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Municipal · Pickup · Drop-off · Free · Booking needed

Cleveland bulk item collection

Three bulk items per home in the first full week of each month, with a wrapping rule that gets things left behind if you miss it.

Right for you if

  • You have three things or fewer, and some plastic sheeting.
  • It has to cost nothing.
  • You cannot move it yourself. They come and collect.
  • You can get it there under your own steam.

Look elsewhere if

  • It is business waste.
  • It is more than a household quantity.
  • You need it gone today.

Contact and booking

Phone
311 or 216-664-2000
Email
Not published
Book online
Not published
Address
Division office: 5600 Carnegie Ave, Cleveland, OH 44103. Drop-off: Ridge Road Transfer Station.
Opening hours
Division office weekdays 8:00am–5:00pm.
Website
Official website

Verification

Verified against an official source

Last checked 18 August 2026

That means we read a published source and it said this. It does not mean we watched them do it, or followed the material afterwards, that is a separate, deeper check this has not been through. How we check →

Sources

Part of How to get rid of stuff in Cleveland.

Something wrong here?

Why use it

Collection happens on your normal day during the first full week of the month, capped at three items. The rule people fall over: mattresses, box springs and any leather or cloth furniture have to be wrapped in plastic, or they are left where they are. Household furniture and appliances only, boxes and bags do not count as bulk. If three a month is not enough, you can take bulky waste free to the Ridge Road Transfer Station four times a year, up to four cubic yards a visit.

Good for

  • furniture
  • mattresses
  • appliances

How it works

How you use it They collect, or you can take it there yourself.
Cost Included in city collection. Transfer station drop-offs are free, four times a year, up to four cubic yards a visit.
Booking Arrange it with them either way.
Service area City of Cleveland
Run by City of Cleveland Division of Waste Collection and Disposal, a municipal service

Where your things go

A named destination is worth more than a stated intention, and both are worth more than silence. This is the row to read before you book: if your item's row is empty, ask them on the phone and tell us what they say.

Not documented yet. This operator has not published what happens to each kind of item, and we have not been able to establish it from anywhere else. That is the gap, stated rather than hidden. If you ask them, tell us what they say.

Does it actually work

The part no company website tells you. Some of this comes from our checks, some from readers who used the service, and where nobody has told us yet, it says so.

  • Booking

    Their pages

    Arrange it with them either way.

  • Typical wait

    Needs reports

    Not established

    Nobody has told us how long they waited. Two reader reports would settle it.

  • Do they answer

    Needs reports

    Not established

    We read their pages, we did not phone them. One reader who got through would settle it.

  • Restrictions

    Their pages

    Households only · Household quantities only · By appointment only

  • Who it's for

    Their pages

    Residents of the area it covers, households, not businesses.

  • Last checked

    Pipeline

    18 August 2026

    Checked against the sources listed on this page.

What happens to it

  • Collected by the council
  • Disposed of

This describes the route the item takes, as the operator states it. We do not claim a recovery rate we have not seen evidence for.

What readers told us

Used them recently?

How long you waited, what they refused, whether anyone picked up the phone. Those are the three facts no website publishes and the ones the next reader needs.

Tell us what happened

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