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Book before you bring it out.
Your items can still be inside when you book. Follow the readiness instructions in your confirmation.
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Choose a clear outdoor spot.
You arrange any carrying out of your home or down interior stairs. Keep entrances, sidewalks and shared access clear. We handle loading and haul-away from outside.
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Show us where to find it.
Add a photo and clear location notes. Contact us before booking if a gate, building rule or restricted access window needs an arrangement.
At a house: outside, accessible and easy to identify.At an apartment: an approved outdoor spot with shared access clear.
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City collection A couch, chair, dresser, table or other household furniture is a bulk household item for a residence served by the City of Chesapeake Waste Management Division, collected at the curb after a bulk request. No charge. Residence served by the City of Chesapeake Waste Management Division, with household bulk limited to 12 collections per residence each calendar year.
City collection A mattress or box spring is named as a bulk household item for a Chesapeake curbside request, and the same item is acceptable household waste at an SPSA transfer station. No charge. Residence served by the City of Chesapeake Waste Management Division for a curbside request, or an SPSA service area resident with proof of residency within the first 12 residential visits each calendar year.
City collection Appliances are bulk household items for a city pickup, with refrigerator and freezer doors removed and glass taped. SPSA takes small appliances that carry a refrigerant-free certification sticker at its transfer stations, and the Regional Landfill takes appliances without one. No charge. Residence served by the City of Chesapeake Waste Management Division for a curbside request, or an SPSA service area resident with proof of residency within the first 12 residential visits each calendar year.
City collection Boxes and bags of household dry goods are named bulk household items in Chesapeake, and a residence in a manual-collection neighborhood may use up to four 35-gallon containers or bags per dwelling unit. No charge. Residence served by the City of Chesapeake Waste Management Division.
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?
Two programs cover a Chesapeake address. The City of Chesapeake Waste Management Division collects refuse weekly from about 72,000 residences inside the independent city and takes household bulk items from a served address by request. Chesapeake is also a member community of the Southeastern Public Service Authority, whose Chesapeake Transfer Station and Suffolk Regional Landfill accept self-hauled household material, hazardous waste and electronics.
A couch, chair, dresser, table or other household furniture is a bulk household item for a residence served by the City of Chesapeake Waste Management Division, collected at the curb after a bulk request.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Residence served by the City of Chesapeake Waste Management Division, with household bulk limited to 12 collections per residence each calendar year.
When & how
Call the Chesapeake Customer Contact Center at 757-382-2489 by 5 p.m. the workday before your collection day, or submit the online bulk pickup request by 11:59 p.m. the day before.
Get it ready
Place furniture as close to the road as possible, 3 feet clear of mailboxes, poles, carts and parked cars, and keep household items in a pile separate from yard debris. Tape any glass surface so it cannot shatter, and set items out no earlier than three work days before the collection day.
A mattress or box spring is named as a bulk household item for a Chesapeake curbside request, and the same item is acceptable household waste at an SPSA transfer station.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Residence served by the City of Chesapeake Waste Management Division for a curbside request, or an SPSA service area resident with proof of residency within the first 12 residential visits each calendar year.
When & how
Request the curbside pickup by phone or online, or take the mattress to the SPSA Chesapeake Transfer Station during residential hours.
Get it ready
Keep the mattress and box spring dry and free of other trash. The household pile is capped at one 4-foot by 4-foot by 10-foot stack per residence per week and has to stay separate from yard debris.
Appliances are bulk household items for a city pickup, with refrigerator and freezer doors removed and glass taped. SPSA takes small appliances that carry a refrigerant-free certification sticker at its transfer stations, and the Regional Landfill takes appliances without one.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Residence served by the City of Chesapeake Waste Management Division for a curbside request, or an SPSA service area resident with proof of residency within the first 12 residential visits each calendar year.
When & how
Request the curbside pickup by phone or online, or take the appliance to the SPSA Chesapeake Transfer Station during residential hours.
Get it ready
Remove the doors from refrigerators and freezers and tape all glass surfaces before an appliance is set out. At the transfer station, bring small appliances with a refrigerant-free certification sticker and take uncertified appliances to the Regional Landfill in Suffolk.
