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City collection Furniture is accepted at the city's free Fall Clean-up, which lists furniture items such as couches, chairs, tables and mattresses among the material it takes. No charge. Free at the Fall Clean-up for a single family residence or an owner occupied duplex, tri-plex or four-plex inside the city limits, as part of the one average load of garbage the property is allowed. There is no routine curbside furniture collection.
City collection Mattresses are named in the furniture line of the city's Fall Clean-up sheet, so a mattress leaves with the free garbage load on the one event day. No charge. Free at the Fall Clean-up for a qualifying residence inside the city limits, within the one average load of garbage allowed per property. No routine mattress collection is offered.
City collection Scrap metal appliances go to the Fall Clean-up, which takes stoves, washers, dryers, barbecues, lawn mowers and hot water tanks with the gas and oil removed. A refrigerator or freezer is refused there and goes to a county or scrap metal site the city names. From $25 for for a refrigerator or freezer at the Skagit County Transfer Station as listed on the city's Fall Clean-up sheet, with Skagit River Steel charging 30 dollars for the same unit, while scrap metal appliances such as stoves, washers and dryers are taken free of charge at the Fall Clean-up. The free scrap metal route is limited to a qualifying residence inside the city limits and its one garbage load on the event day, and the refrigerator and freezer fees are set by the receiving businesses rather than by the city.
City collection Mount Vernon has no routine bulky pickup. The city's one free route is the Fall Clean-up on Saturday, October 10, 2026 at the City Shop Complex on Shop Lane, where a qualifying home brings one average load each of garbage, recycling and yard waste. No charge. Free for a single family residence or an owner occupied duplex, tri-plex or four-plex inside the city limits, with one average load of each kind and proof of residency. Other loads need a rented dumpster from the city or the hauler's special pickup service, both priced separately.
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The local disposal guide
Will the city take it?
Mount Vernon splits its waste work between the city and its hauler. The city's Solid Waste Division collects garbage weekly from grey carts in three sizes and runs the yard waste facility at 1010 Shop Lane, where residents who are signed up for city garbage service buy a punch card and drop off grass, leaves, brush, branches up to six inches across, fruit and vegetable material, with pumpkins and Christmas trees free. Waste Management handles the blue recycling cart every other week and the green yard and food waste cart weekly from March through November and every other week in the winter, billing those services separately. For the big items there is one free city event: the Fall Clean-up on Saturday, October 10, 2026 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the City Shop Complex, where a single family home or an owner occupied duplex, tri-plex or four-plex inside the city limits can bring one average load each of garbage, recycling and yard waste. That event takes furniture, mattresses, clean wood, scrap metal and up to five gallons of household paint, but it refuses refrigerators, freezers, tires, televisions and computer parts, and the city lists where each of those actually goes.
Mount Vernon has no routine bulky pickup. The city's one free route is the Fall Clean-up on Saturday, October 10, 2026 at the City Shop Complex on Shop Lane, where a qualifying home brings one average load each of garbage, recycling and yard waste.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Free for a single family residence or an owner occupied duplex, tri-plex or four-plex inside the city limits, with one average load of each kind and proof of residency. Other loads need a rented dumpster from the city or the hauler's special pickup service, both priced separately.
When & how
The event runs only on Saturday October 10, 2026 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 1010 Shop Lane. At home, carts go out before 6 a.m. on the collection day, with three feet of clearance from other carts, mailboxes, posts, hydrants, vehicles and street placed basketball hoops.
Get it ready
Bring the physical September or October city utility bill and identification showing the city address, separate the loads because mixed loads are refused, bag all trash and never bring a loose garbage load, and do not use a U-Haul van or an extremely large trailer because they are refused at the gate.
Furniture is accepted at the city's free Fall Clean-up, which lists furniture items such as couches, chairs, tables and mattresses among the material it takes.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Free at the Fall Clean-up for a single family residence or an owner occupied duplex, tri-plex or four-plex inside the city limits, as part of the one average load of garbage the property is allowed. There is no routine curbside furniture collection.
