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City collection Household furniture, couches, chairs and rugs are bulk items in Fitchburg and are collected once they are scheduled with the Health Department, never by simply leaving them at the curb. $20 per bulk item scheduled for curbside collection by the City. The City collects scheduled bulk items at the published per item charge with a weight limit of 75 pounds per item, and a free bulk item pass lets the same items be dropped at the landfill instead. Proof of residency is required for the pass.
City collection Mattresses and box springs have had to be recycled in Massachusetts since November 2022, and Fitchburg publishes three ways to do it. $25 per mattress or box spring dropped at Tough Stuff Recycling on 145 Authority Drive. The landfill container is the other drop off at a higher published per item fee, and curbside collection through the same recycler carries a third published fee. The Health Department supplies storage bags so a mattress can be kept until collection.
City collection Washers, dryers, stoves, dishwashers, water heaters and refrigerant appliances are white goods with published landfill drop off fees and no curbside route. From $25 per dishwasher, stove, washer, dryer, water heater or space heater dropped at the landfill, with an air conditioner, dehumidifier, refrigerator or freezer charged a higher published fee. Fees are paid to the Health Department or online before disposal, and the drop off needs a landfill sticker or a recycling permit. White goods are waste ban items, so they are refused at the curb and in the trash.
City collection Household furniture, couches, chairs and rugs are bulk items in Fitchburg and are collected once they are scheduled with the Health Department, never by simply leaving them at the curb. $20 per bulk item scheduled for curbside collection by the City. The City collects scheduled bulk items at the published per item charge with a weight limit of 75 pounds per item, and a free bulk item pass lets the same items be dropped at the landfill instead. Proof of residency is required for the pass.
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?
Fitchburg collects curbside rubbish and recycling from single family homes and buildings up to eight units through the Health Department, and bulky items such as a couch, chair or rug are picked up on request rather than left at the curb. Massachusetts waste bans decide the rest: mattresses and box springs have had to be recycled since November 2022, and white goods, tires, televisions and monitors, metals and lead acid batteries are never bulk items. Most of those go to the Fitchburg Landfill drop-off on Route 31, where a free recycling permit covers recycling, scrap metal and yard waste, the residential permit adds trash and limited construction debris, and each waste ban item has its own published fee. Yard waste runs on special collection weeks in paper bags between April and December, and household chemicals wait for one of four collection days a year.
Household furniture, couches, chairs and rugs are bulk items in Fitchburg and are collected once they are scheduled with the Health Department, never by simply leaving them at the curb.
City cost & eligibility
$20 per bulk item scheduled for curbside collection by the City. The City collects scheduled bulk items at the published per item charge with a weight limit of 75 pounds per item, and a free bulk item pass lets the same items be dropped at the landfill instead. Proof of residency is required for the pass.
When & how
Schedule the pickup with the Health Department before anything goes out, then set the items at the curb for the collection day the department confirms.
Get it ready
Keep the item under the published 75 pound limit each, remove cushions or contents you are keeping, and keep waste ban material out of the pile, because televisions, monitors, asphalt, bricks, metals, lead acid batteries, glass table tops, white goods and tires are not bulk items and are not collected at the curb.
Yard waste is not collected weekly, so leaves and grass go out during the special collection weeks in paper bags, or to the landfill year round with a free recycling permit.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. The special collection weeks and the free recycling permit cost nothing, and the permit also covers leaf and grass drop off at the landfill on the Monday yard waste only hours.
When & how
Put the material out on the regular trash day during one of the 2026 collection weeks between April 13 and December 11, or take it to the landfill with a recycling permit, which is accepted on Monday from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. for yard waste only.
Get it ready
Leaves and grass go in yard waste paper bags, because plastic bags are left at the curb, and branches are bundled no longer than four feet and no heavier than 50 pounds in paper bags or open top barrels tied with natural fibre string. Christmas trees are collected one week a year on the regular trash day and are refused if they are wrapped in plastic or still decorated.
Tires are a waste ban item, so they are never bulk and never curbside, and they go to the landfill drop off for the published per tire fee.
City cost & eligibility
$25 per car or light truck tire dropped at the landfill, with truck tires charged a higher published fee. Fees are paid to the Health Department or online before disposal, and the drop off needs a landfill sticker or a recycling permit. The City also links a free off rim curbside tyre programme whose linked page no longer loads, so confirm any curbside option with the Health Department at 978-829-1870.
When & how
Take the tires to the landfill on 101 Fitchburg Road during the Wednesday, Friday or Saturday drop off hours, after paying the fee.
