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City collection A household with curbside service gets one bulky waste pickup a month by request, at no additional charge, inside a six by six by six foot pile. No charge. City of Waco household with curbside cart service, requesting the pickup in advance. The monthly pickup is included at no additional charge, and a pile larger than six by six by six feet is quoted at an extra charge.
City collection Waco publishes no mattress line, only a household bulky pile with size limits and an exclusion list that does not mention bedding, so the piece has to be confirmed. The city publishes the bulky waste size and exclusion rules rather than an item list, and a mattress is not named. Confirm the piece with the solid waste division at (254) 299-2489 before the monthly pickup, or take it to Cobbs inside the resident bulky allowance.
City collection Freon appliances are refused in the curbside pile. Cobbs takes them with a technician's tag, or removes the refrigerant itself for a published fee, and the appliance then does not count against the bulky trips. $15 per appliance for refrigerant removal at the Cobbs Recycling Center when the unit does not already carry a label or tag showing that a certified technician removed the refrigerant, with the fee added to the next utility bill. Waco resident with a water bill within thirty days of its due date showing a Waco residential service address and trash charge, plus a photo identification whose address matches. Appliances are recycled and do not count toward the four free bulky drop-off trips.
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?
Waco runs its own solid waste division, and a household with curbside service gets one bulky waste pickup every month just by requesting it, with no additional charge. The pile is capped at six feet by six feet by six feet, anything larger is quoted at an extra charge, and a household can also take four loads of bulky and brush waste a year to the Cobbs Recycling Center at no charge inside the resident allowance. The exclusions are the part worth reading twice: appliances holding Freon, glass, tires, paint, chemicals and construction materials stay out of the curbside pile, and Cobbs takes most of them for a fee with a Waco water bill and a matching photo ID. Computers and cell phones are the electronics the city takes at Cobbs, and the service is changing from October 2026 with yard waste moving into the gray cart and pickups sliding one day later in a holiday week.
A household with curbside service gets one bulky waste pickup a month by request, at no additional charge, inside a six by six by six foot pile.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. City of Waco household with curbside cart service, requesting the pickup in advance. The monthly pickup is included at no additional charge, and a pile larger than six by six by six feet is quoted at an extra charge.
When & how
Request the pickup through the city form or the Waco curbside app, then set the pile out for the scheduled day. Solid waste questions go to (254) 299-2489, and the bulky waste flyer prints the request line for the service.
Get it ready
Keep the pile at least five feet from trees, mailboxes, water meters, fences and other obstructions, never under overhanging branches and never on top of a sprinkler head or meter. Separate the bulk pile from the brush pile by at least two feet, and keep extra bags of trash, paint, tires, chemicals and construction material out of it. If the pile does not meet the requirements, the city notifies the household with the estimated fee.
Waco publishes no mattress line, only a household bulky pile with size limits and an exclusion list that does not mention bedding, so the piece has to be confirmed.
City cost & eligibility
The city publishes the bulky waste size and exclusion rules rather than an item list, and a mattress is not named. Confirm the piece with the solid waste division at (254) 299-2489 before the monthly pickup, or take it to Cobbs inside the resident bulky allowance.
When & how
Ask before requesting the monthly pickup so the pile is not set out with an item the crew will refuse.
Get it ready
Keep the mattress dry and inside the six by six by six foot limit with the pile clear of obstructions. A mattress that goes to Cobbs counts inside the four free bulky trips a year and the eight cubic yard per visit limit, and loose loads there must be tarped.
An appliance that holds no refrigerant is a household bulky item and goes out on the monthly pickup, while a Freon unit is refused and routed to Cobbs or the landfill for a fee.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. City of Waco household with curbside cart service requesting the monthly bulky pickup. Appliances containing Freon are excluded from the pile and are handled at Cobbs or the landfill for a fee instead.
When & how
Request the monthly bulky pickup and put the appliance out with it, inside the six by six by six foot limit.
Get it ready
Empty the unit for the haul. Check whether the appliance holds refrigerant before it goes out, because a Freon unit will be left behind and has to be taken to Cobbs instead, where it needs a tag from a certified technician or pays the center's removal fee.
