Bulk trash pickup and bulky item drop-off in California
85 city guides and 22 verified sites in California that list bulky items (furniture, mattresses, appliances) as accepted. Don’t see your town? Search by ZIP.
City guides
- Anaheim
- Antioch
- Apple Valley
- Bakersfield
- Berkeley
- Burbank
- Chula Vista
- Concord
- Corona
- Costa Mesa
- Downey
- Elk Grove
- Escondido
- Fairfield
- Fontana
- Fremont
- Fullerton
- Garden Grove
- Glendale
- Hayward
- Hesperia
- Huntington Beach
- Irvine
- Jurupa Valley
- Lake Elsinore
- Lancaster
- Livermore
- Long Beach
- Los Angeles
- Manteca
- Menifee
- Merced
- Milpitas
- Modesto
- Moreno Valley
- Mountain View
- Napa
- Newport Beach
- Oakland
- Ontario
- Orange
- Oxnard
- Palmdale
- Pasadena
- Perris
- Pittsburg
- Pomona
- Rancho Cordova
- Rancho Cucamonga
- Redding
- Redlands
- Rialto
- Richmond
- Riverside
- Roseville
- Sacramento
- Salinas
- San Bernardino
- San Diego
- San Jose
- San Leandro
- San Marcos
- Santa Ana
- Santa Barbara
- Santa Clara
- Santa Clarita
- Santa Maria
- Santa Monica
- Santa Rosa
- Simi Valley
- South Gate
- Stockton
- Sunnyvale
- Thousand Oaks
- Torrance
- Tracy
- Tulare
- Upland
- Vacaville
- Vallejo
- Ventura
- Victorville
- Visalia
- West Covina
- Whittier
Verified sites that take bulky items
- Eastern Regional Landfill and Transfer Station · Placer County, CA Verified
Posted: “appliances $14 each”
- Calabasas SLF · Agoura Hills, CA Verified
Posted: “Municipal solid waste, inert waste, bulky items, green waste, tires, clean asphalt, dirt (charged MSW rate)”
- Berkeley Transfer Station · Berkeley, CA Verified
Posted: “Refuse: $38.50 per minimum load (330 lb or less) or $149/ton, plus Environmental Compliance Fee $3.50/min load or $5/ton. C&D: $33.50/min load or $130/ton. Organics: $27.75/min load or $72.05/ton. Mattresses $18 (residents: 2 free)”
- Berkeley Transfer Station · Berkeley, CA Verified
Posted: “Refuse: $38.50 per minimum load (330 lb or less) or $149/ton, plus Environmental Compliance Fee $3.50/min load or $5/ton. C&D: $33.50/min load or $130/ton. Organics: $27.75/min load or $72.05/ton. Mattresses $18 (residents: 2 free)”
- Boron SLF · Boron, CA Verified
Posted: “Household trash, appliances (refrigerators, stoves, washers, dryers, water heaters), furniture and mattresses, electronics, green waste, construction/demolition, tires, treated wood, dead animals, used motor oil, residential batteries and paint”
- Olinda Alpha SLF · Brea, CA Verified
Posted: “hard-to-handle items longer than 6 ft (wood, furniture, mattresses) +$15.00. Pre-tested clean soil (over 5 cu yd or 8 tons) $4.00/ton”
- Fink Road LF · Crows Landing, CA Verified
Posted: “hard-to-handle bulk $110/ton”
- Bakersfield Metropolitan SLF (BENA) · Edison, CA Verified
Posted: “Household trash, appliances (refrigerators, stoves, washers, dryers, water heaters), furniture and mattresses, electronics, green waste, construction/demolition, tires, treated wood, dead animals, used motor oil, residential batteries and paint”
- Scholl Canyon SLF · Glendale, CA Verified
Posted: “Municipal solid waste, bulky items, green waste, tires, clean asphalt, clean dirt (not from bottom-dump trucks)”
- Billy Wright Landfill · Los Banos, CA Verified
Posted: “mixed trash/organics $83.75/ton ($64.25 min). Mattresses: 10 free for residents, then $5 each. Appliances $10 (non-refrigerated) / $18 (refrigerated). Cash, check, Visa, MC, Discover”
- Highway 59 Landfill · Merced, CA Verified
Posted: “mixed trash/organics $83.75/ton ($64.25 min). Mattresses: 10 free for residents, then $5 each. Appliances $10 (non-refrigerated) / $18 (refrigerated). Cash, check, Visa, MC, Discover”
- Rock Creek LF · Milton, CA Verified