Get it ready
Keep tires out of the rubbish and recycling carts, because they are a banned material, and bring them with the fee receipt to the waste ban drop off area rather than the household trash shed.
Only cans and foil belong in the recycling cart, and every other metal item goes to the metal pile at the landfill with a free recycling pass.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. A recycling permit is free to residents and covers recycling, scrap metal and yard waste, with no trash. The metal pile needs the permit and is reached through an attendant.
When & how
Take metal to the landfill drop off on 101 Fitchburg Road during the Wednesday, Friday or Saturday hours, and show the recycling permit at the gate.
Get it ready
Keep bikes, mop and broom handles, brake discs and other metal out of the recycling cart, because only aluminum cans, steel cans, aerosol cans, aluminum foil and aluminum trays are accepted there. Drain oil and fuel from anything motorised before it is loaded, and keep refrigerant appliances separate because those carry their own drop off fee.
An air conditioner or dehumidifier is a waste ban item with its own published landfill drop off fee, and it never goes out as bulk or trash.
City cost & eligibility
$40 per air conditioner or dehumidifier dropped at the landfill. The fee is paid to the Health Department or online before disposal, and the drop off needs a landfill sticker or a free recycling permit. Refrigerators and freezers carry the same published fee.
When & how
Book nothing at the curb: pay the fee, then take the unit to the landfill drop off on 101 Fitchburg Road during the Wednesday, Friday or Saturday hours.
Get it ready
Keep the unit out of the curbside carts and out of a bulk pile, because white goods are banned from collection and from disposal as trash. Ask the Health Department at 978-829-1870 whether the refrigerant has to be recovered before the unit is brought in, since the City publishes a fee but no preparation rule.
Washers, dryers, stoves, dishwashers, water heaters and refrigerant appliances are white goods with published landfill drop off fees and no curbside route.
City cost & eligibility
From $25 per dishwasher, stove, washer, dryer, water heater or space heater dropped at the landfill, with an air conditioner, dehumidifier, refrigerator or freezer charged a higher published fee. Fees are paid to the Health Department or online before disposal, and the drop off needs a landfill sticker or a recycling permit. White goods are waste ban items, so they are refused at the curb and in the trash.
When & how
Pay the fee and take the appliance to the landfill drop off on 101 Fitchburg Road during its Wednesday, Friday or Saturday hours, or ask the Health Department whether a bulk pass covers a specific unit.
Get it ready
Empty the appliance and secure or remove the doors, keep it out of every cart, and report it as a refrigerant unit when you call so the right fee is collected in advance.
Mattresses and box springs have had to be recycled in Massachusetts since November 2022, and Fitchburg publishes three ways to do it.
City cost & eligibility
$25 per mattress or box spring dropped at Tough Stuff Recycling on 145 Authority Drive. The landfill container is the other drop off at a higher published per item fee, and curbside collection through the same recycler carries a third published fee. The Health Department supplies storage bags so a mattress can be kept until collection.
When & how
Schedule the drop off or the curbside collection with the recycler, or pay the landfill fee in advance and use the mattress container at the drop off on 101 Fitchburg Road.
Get it ready
Keep the mattress and box spring out of the rubbish and recycling carts and off the curb unless a collection has been booked, and bag it with the storage bag the Health Department provides if it has to wait for a pickup.
Household chemicals are never collected at the curb and wait for one of four collection days a year.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. The household hazardous waste days are free to residents and need proof of residency but no registration, with a 50 gallon limit on liquids and a five gallon limit on gasoline per vehicle. Businesses and non-residents pay a fee as a very small quantity generator at the landfill day only, with pre-approval.
When & how
The 2026 days run on April 25 and December 5 at AKS Recycling on 15 Cobbler Drive, and on June 20 and November 14 at the Fitchburg/Westminster Landfill on 101 Fitchburg Road, each from 9 a.m. to 12 noon.
Get it ready
Leave materials in their original containers, never mix chemicals, pack them in sturdy boxes rather than bags, and keep them out of every cart. Latex paint is not hazardous but has to be dried out before it goes in the rubbish.
Carts go out no earlier than 12 hours before collection with the serial numbers facing the street, keep three feet of space between carts, and come back inside the building within 12 hours after collection. Carts are never placed behind cars, poles or signs, the lid has to close, and hazardous waste, recycling and large amounts of liquid such as paint never go in the trash cart.
Furniture, couches, chairs and rugs are bulk items, and they may not be put at the curb until the Health Department has scheduled the pickup at the published per item charge with a 75 pound per item limit. A free bulk item pass is the alternative for a resident who would rather take the same items to the landfill drop off, and proof of residency is required for the pass.