SPSA lists monitors and televisions among the electronics it accepts at household hazardous waste and e-waste drop-offs, while Chesapeake Recycles Day events refuse tube televisions.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. SPSA service area resident with a driver's license or proof of residence, bringing household quantities in a personal vehicle.
When & how
Take televisions to the Chesapeake Transfer Station at 901 Hollowell Lane on the first Wednesday or third Saturday of the month, 9 a.m. to noon, or to a Chesapeake Recycles Day event.
Get it ready
Wipe personal data from a smart set before drop-off and keep the visit within the e-waste limit of 5 items per day. Confirm the screen type before loading, because a tube television is turned away from Chesapeake Recycles Day events.
Chesapeake does not collect construction debris in the bulk pile, in line with City Code section 62-59. Homeowner remodeling material can be self-hauled to an SPSA transfer station or the Regional Landfill, and contractor debris stays the contractor's responsibility.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Homeowner-generated material, not contractor debris, delivered by a service area resident with proof of residency within the first 12 residential visits each calendar year; heavier loads are billed by weight at the station's published rate.
When & how
Keep construction material out of the curbside bulk pile and take the load to an SPSA transfer station or the Regional Landfill at 1 Bob Foeller Drive in Suffolk.
Get it ready
Separate rigid items such as fencing, pipe, timber and metal stock so each piece is no longer than 6 feet and 6 inches in diameter. Large broken concrete loads and anything oversized go to the Regional Landfill, and the material has to come from your own household project rather than a contractor.
Electronics cannot go in the Chesapeake trash cart or a recycling container. SPSA takes them free at its hazardous waste and e-waste drop-offs, and Chesapeake Recycles Day events collect them on set Saturdays.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. SPSA service area resident with a driver's license or proof of residence, bringing household quantities in a personal vehicle.
When & how
Take electronics to the Chesapeake Transfer Station on the first Wednesday or third Saturday of the month, 9 a.m. to noon, or to a Chesapeake Recycles Day event.
Get it ready
Remove personal or sensitive data from a computer, phone or drive before drop-off and keep the visit within the e-waste limit of 5 items per day. Household hazardous waste and e-waste never belong in the trash cart, a recycling container or the single-bin curbside load.
Exercise equipment is handled as a bulky household item on a Chesapeake curbside request, and heavy metal equipment may also travel as scrap metal to the SPSA Regional Landfill.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Residence served by the City of Chesapeake Waste Management Division for a curbside request, or an SPSA service area resident within the first 12 residential visits each calendar year.
When & how
Request the city bulk pickup for a machine you can set out whole, or describe the equipment at the scale if you haul it yourself.
Get it ready
Describe the exact machine when you request the pickup and again at the station, because a treadmill, weight bench or home gym is bulky household waste on one route and metal equipment to another. Keep the pile within the weekly size limit and out of the automated cart.
Boxes and bags of household dry goods are named bulk household items in Chesapeake, and a residence in a manual-collection neighborhood may use up to four 35-gallon containers or bags per dwelling unit.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Residence served by the City of Chesapeake Waste Management Division.
When & how
Ask for the bulk collection when a clean-out leaves more than the automated cart holds, or place the bags inside the cart for the normal weekly collection.
Get it ready
Keep each container or bag light enough to lift by hand and no heavier than 60 pounds. Soil, rocks, ashes and plaster, automobile batteries and parts, and all hazardous waste are barred from the container and the bulk pile.
Garbage goes only in the automated container the city provides, with the lid closed. Set the container at the curb by 7 a.m. on the collection day, no earlier than 24 hours before and no longer than 24 hours after, and leave at least 3 feet of clearance from mailboxes, parked cars and other carts. In a manual-collection neighborhood a residence may use up to four 35-gallon containers or bags, each no heavier than 60 pounds.
Request the collection before anything goes out, keep household items in a pile separate from yard debris, and stay inside one 4-foot by 4-foot by 10-foot household stack per week. Tape glass surfaces, remove refrigerator and freezer doors, and leave small debris that fits a bag to the resident after the truck has passed.
