A window AC and a freestanding portable AC use different catalog choices. These choices do not cover a central HVAC system. Choose your pickup day and see your price before booking. You arrange the move outside; we load and haul it away.
A window AC and a freestanding portable AC use different catalog choices. These choices do not cover a central HVAC system.
Check the setup.
Confirm unusual models or refrigerants with our team before booking. The catalog choice does not confirm that every model can be handled.
Add the other items separately.
Select each item and quantity so the booking matches what you want removed. Review the exact combined total before payment.
Air conditioner removal prices in Fitchburg
First item / additional item
Window AC$79 / $29
Portable AC$109 / $45
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.
Arrange removal from the window or installed position and the move outside. Do not open refrigerant lines. Send model and refrigerant-label photos if handling requirements are unclear.
Confirm unusual models or refrigerants with our team before booking. The catalog choice does not confirm that every model can be handled.
Your place. One easy pickup plan.
A house, a condo or an apartment. Choose an accessible outdoor spot that works for your property. You arrange the move outside; we take it from there.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Selected customer reviews. Counts checked September 2026.
Before you book
A few things worth knowing.
Air conditioner removal, from choosing your item to pickup day in Fitchburg.
Which item should I choose?+
A window AC and a freestanding portable AC use different catalog choices. These choices do not cover a central HVAC system.
How should I prepare for pickup?+
Arrange removal from the window or installed position and the move outside. Do not open refrigerant lines. Send model and refrigerant-label photos if handling requirements are unclear.
How is the pickup price calculated?+
Choose your items to see the current price. The highest first-item price applies once; every remaining item uses its additional-item price. Loading, transportation and disposal are included. Review the final total and any applicable sales tax before payment.
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
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