Freon appliances are refused in the curbside pile. Cobbs takes them with a technician's tag, or removes the refrigerant itself for a published fee, and the appliance then does not count against the bulky trips.
City cost & eligibility
$15 per appliance for refrigerant removal at the Cobbs Recycling Center when the unit does not already carry a label or tag showing that a certified technician removed the refrigerant, with the fee added to the next utility bill. Waco resident with a water bill within thirty days of its due date showing a Waco residential service address and trash charge, plus a photo identification whose address matches. Appliances are recycled and do not count toward the four free bulky drop-off trips.
When & how
Take the unit to Cobbs on Trice Avenue between Monday and Saturday, 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., and keep in mind the bulky and brush bays close at 4:45 p.m.
Get it ready
Empty and defrost the unit for transport. A unit that already carries a tag from a certified technician is taken without the removal fee, and a unit without one is charged the published removal fee on the next utility bill. Do not put a Freon appliance in the curbside bulky pile, because the city refuses it there.
Cobbs takes computers and cell phones from anyone at no charge, but it refuses scrapped out televisions or electronics, chargers and cables, so a screen has no published city route.
City cost & eligibility
Cobbs lists computer and cell phone recycling in the self-service section open to everyone, and its unacceptable list refuses scrapped out televisions or electronics along with chargers and cables. No television route is published on the city pages read for this packet, so confirm the item with the solid waste division at (254) 299-2489 before loading a screen.
When & how
Take computers and cell phones to Cobbs between Monday and Saturday, 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., and ask the city first about anything that is not a computer or a phone.
Get it ready
Wipe personal data before handover, and keep batteries out of the load, because Cobbs refuses lithium ion and car batteries and takes only household batteries and curly CFL bulbs. Keep chargers and cables out as well, since the center lists them as unacceptable.
The bulky flyer excludes construction materials, while the residential page allows wood, carpet or drywall from home repairs inside the size limits and refuses bricks, concrete and tiles. A project load needs a private provider.
City cost & eligibility
The city publishes no construction collection or rate. The bulky flyer excludes construction materials outright, the residential page allows wood, carpet or drywall from home repairs inside the pile size limits while refusing bricks, concrete and tiles, and Cobbs refuses remodeling and construction debris. Confirm the load with the solid waste division or a private provider before the work produces material.
When & how
Keep project material out of the monthly bulky pile and arrange the removal before the work starts rather than stacking material at the curb.
Get it ready
Separate the small home repair material the city may collect, meaning wood, carpet or drywall inside the size limits, from the bricks, concrete and tiles it refuses and from any commercial or contractor load. Keep paint, chemicals, liquids and tires out of the load entirely.
Exercise equipment is not named on the Waco bulky rules, so the machine has to be confirmed before the monthly pickup.
City cost & eligibility
The city publishes the bulky waste size and exclusion rules rather than an item list and does not name exercise equipment. Confirm the machine and its size with the solid waste division at (254) 299-2489 before requesting the pickup.
When & how
Ask before the monthly pickup so a refused machine does not sit at the curb, and remember that anything left out can attract the city's published per event penalty.
Get it ready
Describe the machine and its size when asking, break down what comes apart, and keep loose weights with the frame. Keep the machine inside the six by six by six foot pile limit and out of the brush pile.
A household with curbside service gets one bulky waste pickup each month, and it has to be requested in advance through the city form or the Waco curbside app. The pickup itself adds nothing to the bill, but a pile larger than six by six by six feet is quoted at an extra charge, and a pile that does not meet the requirements leaves the household with the estimated fee instead of a collection.
Keep the pile clear, separated and inside the size limit
Place the pile at least five feet from trees, mailboxes, water meters, fences and other obstructions, never under overhanging branches and never on top of a sprinkler head or water meter. Keep the bulk pile at least two feet from the brush pile, keep everything inside six by six by six feet, and remember that anything that fits in the gray cart should be bagged and tied for the regular trash instead.