Bring proof of residency and a personal vehicle or a trailer up to 12 feet with no tools or equipment. Loose yard waste has to be bagged, rigid items must be no longer than 6 feet and 6 inches in diameter, and the load is screened for unauthorized waste at the station.
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 Chesapeake Waste Management Division and the Southeastern Public Service Authority
City of Chesapeake bulk trash collection
The address is inside the city and is served by the City of Chesapeake Waste Management Division.
Cost & conditions
No charge. Residence served by the City of Chesapeake Waste Management Division, with household bulk limited to 12 collections per residence each calendar year.
Arrange it
Call 757-382-2489 by 5 p.m. the workday before collection, or submit the online bulk request by 11:59 p.m. the day before, then set the pile at the curb.
Household dry goods, furniture, mattresses, appliances, patio furniture and small garage clean-outs qualify. Hazardous waste, carpet, wood and fencing, construction and demolition debris, tires and loose refuse are refused, and the household pile is capped at one 4-foot by 4-foot by 10-foot stack per week.
City of Chesapeake Waste Management Division and the Southeastern Public Service Authority
SPSA Chesapeake Transfer Station
A Chesapeake or other SPSA service area resident with proof of residency who hauls household material in a personal vehicle.
Cost & conditions
No charge. SPSA service area resident with a driver's license or utility bill, first 12 residential visits each calendar year.
Arrange it
Deliver the load to 901 Hollowell Lane during residential hours and expect staff to screen it for unauthorized waste.
Proof of residency is required and later visits are billed by weight. Loose yard waste must be bagged, rigid items must be no longer than 6 feet and 6 inches in diameter, and box trucks, cargo vans, marked vehicles and trailers over 12 feet are treated as commercial.
City of Chesapeake Waste Management Division and the Southeastern Public Service Authority
SPSA household hazardous waste and e-waste drop-off
A resident of an SPSA member community bringing household quantities in a personal vehicle.
Cost & conditions
No charge. SPSA member-community resident with a driver's license or proof of residence.
Arrange it
Bring material to the Chesapeake Transfer Station on the first Wednesday or third Saturday of the month, 9 a.m. to noon.
The liquid limit is 5 gallons and the solid limit is 75 pounds per day, and e-waste is limited to 5 items per day. Commercial hazardous waste and regulated medical waste are refused.
City of Chesapeake Waste Management Division and the Southeastern Public Service Authority
Chesapeake Recycles Day
A Chesapeake resident bringing personal items only; material in a business-labeled vehicle is refused.
Cost & conditions
The city does not publish an event fee, so confirm the current date and item limits before loading.
Arrange it
Attend a scheduled event, most often a Saturday morning from 9 a.m. to noon, and expect a line that can close early when vendors reach capacity.
Events take electronics, household hazardous waste and sensitive documents. Plastic bags, tires and tube televisions are refused, and only sensitive personal documents are shredded.
Household waste and bulk items including furniture, mattresses and small appliances with a refrigerant-free certification sticker, small amounts of concrete, rigid items such as fencing, pipe, timber and metal stock when no longer than 6 feet and 6 inches in diameter, shingles, limbs, recyclables, and household hazardous waste with electronics on set days.
Proof of residency is required and residential drop-offs are limited to 12 free visits each calendar year, with later visits billed by weight. Vehicles must be an unmarked, unmodified car, van under 15 seats, SUV, pickup of 1-ton capacity or less, or a trailer up to 12 feet with no tools or equipment. Commercial and rental-property waste is refused, loose yard waste must be bagged, and residential dumping is allowed only in the posted windows.
Monday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Wednesday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Chesapeake residents only; Saturday 8 a.m. to noon for all SPSA residents and noon to 4 p.m. Chesapeake residents only; Sunday noon to 4 p.m. Chesapeake residents only; household hazardous waste and e-waste the first Wednesday and third Saturday 9 a.m. to noon
No charge. SPSA service area resident with proof of residency, first 12 residential visits each calendar year.