When & how
The event runs on Saturday October 10, 2026 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the City Shop Complex, 1010 Shop Lane. Outside that day, furniture has to go through a rented dumpster or a special pickup arranged with Waste Management.
Get it ready
Hold the furniture until the event day, keep it out of the yard waste load and the recycling load because the three loads must stay separate, and bring the utility bill and identification to the gate. Do not bring a U-Haul van or an extremely large trailer, because neither is accepted.
Mattresses are named in the furniture line of the city's Fall Clean-up sheet, so a mattress leaves with the free garbage load on the one event day.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Free at the Fall Clean-up for a qualifying residence inside the city limits, within the one average load of garbage allowed per property. No routine mattress collection is offered.
When & how
The single event day is Saturday October 10, 2026 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 1010 Shop Lane. Keep the mattress out of the recycling and yard waste loads so the three loads stay separate.
Get it ready
Bring the mattress on the event day with the utility bill and identification, keep it dry and separate from the other loads, and leave it out of the yard waste facility at the same address, which takes only organic material.
Scrap metal appliances go to the Fall Clean-up, which takes stoves, washers, dryers, barbecues, lawn mowers and hot water tanks with the gas and oil removed. A refrigerator or freezer is refused there and goes to a county or scrap metal site the city names.
City cost & eligibility
From $25 for for a refrigerator or freezer at the Skagit County Transfer Station as listed on the city's Fall Clean-up sheet, with Skagit River Steel charging 30 dollars for the same unit, while scrap metal appliances such as stoves, washers and dryers are taken free of charge at the Fall Clean-up. The free scrap metal route is limited to a qualifying residence inside the city limits and its one garbage load on the event day, and the refrigerator and freezer fees are set by the receiving businesses rather than by the city.
When & how
Scrap metal appliances go in on the Fall Clean-up day, Saturday October 10, 2026 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 1010 Shop Lane. A refrigerator or freezer goes instead to the Skagit County Transfer Station on (360) 416-1570 or Skagit River Steel on 360-757-6096 during their own open hours.
Get it ready
Remove the gas and oil from an engine driven item before it goes in the scrap metal load, as the sheet requires, and keep refrigerant units out of the event entirely because they are refused at the gate. Call the receiving site first for a refrigerator or freezer, because both charge a fee and the amounts come from them.
Yard waste has two routes. Waste Management collects the green cart weekly from March to November and every other week from December to February, and the city's yard waste facility at 1010 Shop Lane takes organic material by the punch card from city residents.
City cost & eligibility
From $1 per punch at the city yard waste facility, where one punch covers one cubic yard of brush or 64 gallons of yard debris and punch cards are sold in 5, 10 and 20 dollar amounts, while the Waste Management food and yard waste cart is billed at 17.13 dollars a month with extra yard waste at 6.21 dollars per 32 gallons and a contaminated load charge of 31.63 dollars. The city facility is for residents living inside the city limits who are signed up for city garbage service, with Halloween pumpkins and Christmas trees free of charge and a valid identification and utility bill possibly required. Commercial lawn care providers are not served.
When & how
The yard waste facility is closed Mondays and Tuesdays year round, opening Wednesday to Friday from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. from March to October, and Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. from November to February, excluding federal holidays.
Get it ready
Buy the punch card before unloading, either at City Hall or at the facility, and keep material to grass, leaves, fruit, vegetable, brush and branches up to six inches in diameter. The facility refuses rocks, stumps, large pieces of sod, milled, treated or painted lumber, railroad ties, lawn furniture, engine parts, animal waste and garbage, and the brochure adds no dirt, concrete or sod.
