the roll-off because the city refuses them there. The roll-off service agreement is completed and submitted at the Customer Relations Department inside City Hall.
Exercise equipment is not named on the McAllen bulky waste list, which covers furniture, carpet, bulky toys, wood, tires and appliances. The closest named group is bulky toys, so a treadmill is an unlisted item rather than a settled one.
City cost & eligibility
No exercise machine is named on the bulky waste list and no item rate is published, so confirm acceptance and any charge with the McAllen Recycling Center on 956-681-4050 before the machine goes out or is loaded.
When & how
Confirm the item with the Recycling Center before the section's monthly bulky week or before a trip to the drop-off site.
Get it ready
Call 956-681-4050 and describe the machine and its size, break it down as far as the maker allows, and keep it out of both carts. If it is accepted at the drop-off, bring a water bill, and if it is not, the roll-off and container route is the paid alternative.
McAllen splits the city into four sections for brush and bulky waste: North East in the first full week of the month, North West in the second, South West in the third and South East in the fourth. Items go out at the assigned location before the Monday of the collection week, and the schedule sheet carries the dated week for every month of 2026.
Keep three feet of empty space all around the brush and bulky pile, place it at the curbside or in the alleyway rather than in the street, and keep it away from mailboxes, fire hydrants, water meters, walls and fences. City Ordinance Sec. 90-42 makes it unlawful to place brush where it blocks a mailbox or covers a water meter box, telephone pedestal, gas meter or cable wire.
Both carts go to the curb by 7 a.m. on the pickup day and come back off the street by 7 p.m. the same day. Trash is bagged and tied in the black cart, recyclables stay in the blue cart, the lids close with nothing resting on top, and the two carts need three feet of separation so the truck can service them.
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 McAllen Public Works, Solid Waste Department and Recycling Center
Set it out in your section's monthly bulky week
A household with a sofa, a mattress, wood, carpet, bulky toys or appliances that the garbage cart will not take.
Cost & conditions
No charge. The brush and bulky week is a city residential service and the city publishes no item fee for it.
Arrange it
Find your section on the 2026 schedule, then set the pile out at the assigned location before the Monday of your collection week, with three feet of clear space all around it.
One week a month for the section, assigned set-out locations, three feet of clearance, and no construction debris, hazardous waste or clothes. A pile in the street or over a water meter or mailbox is a violation under City Ordinance Sec. 90-42.
City of McAllen Public Works, Solid Waste Department and Recycling Center
Drop it at the Recycling Center on Bentsen Road
A city resident with furniture, a mattress, carpet, wood, bulky toys, tires within the monthly limit, an appliance or electronics.
Cost & conditions
No charge. The bulky waste drop-off is a city service for residents with no published item fee, and e-waste disposal is offered to residents and non-residents at no published fee. Compost, mulch and crushed glass are sold at the same site.
Arrange it
Take the load to 4101 N. Bentsen Road during the drop-off window and bring a water bill as proof of address.
Residential use only for the bulky drop-off, construction debris, clothes and hazardous waste are refused, tires are limited to five a month for residents, and a refrigerator is taken only with a technician's tag confirming the refrigerant was removed.
City of McAllen Public Works, Solid Waste Department and Recycling Center
Order a roll-off container for a project
A household with a renovation, a demo, land clearing or a cleanout that produces more debris than the bulky week can take.
Cost & conditions
From $20 per ton roll-off disposal rate, with an overweight disposal rate of $27.50 per ton above fourteen tons. Roll-off service is arranged with the city Public Works Department and the service agreement is submitted at the Customer Relations Department inside City Hall. The city publishes no container rental terms, so ask for them when the service is arranged.
Arrange it
Contact Public Works, complete the roll-off service agreement, submit it at City Hall, and have the container delivered and collected around the project.
No car tires, chemicals or hazardous waste in the container, and construction debris is not accepted at the Recycling Center drop-off or in the curbside bulky week.