Posted: “appliances $25 each”
- Mojave-Rosamond SLF · Mojave, CA Verified
Posted: “Household trash, appliances (refrigerators, stoves, washers, dryers, water heaters), furniture and mattresses, electronics, green waste, construction/demolition, tires, treated wood, dead animals, used motor oil, residential batteries and paint”
- Neal Road Recycling and Waste Facility · Paradise, CA Verified
Posted: “appliances $6 each”
- Ridgecrest-Inyokern SLF · Ridgecrest, CA Verified
Posted: “Household trash, appliances (refrigerators, stoves, washers, dryers, water heaters), furniture and mattresses, electronics, green waste, construction/demolition, tires, treated wood, dead animals, used motor oil, residential batteries and paint”
- Zanker Road (Nine Par) SLF · San Jose, CA Verified
Posted: “Construction & demolition debris and bulky items for recycling”
- Prima Deshecha SLF · San Juan Capistrano, CA Verified
Posted: “hard-to-handle items longer than 6 ft (wood, furniture, mattresses) +$15.00. Pre-tested clean soil (over 5 cu yd or 8 tons) $4.00/ton. Clean broken asphalt accepted free (Mon-Sat) as of Aug 1, 2026”
- Recology San Martin Transfer Station · San Martin, CA Verified
Posted: “non-customers $5 per cubic yard. Fees apply for appliances, furniture, yard waste, C&D debris, garbage and untreated wood”
- Shafter-Wasco SLF · Shafter, CA Verified
Posted: “Household trash, appliances (refrigerators, stoves, washers, dryers, water heaters), furniture and mattresses, electronics, green waste, construction/demolition, tires, treated wood, dead animals, used motor oil, residential batteries and paint”
- South Gate Transfer Station · South Gate, CA Verified
Posted: “Municipal solid and inert waste, bulky items”
- Sunshine Canyon Landfill · Sylmar, CA Verified
Posted: “appliances $115 each”
- Taft SLF · Taft, CA Verified
Posted: “Household trash, appliances (refrigerators, stoves, washers, dryers, water heaters), furniture and mattresses, electronics, green waste, construction/demolition, tires, treated wood, dead animals, used motor oil, residential batteries and paint”
Wording quoted from each site’s official page. Call to confirm limits and fees.
How bulk trash pickup usually works
How bulk trash pickup usually works
This is a general description. Rules differ by city and county, so check the official source below for yours.
- Who runs it. Usually the city sanitation department, the county solid waste department, or the private hauler your city contracts with. Unincorporated areas often follow county rules.
- How you get it. Some places pick up on a set schedule (for example, monthly or on a set week). Others need you to call, use 311, or book online. Some include a few free pickups a year and charge for more.
- What’s usually accepted. Furniture, mattresses, carpet, and sometimes appliances. Programs often limit the pile size or number of items.
- What’s usually excluded. Hazardous waste, tires, construction debris from contractors, and loose small trash. Appliances with refrigerant often need a separate appointment.
- Setting it out. Usually at the curb the night before, not blocking sidewalks, mailboxes, or meters.
If pickup doesn’t fit your timeline, you can haul it to a dump or transfer station yourself, or hire junk removal.
Don't want to haul it yourself? Get a junk removal quote
Junk removal crews load and dispose of it for you, usually priced by how much of the truck you fill.
Tip: get two or three quotes from local junk removal companies, and ask whether the price includes the dump fee and labor.
Bigger project? Estimate the dumpster size you need.
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