The Fall Clean-up is one day with a bill and an ID
The free clean-up runs only on Saturday October 10, 2026 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the City Shop Complex, 1010 Shop Lane. Bring a physical copy of the September or October city utility bill and identification that verifies the city address, because no other utility bill is accepted. One average load each of garbage, recycling and yard waste is allowed, loads must be kept separate, all trash must be bagged, and staff may refuse anything that is not bagged or that is messy, wet or too large.
Place garbage, recycling and yard waste carts out before 6 a.m. on the collection day at the curb or the alley. Leave three feet between carts and three feet from any mailbox, light post, fire hydrant, parked vehicle or street placed basketball hoop, and never paint the cart, put hot ashes in it or take it off the property. A return trip charge can apply when a cart is not out on time or is not accessible.
The yard waste facility runs on punches, not on cash at the pile
Buy a punch card before disposing of yard waste, either at City Hall from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday or at the facility during its open hours, choosing one of the card amounts the city sells, with each punch covering one cubic yard of brush or 64 gallons of yard debris. Halloween pumpkins and Christmas trees are free. The site is closed Mondays and Tuesdays all year and serves city residents who are signed up for city garbage service, and commercial lawn care providers may not use it.
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 Mount Vernon Solid Waste Division with Waste Management of the Northwest
Use the free Fall Clean-up day
A single family home or owner occupied duplex, tri-plex or four-plex inside the city limits with furniture, junk, clean wood, scrap metal or a yard waste load.
Cost & conditions
No charge. Free for a qualifying residence inside the city limits, with one average load each of garbage, recycling and yard waste, and proof of residency through the September or October city utility bill plus identification.
Arrange it
Bring the separated loads to the City Shop Complex at 1010 Shop Lane on Saturday October 10, 2026 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.
One day only, one load of each kind, no mixed loads, all trash bagged, no loose garbage, no commercial loads, no U-Haul vans and no extremely large trailers, and refrigerators, freezers, tires, propane tanks, televisions, computer parts, motor oil and concrete are refused with referral contacts instead.
City of Mount Vernon Solid Waste Division with Waste Management of the Northwest
Drop yard waste at the Shop Lane facility
A city household signed up for city garbage service with grass, leaves, brush, branches, fruit or vegetable material.
Cost & conditions
From $1 per punch, with one punch covering one cubic yard of brush or 64 gallons of yard debris and punch cards sold in 5, 10 and 20 dollar amounts. City residents inside the city limits who are signed up for city garbage service, with pumpkins and Christmas trees free and identification and a utility bill possibly requested at purchase.
Arrange it
Buy the punch card at City Hall or at the facility, then unload at 1010 Shop Lane during the published hours, closed Mondays and Tuesdays year round.
Branches must be six inches or less in diameter, and rocks, stumps, large sod, milled, treated or painted lumber, railroad ties, lawn furniture, engine parts, animal waste and garbage are refused. Commercial lawn care providers may not use the site.
Keep the Waste Management carts for recycling and yard waste
A Mount Vernon household that wants curbside recycling and a green food and yard waste cart instead of hauling material itself.
Cost & conditions
From $17.13 per month for one 96 gallon food and yard waste cart emptied weekly from March to November and every other week from December to February, with extra yard waste at 6.21 dollars per 32 gallons and a contaminated yard waste charge of 31.63 dollars, alongside curbside recycling at 13.42 dollars a month with extra recyclables at 6.21 dollars per 32 gallons and a contaminated recycling charge of 31.63 dollars. City of Mount Vernon residential customers. Waste Management bills these services separately from the city utility bill, and recycling is a mandatory service in the city.
Arrange it
Set the carts out before 6 a.m. on the collection day with three feet of clearance, and contact Waste Management on 800-592-9995 for billing, a missed collection, a replacement cart or a special pickup.
Collection is delayed one business day when a regular day falls on a listed holiday, and the rates shown are effective April 1, 2026 and exclude the city garbage service, which the city bills on 360-336-6218.
City of Mount Vernon Solid Waste Division with Waste Management of the Northwest
Rent a temporary dumpster for a project
A household or project inside the city limits with more debris than a cart or the clean-up day can take.
