Residential Bulk Collection:
What We Accept

During bulk collections, Solid Waste Services picks up items that are too large to fit in your garbage cart.

Examples of Items We Accept

• Appliances (Must be empty; see note on refrigerators and freezers below)
• Barbeques (Fuel and charcoal must be removed)
• Doors (Wood or metal only; no glass doors)
• Furniture (Must be empty)
• Lawn mowers (Fuel and motor oil must be removed)
• Lumber (Nails must be removed)
• Mattresses and box springs
• Pallets
• Railroad ties and utility poles, no more than 6 feet long
• Refrigerators & freezers (Must be clean, empty and free of odors; refrigerator doors must be removed to prevent children from being trapped inside). Note: If the refrigerator or freezer is still working, you can get money for it through Austin Energy's refrigerator recycling program. They'll collect it, recycle it, and give you a $35 rebate.
• Rolled fencing
• Tires (Passenger car tires only; limit of 8 per household; must be removed from rims)

Items that cannot be collected:

• Anything with a title of ownership (automobile chassis, motorcycles, trailers, boats, etc.)
• Anything in bags (extra garbage), boxes or personal containers
• Brush
• Cardboard
• Construction and Remodeling Debris (includes plywood, bricks, rocks, aggregate, cinder blocks, stone, mortar, sand, sheet rock, insulation, flooring, shingles, siding, steel roofing, sheet glass and mirrors)
• Hazardous Materials (paints, solvents, etc.)
• Household Trash
• Sheet Glass (sliding glass doors, large mirrors)
• Truck or Tractor Tires