Freon appliances, glass, tires, paint and chemicals stay out
The bulky pile refuses appliances containing Freon, basketball goals, glass such as tabletops and mirrors, tires, paint, chemicals, liquids and hazardous materials, and construction material containing bricks, concrete or tiles. Extra bags of trash never count as bulky waste either. Freon appliances, glass, tires and paint go to the Cobbs Recycling Center for a fee, and a household there is limited to four free bulky and brush trips a year at no more than eight cubic yards each.
From October 2026 yard waste may go in the gray cart with the weekly trash, in up to twenty paper bags collected by request up to twice a month, or be dropped at Cobbs or the landfill up to four times a year at no additional charge, and brush follows the same two options. Green yard waste carts may be kept until October 1, 2027 as an additional gray cart at no charge, and from October 1, 2026 a holiday week slides the pickup day one day later rather than earlier.
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.
A Waco household with curbside carts and furniture, an appliance without refrigerant or another household item too large for the gray cart.
Cost & conditions
No charge. City of Waco household with curbside cart service, with the monthly bulky pickup requested in advance and no additional charge for a pile inside six by six by six feet.
Arrange it
Request the pickup on the city form or the Waco curbside app, or call the bulky request line at (254) 299-2612, then set the pile out for the scheduled day.
One request a month, six by six by six feet maximum with an extra charge above that, and a long exclusion list covering Freon appliances, basketball goals, glass, tires, paint, chemicals, liquids, hazardous materials and construction material containing bricks, concrete or tiles. Extra bags of trash are not bulky waste.
A Waco household with recycling, bulky or brush material, latex paint, used motor oil, computers, phones, or a Freon appliance to clear.
Cost & conditions
The self-service recycling streams are free to everyone, the resident allowances for motor oil, latex paint and four bulky and brush trips are free with proof of residency, and Freon appliance handling and tires carry published fees that are added to the next utility bill rather than collected on site. Confirm the item and the current fee at (254) 299-2489 before loading.
Arrange it
Drive to 4201 Trice Ave between Monday and Saturday, 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., with the current water bill and a matching photo identification, and keep the bulky and brush bays in mind because they close at 4:45 p.m.
Four bulky and brush trips a year at no more than eight cubic yards per visit, five gallons a month each of latex paint and of used motor oil, antifreeze and filters, and tires limited to four per visit off the rim and no larger than twenty inches. Remodeling or construction debris, commercial waste, propane cylinders, old gasoline, hazardous waste, scrapped out televisions or electronics, chargers and cables, plastic bags and household garbage are refused.
A household or contractor with renovation debris or a load the city refuses at the curb and at Cobbs.
Cost & conditions
The city publishes no construction collection or rate, and Cobbs refuses remodeling and construction debris, so a private hauler or container company quotes the load and confirms where it goes. Confirm before the work produces debris.
Arrange it
Contact a private hauler or container company, and keep paint, chemicals, liquids and tires out of the load because those have their own city routes.
Nothing in this category rides the monthly bulky pickup, which excludes construction material, and the city landfill is a City of Waco facility rather than a general construction drop-off.
Waco gives a household two ways to move large material. The curbside route is one requested bulky waste pickup a month at no additional charge, with the pile capped at six by six by six feet, and it refuses Freon appliances, glass, tires, paint, chemicals, liquids, hazardous materials and construction material containing bricks, concrete or tiles. The drop-off route is the Cobbs Recycling Center on Trice Avenue, open Monday to Saturday, where the self-service recycling streams are open to everyone and a Waco resident with a current water bill and a matching photo identification gets four free bulky and brush trips a year, five gallons a month of latex paint and the same allowance of used motor oil, antifreeze and filters. Freon appliances go to Cobbs with a technician's tag or pay the center's removal fee, and tires are limited to four per visit off the rim with published fees. Computers and cell phones are the electronics the city takes, while scrapped out televisions and electronics, chargers and cables are refused, and a renovation load has no public route at all. Residential cart services, fees, bulky waste rules and placementBulky waste service request flyer with size, exclusions and request lineCobbs Recycling Center accepted items, resident allowances and feesSolid waste division overview and the October 2026 service changes
City drop-off center with resident allowances and fees
Cobbs Recycling Center
4201 Trice Ave, Waco, TX 76710
Self-service recycling for everyone in separated streams: plastics, glass bottles and food jars, metal cans, paper and cardboard, cooking oil that is liquid only, household batteries and curly CFL bulbs, packing styrofoam, and computers and cell phones. For Waco residents with proof of residency: used motor oil, antifreeze and oil filters up to five gallons a month, latex paint up to five gallons a month, and four trips of bulky and brush waste at no more than eight cubic yards per visit. For residents with a fee: refrigerators and other appliances containing Freon, and tires.