Cost & conditions
The city publishes a container rate schedule, so the price depends on the container size and the term: permanent bins from 1 to 8 yards run 103.21 to 584.59 dollars a month, roll-off and compactor service runs 85 to 103 dollars a month for a 10, 20 or 30 yard container plus a 227 dollar haul fee and 134 dollars a ton, and temporary bin rentals charge a daily rental fee of 6 dollars for 1 to 8 yards or 11 to 16 dollars for a 10 to 30 yard container plus the published delivery, haul and per ton fees. The size, the term and the accepted material are confirmed with the Solid Waste Division on 360-336-6218 before ordering.
Arrange it
Arrange the container with the city Solid Waste Division on 360-336-6218, then have it collected when the work is finished.
The program serves projects inside the city limits, and the city does not describe an appliance, tire or refrigerant route through the dumpster, so those items still follow the referrals on the clean-up sheet.
Use the referral sites for refrigerators and other refused items
A household with a refrigerator, freezer, propane tank, television, computer part, tire or a load of concrete that the clean-up day cannot take.
Cost & conditions
From $25 for for a refrigerator or freezer at the Skagit County Transfer Station, with Skagit River Steel charging 30 dollars, tired charges of 6 dollars a standard tire at GCR Tires and 3 to 5 dollars at Les Schwab, and used motor oil free up to five gallons a customer a day at O'Reilly Auto Parts. Residents taking their own material to the businesses and facilities the city names on its Fall Clean-up sheet, with each site setting its own limit and fee.
Arrange it
Call the site before loading: Skagit County Transfer Station on (360) 416-1570, Skagit River Steel on 360-757-6096, Goodwill on 848-0646 for computer parts and televisions, GCR Tires on 888-510-8531 or Les Schwab on 360-424-8332 for tires, Lautenbach Recycling on 360-757-4000 for concrete, and O'Reilly Auto Parts on 424-6131 for motor oil.
These are the city's own referral names and not city services, each charges its own fee except the motor oil drop, and motor oil is limited to five gallons a customer a day.
City yard waste facility and the Fall Clean-up site
City of Mount Vernon Shop Complex
1010 Shop Lane, Mount Vernon, WA
Grass, leaves, fruit, vegetable, brush and branches up to six inches in diameter at the yard waste facility, with Halloween pumpkins and Christmas trees free. On the Fall Clean-up day the same address also takes household garbage, junk and debris, furniture including couches, chairs, tables and mattresses, clean wood, recyclables, scrap metal, yard waste, up to five gallons of household paint and up to five pounds of alkaline batteries.
The yard waste facility serves residents inside the city limits who are signed up for city garbage service, requires a punch card bought in advance, is closed Mondays and Tuesdays year round, and refuses rocks, stumps, large pieces of sod, milled, treated or painted lumber, railroad ties, lawn furniture, engine parts, animal waste and garbage, with no commercial lawn care providers allowed. The clean-up day requires the September or October utility bill and identification, keeps the three loads separate, and refuses refrigerators, freezers, tires, propane tanks, televisions, computer parts, motor oil and concrete.
Yard waste facility: Wednesday to Friday from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. from March to October, and Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. from November to February, closed Mondays and Tuesdays year round and on federal holidays. Fall Clean-up: Saturday October 10, 2026 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. only.
From $1 per punch at the yard waste facility, with one punch covering one cubic yard of brush or 64 gallons of yard debris and punch cards sold in 5, 10 and 20 dollar amounts, while the Fall Clean-up load is free. City residents inside the city limits who are signed up for city garbage service, and at the clean-up a single family residence or an owner occupied duplex, tri-plex or four-plex with proof of residency.
Prices, timing and the details that matter at your address.
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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.