Self-hauling in McAllen centres on the Recycling Center at 4101 N. Bentsen Road, which the city keeps as the alternative to driving to the landfill. City residents may use the bulky waste drop-off for furniture including sofas and mattresses, carpet, bulky toys, wood, tires limited to five a month, and appliances such as refrigerators, stoves and ovens, with a water bill as proof of address and a technician's tag on a refrigerator to confirm the refrigerant was removed. Electronic devices are taken there from residents and non-residents, and paper shredding is free. Construction debris is refused at the drop-off and in the curbside bulky week, so a project load goes into a city roll-off container instead, arranged through Public Works with the agreement submitted at City Hall. The curbside brush and bulky week still collects the same bulky material from the pile in the section's month, provided it sits at the assigned location with three feet of clearance and clear of mailboxes, hydrants and water meters. McAllen Recycling Center, bulky waste drop-off and additional servicesResidential Garbage Service and the resident drop-off site2026 Brush and Bulky Waste Collection Schedule with the resident do and do not sheetRoll-Off Services
City recycling and drop-off site
McAllen Recycling Center
4101 N. Bentsen Road, McAllen, TX 78504
Recyclables including cardboard, paper, plastics coded 1 and 2, aluminium cans, tin and glass, and for city residents the bulky waste drop-off with furniture including sofas and mattresses, carpet, bulky toys such as kids pools, plastic strollers and play houses, wood, tires limited to five a month, and appliances including refrigerators, stoves and ovens. Electronic devices are accepted for residents and non-residents, paper shredding is free, and crushed glass, compost and mulch are sold at the site.
Construction debris, clothes and hazardous waste are not allowed at the drop-off, the bulky drop-off is for city residents with a water bill as proof of address, tires are limited to five a month for residents, and a refrigerator must be tagged by a technician confirming the refrigerant was removed before it is taken.
The Public Works residential page gives the drop-off window as Monday to Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Saturday 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., while the Recycling Center site prints Monday to Friday 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., so confirm the current window on 956-681-4050 before a trip.
No charge. The city publishes no fee for the bulky waste drop-off or the e-waste disposal, with the site adding sales of crushed glass, compost and mulch rather than charges for what it receives.
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.
Which week is my bulky pickup in McAllen?+
The city is split into four sections and each one has its own full week of the month: North East in the first full week, North West in the second, South West in the third and South East in the fourth. Items go out at the assigned location before the Monday of that week, with three feet of clear space around the pile and nothing placed near a mailbox, fire hydrant or water meter.Official guidance
Will McAllen take a mattress?+
Yes, on two routes. The bulky waste drop-off at the Recycling Center on Bentsen Road names mattresses alongside sofas and other furniture and is open to city residents with a water bill, and the monthly brush and bulky week for your section takes a mattress from the curbside or alleyway pile. A mattress never goes in the black garbage cart.Official guidance
Where do old appliances go in McAllen?+
To the Recycling Center drop-off at 4101 N. Bentsen, which the city lists for old appliances and where refrigerators, stoves and ovens are named on the bulky waste list. City residents bring a water bill as proof of address. A refrigerator is only taken when a technician has tagged it to confirm the refrigerant was removed.Official guidance
Does McAllen take televisions and computers?+
Electronic devices are accepted for drop-off at the McAllen Recycling Center on Bentsen Road, and the city offers that service to residents and non-residents instead of limiting it to city accounts. Erase personal data before handover, keep the device out of the garbage and recycling carts, and call 956-681-4050 with any question about what the center takes.Official guidance
How do I know when bulky pickup comes to my McAllen address?+
The city publishes a 2026 brush and bulky schedule with the map split into four sections: North East in the first full week of the month, North West in the second, South West in the third and South East in the fourth. Items go out at the assigned location before the Monday of that week, and the schedule lists the dated week for every month of the year.Official guidance
What do I need to bring to the McAllen drop-off site?+
A water bill, because the bulky waste drop-off at the Recycling Center on Bentsen Road is offered for residential use only. The site takes furniture including sofas and mattresses, carpet, bulky toys, wood, tires within the five a month resident limit and appliances, and it accepts electronic devices from residents and non-residents. Construction debris, clothes and hazardous waste are refused there.Official guidance
Does McAllen provide bags for grass and leaves?+
Yes. The BAG IT programme gives residents free compostable brown paper bags for grass clippings and leaves, twenty a month from the Recycling Center and five a month from each of the other listed city facilities, which include City Hall and the main library. Paper bags are used because plastic contaminates the city's composting process.Official guidance