Drop off appliances, scrap metal, tires and heavy loads
SPSA Regional Landfill
1 Bob Foeller Drive, Suffolk, VA 23434
Appliances without a refrigerant-free certification sticker, boats with batteries and liquids removed, large loads of broken concrete, scrap metal at no charge, limbs and stumps larger than 6 feet or 6 inches in diameter, non-friable asbestos siding and tile by appointment, and automobile tires up to 4 per day, with yard soil charged the published rate.
Only automobile tires are free and only up to 4 per day; larger or off-road tires are billed. Asbestos shingles need an appointment and the material must be double-bagged and taped closed. Batteries and liquids must be removed from boats, and the driver still passes the station's residency and vehicle checks.
Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday 8 a.m. to noon
From $20 for minimum charge on a load that is not free, with heavier material billed by weight at the station's published rate. SPSA service area resident with proof of residency; confirm the current rate before hauling.
Prices, timing and the details that matter at your address.
How much does pickup cost?+
Choose your items to see the exact price. A standard sofa is $79 first and $29 additional. The highest first-item price applies once; every remaining item uses its additional-item price. Loading, transportation and disposal are included. Review any applicable sales tax and the final total before payment.
Can I book a pickup for today?+
Book by 2pm at your pickup address for same-day pickup, where available. Choose from the dates shown at checkout. Your booking is for a pickup day, and we text you when your hauler is on the way.
Do my items need to be outside when I book?+
You can book while your items are still inside. Arrange any indoor carrying and have everything outside and accessible according to your confirmation. We load and haul it away from there. Contact us before booking if your property has restricted access.
How do I get a couch picked up in Chesapeake?+
Request a bulk household collection from the City of Chesapeake at an address the Waste Management Division serves. Couches, chairs, tables, desks and dressers qualify, the request has to be in by 5 p.m. the workday before collection, and the items go out as close to the road as possible and 3 feet clear of obstructions. Tape any glass surface, and keep the furniture pile separate from yard debris.Official guidance
Will Chesapeake take an old mattress at the curb?+
Yes, at a residence the City Waste Management Division serves. A mattress and box spring count as bulk household items, so request the collection before the set-out date, keep the pile within the weekly size limit, and keep it separate from yard debris. SPSA transfer stations also accept mattresses from service area residents with proof of residency.Official guidance
How do I get rid of a refrigerator in Chesapeake?+
Request a bulk household collection if the address is served by the City Waste Management Division, and remove the doors and tape any glass before the item goes out. If you haul it yourself, SPSA transfer stations take small appliances that carry a refrigerant-free certification sticker, and an appliance without that sticker goes to the Regional Landfill in Suffolk.Official guidance
Where do electronics go in Chesapeake?+
Take them to an SPSA household hazardous waste and e-waste drop-off or a Chesapeake Recycles Day event. The Chesapeake Transfer Station collects e-waste on the first Wednesday and third Saturday of the month, 9 a.m. to noon, at no charge to service area residents with proof of residency. Wipe personal data first, respect the limit of 5 items per day, and keep electronics out of the trash cart and the recycling containers.Official guidance
What does it cost to get rid of a large item in Chesapeake?+
The City of Chesapeake publishes no per-item charge for a household bulk collection from a residence it serves, and each household is limited to 12 bulk collections a year. The SPSA Chesapeake Transfer Station also takes household waste from residents at no charge for the first 12 visits each calendar year, and later visits are billed by weight at the station's published disposal rate.Official guidance
Why does a Chesapeake pickup depend on which program serves the address?+
Chesapeake is an independent city, and the City Waste Management Division collects from the residences it serves rather than from a surrounding county. A residence outside that service area, or a building whose waste is handled privately, has to use the SPSA transfer stations instead, and those sites serve member-community residents with proof of residency.Official guidance
Where can I take something the city will not collect?+
Homeowner remodeling material, tires and large metal loads go to an SPSA transfer station or the Regional Landfill in Suffolk. Household hazardous waste and electronics go to the Chesapeake Transfer Station on the first Wednesday or third Saturday of the month, and the city's Recycles Day events take the same material on scheduled Saturdays.Official guidance