Window, table and dish glass are refused, as are food contaminated board, lithium ion and car batteries, food containers in the foam stream, appliances holding Freon without a removal tag or fee, tires on the rim, commercial or industrial tires, and larger than twenty inch tires. Remodeling or construction debris, commercial waste, propane cylinders, old gasoline, radioactive materials, household hazardous waste, leaking equipment, speakers in wooden cabinets, scrapped out televisions or electronics, chargers and cables, plastic bags and household garbage are all unacceptable. Loose loads must be tarped, and the bulky and brush bays close at 4:45 p.m.
Monday through Saturday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Telephone (254) 299-2489.
The self-service recycling streams are free to everyone, the resident allowances are free with a current water bill and matching photo identification, and Freon appliance handling and tires carry published fees that are added to the next utility bill rather than collected on site. Confirm the item and the current fee before arrival.
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 Waco home?+
A household with curbside service gets one bulky waste pickup a month by request at no additional charge, so a couch goes out on that pickup. The pile is capped at six by six by six feet with an extra charge if it is larger, and it has to sit at least five feet from trees, mailboxes, water meters and fences, with the bulk pile separated from the brush pile by at least two feet.Official guidance
Will Waco take a mattress at the curb?+
A mattress is not named on the Waco bulky waste rules, which set a six by six by six foot size limit and list exclusions such as Freon appliances, glass, tires, paint, chemicals and construction material. Confirm it with the solid waste division at (254) 299-2489 before the monthly pickup, or take it to the Cobbs Recycling Center inside the free resident bulky allowance.Official guidance
Where does a refrigerator go in Waco?+
Not in the curbside bulky pile, because appliances containing Freon are excluded there. Take the unit to the Cobbs Recycling Center on Trice Avenue with a current Waco water bill and a matching photo identification. If it does not already carry a tag showing that a certified technician removed the refrigerant, the center removes it for a published per appliance fee that is added to the next utility bill, and the appliance does not count against the four free bulky drop-off trips.Official guidance
Where do Waco computers and televisions go?+
Computers and cell phones go to the Cobbs Recycling Center on Trice Avenue, which lists them in the self-service section open to everyone and is open Monday through Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Televisions are different: the center refuses scrapped out televisions or electronics along with chargers and cables, and no television route is published on the city pages, so confirm with the solid waste division at (254) 299-2489 before moving a screen.Official guidance
Who collects trash in Waco?+
The City of Waco Solid Waste Division, which is part of Public Works and describes itself as self-supporting rather than funded by city tax dollars. Residential service includes weekly trash, bi-weekly recycling, bi-weekly yard waste and a monthly bulky waste pickup, and the division answers at (254) 299-2489 or solidwasteinfo@wacotx.gov.Official guidance
How does the Waco bulky waste pickup work?+
A household with curbside service gets one bulky waste pickup a month, and it has to be requested in advance on the city form, the Waco curbside app or the bulky request line printed on the city flyer. The pickup adds nothing to the bill inside a pile of six by six by six feet, and anything larger is quoted at an extra charge. Freon appliances, glass, tires, paint, chemicals, liquids, hazardous materials and construction material containing bricks, concrete or tiles are refused.Official guidance
What is changing in Waco solid waste in October 2026?+
From October 2026 yard waste may go in the gray cart with the weekly trash, in up to twenty paper bags collected by request up to twice a month, or be dropped at Cobbs or the landfill up to four times a year at no additional charge, and brush follows the same options with a pile no larger than four by four by four feet collected by request up to twice a month. Green yard waste carts may be kept until October 1, 2027 as an additional gray cart at no charge, and from October 1, 2026 a holiday week slides the pickup day one day later rather than earlier.Official guidance