What can I take to the Mount Vernon Fall Clean-up?+
One average load each of household garbage, recycling and yard waste, free, from a single family home or an owner occupied duplex, tri-plex or four-plex inside the city limits. The sheet lists junk and debris, furniture such as couches, chairs, tables and mattresses, clean wood like 2x4s, plywood, decks and fences, scrap metal such as stoves, washers, dryers, barbecues and hot water tanks, yard waste, up to five gallons of household paint and up to five pounds of alkaline batteries. Bring the physical September or October utility bill and identification with the city address, bag all trash, and keep the three loads separate.Official guidance
Will Mount Vernon take a couch from the curb?+
Not on a routine collection day, because the city runs no bulky pickup route. A couch is accepted at the free Fall Clean-up on Saturday October 10, 2026 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 1010 Shop Lane, where furniture items such as couches, chairs, tables and mattresses are listed among the accepted material. The household has to qualify as a single family residence or an owner occupied duplex, tri-plex or four-plex inside the city limits, and it must bring the September or October utility bill and identification.Official guidance
Can I put a mattress out for the Fall Clean-up?+
Yes. The Fall Clean-up sheet lists furniture items including mattresses among the material it accepts free of charge, so a mattress goes with the single garbage load a qualifying property may bring to 1010 Shop Lane on Saturday October 10, 2026 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Bring the September or October utility bill and identification showing the city address, and keep the mattress out of the recycling and yard waste loads.Official guidance
Will Mount Vernon take a refrigerator at the Fall Clean-up?+
No. The Fall Clean-up sheet takes scrap metal such as stoves, washers, dryers, barbecues, lawn mowers and hot water tanks, provided the gas and oil are removed from an engine, but it lists refrigerators and freezers among the items it cannot accept. It names the alternatives: the Skagit County Transfer Station on (360) 416-1570, which charges a fee for the unit, or Skagit River Steel on 360-757-6096, which charges a higher one.Official guidance
What can I do with yard waste in Mount Vernon?+
Two things. Waste Management collects the green 96 gallon yard and food waste cart weekly from March to November and every other week in December, January and February, billed on its own at the published monthly cart rate with extra yard waste charged by volume. Or take it to the city's yard waste facility at 1010 Shop Lane, where one punch of a pre bought card covers a cubic yard of brush or 64 gallons of yard debris. The facility takes grass, leaves, fruit, vegetable, brush and branches up to six inches across, and refuses rocks, stumps, large sod, treated or painted lumber, railroad ties, lawn furniture, engine parts, animal waste and garbage.Official guidance
Who collects garbage in Mount Vernon?+
The city. The Public Works Solid Waste Division provides weekly garbage collection and disposal to residential and commercial customers inside the city limits, with a grey cart in 35, 65 or 95 gallon sizes and a published monthly rate for each size effective January 1, 2026. Waste Management handles the blue recycling cart every other week and the green food and yard waste cart on its own bill, and it can be reached on 800-592-9995.Official guidance
When is the Mount Vernon Fall Clean-up?+
Saturday October 10, 2026 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the City Shop Complex, 1010 Shop Lane, and it is free for a single family residence or an owner occupied duplex, tri-plex or four-plex inside the city limits. Each qualifying property brings one average load each of garbage, recycling and yard waste, keeps the loads separate, bags all trash, and shows a physical copy of the September or October city utility bill plus identification proving the city address.Official guidance
How does recycling work in Mount Vernon?+
Recycling is mandatory and runs through Waste Management, which provides the blue cart, collects it every other week and bills for it separately, with a published monthly cart rate and a separate charge for extra clean recyclables in bins or boxes limited to 2 by 2 by 2 feet. The city does not bill for it, so cart, collection and billing questions go to Waste Management on 800-592-9995 or wmnorthwest.com/mtvernon.Official guidance
When is the Shop Lane yard waste facility open?+
From March to October it opens Wednesday to Friday from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and from November to February it opens Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. It is closed Mondays and Tuesdays year round and on federal holidays. Buy a punch card first, and note that one punch covers a cubic yard of brush or 64 gallons of yard debris.Official guidance
