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 plastic-wrapping rule for mattresses and soft furniture that is easy to miss.
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
- 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 29 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.
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 before they go out, which the city ties to protecting crews from bedbugs and lice. Household furniture and appliances only.
Good for
- furniture
- mattresses
- appliances
How it works
| How you use it | They collect, or you can take it there yourself. |
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| 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.
- ✓ Named destination
- ~ Stated, not named
- ? Nothing published
- Tell us what you were told →
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.
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Booking
Their pages
No booking, and no appointment exists. Scheduled monthly route: set out on your normal collection day during the first full week of each month ("bulk week", marked B on the published calendar). Record as route-based, not appointment-based.
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Typical wait
Their pages
Up to roughly one month, determined by the calendar rather than by demand. The wait is however long it is until the next bulk week; it is knowable in advance from the 2026 calendar at /sites/clevelandohio/files/waste/WasteCollectionCalendar2026.pdf, not a lead time the city quotes.
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Do they answer
Their pages
Yes. 311 or 216.664.3711 for missed pickups, 216-664-2000 for the Citizen Support Specialists, 216.664.2162 for dumpster requests.
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Restrictions
Their pages
Mattresses and cloth furniture must be wrapped in plastic when set out, which the city ties to protecting crews from bedbugs, lice and other parasites. The page states the requirement but not the consequence of ignoring it.
Households only · Household quantities only · By appointment only
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Who it's for
Their pages
City of Cleveland single-family homes and multi-family buildings up to four units. Larger buildings are not served.
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Last checked
Pipeline
29 August 2026
Checked against the sources listed on this page.
Where donated things land
The organisations this operator names. The linked ones have profiles here; the rest are named on their pages and not yet checked by us.
- Carr Center, 5600 Carnegie Ave. Named on their pages, not yet checked
- Carr Center (5600 Carnegie Ave.) and Ridge Road Transfer Station (3727 Ridge Road) Named on their pages, not yet checked
- Ridge Road Transfer Station, 3727 Ridge Rd. Named on their pages, not yet checked
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.
Alternatives in Cleveland
Other places that will take things off your hands.
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Reuse
Buy Nothing Project
Buy Nothing Project
- Takes
- furniture, appliances, electronics, books, and 4 more
- Where
- Neighbourhood groups across the US and beyond
- Booking
- By appointment
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Reuse
The Salvation Army donation pickup
The Salvation Army
- Takes
- furniture, appliances, electronics, clothes, and 5 more
- Where
- Nationwide
- Booking
- Book online
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Recycling
Carr Center and Ridge Road drop-off
City of Cleveland Division of Waste Collection and Disposal
- Takes
- electronics, hazardous waste, batteries, other items
- Wait
- Not a queue. For household hazardous waste the effective wait is up to a month, because the window opens on one Friday per month. For recycling and computers it is same-day within opening hours.
- Where
- Cleveland OH 44103 (east) · Ridge Road Transfer Station
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