Televisions, computer monitors, cathode ray tubes, asphalt, pavement, bricks, metals, lead acid batteries, glass table tops, white goods and tires are waste ban items rather than bulk items, and they are refused at the curb. Each one goes to a recycling facility or to the landfill drop off, where white goods, refrigerant units, tires and televisions each carry a published fee that is paid before the load arrives.
Yard waste goes out on the regular trash day during one of the 2026 collection weeks between April 13 and December 11, in yard waste paper bags that are never plastic. Branches are bundled under four feet long and 50 pounds, tied with natural fibre string, and a free recycling permit lets a resident take yard waste to the landfill year round, including the Monday hours that are set aside for it.
Household chemicals are not collected at the curb. The four 2026 collection days are April 25 and December 5 at AKS Recycling on 15 Cobbler Drive and June 20 and November 14 at the Fitchburg/Westminster Landfill on 101 Fitchburg Road, each from 9 a.m. to 12 noon, with proof of residency required and materials left in their original containers and packed in boxes.
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 Fitchburg Health Department, with the Fitchburg Landfill drop-off
Schedule a city bulk item pickup
For a household with a couch, chair, rug or similar piece that does not fit the rubbish cart and is under the weight limit.
Cost & conditions
$20 per bulk item scheduled for curbside collection through the Health Department. Charged per item with a 75 pound per item limit, paid through the online permitting system or at the Health Department counter, and a free bulk item pass covers the same items at the landfill drop off instead.
Arrange it
Book the pickup through the city permitting system or at the Health Department at 718 Main Street, then put the items at the curb for the confirmed collection day.
Nothing goes to the curb before the pickup is scheduled, waste ban items such as white goods, tires, televisions and metals are not part of the programme, and an item over the weight limit has to go to the landfill with a bulk item pass instead.
City of Fitchburg Health Department, with the Fitchburg Landfill drop-off
Take waste ban items to the landfill drop off
For a resident who can drive white goods, tires, scrap metal, yard waste or a waste ban item to Route 31.
Cost & conditions
From $25 per dishwasher, stove, washer, dryer, water heater or space heater, with an air conditioner, dehumidifier, refrigerator or freezer at 40 dollars, a car or light truck tire at 25 dollars each, a truck tire at 30 dollars each and a mattress or box spring at 35 dollars each. Fitchburg residents need a landfill sticker or a permit: the recycling permit is free and covers recycling, scrap metal and yard waste with no trash, while the residential permit adds trash and construction debris limited to two 33 gallon barrels a week. Fees are paid at the Health Department or online before disposal.
Arrange it
Get or renew the permit, pay the waste ban fee for the specific item, then use the drop off at 101 Fitchburg Road on Wednesday, Friday or Saturday and speak to an attendant for access to the sheds.
Stickers expire on September 30 and are not pro-rated, the Monday window is yard waste only, a one day pass for a clean out or construction debris costs the published daily rate up to one ton, and non-residents can only obtain a residential sticker as a property owner.
City of Fitchburg Health Department, with the Fitchburg Landfill drop-off
Wait for a household hazardous waste day
For a household with paint, solvents, automotive fluids, batteries, pesticides or other chemicals that never go in a cart.
Cost & conditions
No charge. Free to residents with proof of residency and no registration, with a 50 gallon limit on liquids and a five gallon limit on gasoline per vehicle; businesses and non-residents pay as a very small quantity generator at the landfill day only.
Arrange it
Take the material to AKS Recycling on 15 Cobbler Drive or to the Fitchburg/Westminster Landfill on 101 Fitchburg Road on one of the four 2026 dates, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon.
There are only four days a year, proof of residency is required, and materials must stay in their original containers and travel in boxes rather than bags.
101 Fitchburg Road (Route 31 south of Route 2), Fitchburg, MA
Recycling, scrap metal and yard waste with the free recycling permit, trash and construction debris with the residential permit, and waste ban items such as air conditioners, dehumidifiers, refrigerators, freezers, dishwashers, stoves, washers, dryers, water heaters, space heaters, tires, televisions and monitors for their published fees.
A landfill sticker or permit is required and all fees are paid to the Health Department or online before disposal; stickers expire on September 30 and are not pro-rated; the residential permit limits trash and construction debris to two 33 gallon barrels a week; and a one day pass is needed for a clean out or construction debris up to one ton.
Monday 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. for yard waste only, Wednesday 7:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Friday 7:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and Saturday 7:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., with residents speaking to an attendant for access to the sheds.
