Trash: Bulk Collections

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Each residential property receiving Montgomery County-provided trash collection is entitled to 5 bulk collections per calendar year for certain types of miscellaneous and/or bulky household trash.

Bulk collections must be scheduled in advance with the County by the occupant or resident.

• The collection will then be made on your trash collection day.
• All items must be placed at your curb by 7:00 a.m. on the day of collection.
• Collections are made between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m.

The Freecycle Network is a way to promote reuse by giving unwanted items to others. There are several Freecycle communities in Montgomery County.

To schedule a bulk trash collection

Do you have County-provided trash service?

• Check whether you have County-provided trash collection service

Call our Customer Service Line at 240-777-6410 before 11:00 a.m. on the business day before your trash collection day.  Any requests received after 11:00 a.m. will be scheduled for the following week.  Please provide a list of items to be picked up.

Do you have "private subscription" trash service?

"Private subscription" means that you (or your homeowners/community association) hold the contract for your service directly. Please contact your collection company or homeowners/community association for more information.

Acceptable materials include:

Note that metal sinks, tubs, etc. are accepted in our curbside scrap metal recycling program.

• furniture
• rugs (please roll and tie)
• box springs
• mattresses
• trash cans
• large toys
• nonmetal (plastic and porcelein) sinks and bath tubs -- no concrete items
• nonmetal laundry trays
• nonmetal shower stalls
• nonmetal toilet bowls

Unacceptable materials include:

The following materials cannot be collected curbside by the County at any time:

• poisons, acids, caustics, gasoline, oil and other flammable substances, explosives, ammunition, television picture tubes, or other hazardous or dangerous materials (though many of these items may be taken to the County's Household Hazardous Waste Collections
• human or animal fecal or uriniferous matter, infectious wastes, dead animals
  • Please call our Customer Service staff for additional information: 240-777-6410.
• fencing and other materials resulting from building remodeling, repair, or construction, including: bricks, blocks, cabinets, concrete in any form, doors, lumber, windows (including storm doors and storm windows and screens), shingles, gutters, plaster, plasterboard,
  • information about home remodeling debris
  • metal items can be recycled
• paint
• soil, rocks, sod, tree trunks, limbs, or stumps resulting from tree removal;
• parts of motor vehicles;
• sheds and large dog houses.

So it's an unacceptable item.  Now what?!

Trash not acceptable for residential collection may be disposed by a resident at the County's Solid Waste Transfer Station, 16101 Frederick Road, Derwood, MD.

• No disposal charge is made for trash under 500 pounds delivered in privately-owned and operated vehicles, station wagons, and trailers with a capacity of under 500 pounds.
   Complete fee schedule
• Tree stumps more than 3 feet in diameter and large parts of motor vehicles cannot be disposed at the Transfer Station.