From $25 per dishwasher, stove, washer, dryer, water heater or space heater, with an air conditioner, dehumidifier, refrigerator or freezer at 40 dollars, a car or light truck tire at 25 dollars each, a truck tire at 30 dollars each and a mattress or box spring at 35 dollars each. Paid to the Health Department or online before disposal, on top of a free recycling permit or a residential landfill permit that costs 35 dollars for a property owner and 50 dollars otherwise.
Mattresses and box springs, which have to be recycled in Massachusetts rather than thrown away.
Schedule the drop off through the recycler, and note that the same company also runs the published curbside mattress collection that the City lists as a third option at its own fee.
Drop off by appointment through the recycler's scheduling portal, since the City publishes no counter hours for this vendor.
$25 per mattress or box spring dropped at the recycler. Charged per item by the recycler, with the landfill mattress container and the curbside collection each carrying their own published per item fee instead.
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 Fitchburg?+
Schedule it with the Health Department first, because furniture, couches, chairs and rugs are bulk items that may not be left at the curb until a pickup is booked. The City charges a published per item fee with a 75 pound per item limit, and a free bulk item pass is the other route if you would rather take it to the landfill drop off on Route 31 yourself.Official guidance
When does Fitchburg collect leaves and branches?+
On special collection weeks rather than every week, with the 2026 weeks listed from mid April through the second week of December and the material placed out on your regular trash day. Leaves and grass go in paper yard waste bags only, and branches are bundled under four feet long and 50 pounds and tied with natural fibre string. A free recycling permit lets you take the same material to the landfill year round, including the Monday hours that are set aside for yard waste.Official guidance
Will Fitchburg take tires at the curb?+
No. The City lists tires as waste ban material rather than bulk items, and waste ban material is not collected at the curb. Tires go to the landfill drop off on 101 Fitchburg Road, where car and light truck tires and truck tires carry separate published fees that are paid before disposal. The City page also links a free off rim tire programme, but that linked page no longer loads, so ask the Health Department at 978-829-1870 whether any curbside option remains.Official guidance
How do I dispose of an air conditioner in Fitchburg?+
Pay the published waste ban fee and take it to the landfill drop off on 101 Fitchburg Road, because white goods are waste ban items that are not collected at the curb and are not bulk items. A dehumidifier and a refrigerator or freezer carry the same published fee. Ask the Health Department at 978-829-1870 whether the unit has to be drained or documented before it arrives, because the City publishes the fee but not a preparation rule.Official guidance
What does Fitchburg charge to drop off an appliance?+
The landfill publishes a fee for each white good: a dishwasher, stove, washer, dryer, water heater or space heater carries one published charge, while an air conditioner, dehumidifier, refrigerator or freezer carries a higher one. Every fee is paid to the Health Department or online before the unit is brought in, and the load needs a landfill sticker or a free recycling permit. White goods never go at the curb, because they are waste ban items rather than bulk.Official guidance
Who runs rubbish and bulky collection in Fitchburg?+
The Health Department at City Hall, 718 Main Street, runs curbside rubbish, recycling and the bulky item programme for single family homes and buildings up to eight units, and it answers on 978-829-1870 from Monday to Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. The landfill drop off on Route 31 is the city's own site, reached with a landfill sticker or a permit obtained from the same department.Official guidance
What does Fitchburg charge for bulky and banned items?+
A scheduled curbside bulk item carries the published per item charge with a 75 pound limit, while waste ban items dropped at the landfill carry their own fees that are paid before disposal, covering white goods, refrigerant units, tires, televisions and monitors and mattresses. Permits cost one published annual rate for a property owner and a higher one otherwise, and a one day pass covers a clean out or construction debris up to one ton.Official guidance
Why do mattresses have to be recycled in Fitchburg?+
Massachusetts banned mattresses and box springs from disposal on November 1, 2022, so Fitchburg publishes three recycling routes instead: a scheduled drop off at the mattress recycler on Authority Drive, the mattress container at the landfill drop off, or a curbside collection through the same recycler, each with its own published per item fee. The Health Department supplies storage bags so a mattress can be kept dry until the collection.Official guidance
When are the Fitchburg household hazardous waste days?+
The 2026 days are April 25 and December 5 at AKS Recycling on 15 Cobbler Drive, and June 20 and November 14 at the Fitchburg/Westminster Landfill on 101 Fitchburg Road, each running from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. Proof of residency is required and registration is not, liquids are limited to 50 gallons with five gallons of gasoline per vehicle, and materials travel in their original containers packed in boxes.Official guidance
