Everett bulk trash pickup
Bulk trash requires City Hall sticker (Resident Packet).
Verified 2026-10-15 · cityofeverett.com
At a glance
| Brush | Yard waste every other week mid-April to mid-December on trash/recycling day (2026 week list on City Services). Large branches: schedule City mulcher truck via 311 / 617-394-2270. |
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| Limits | Holiday free bulk max 3 stickered items (1–3 family; exclusions apply). White goods $15/sticker; Wednesday appliance pickup. |
| Not allowed | Construction materials & debris; hazardous material; wood/car parts; industrial waste; animal remains; tree branches & yard waste in regular trash stream (use yard-waste program); plastic bags in recycling. |
| Curbside | After 6:00 p.m. night before; by 7:00 a.m. collection day (FAQ). Recycling page: recycling barrel by 6:00 a.m. Checklist Verified 2026-10-15 · cityofeverett.com |
Schedule
Curbside
Curbside checklist
City rules before collection day. Confirm with the city if anything looks off.
When
After 6:00 p.m. night before; by 7:00 a.m. collection day (FAQ). Recycling page: recycling barrel by 6:00 a.m.
Where
Curbside, visible from street. Recycling ≥5 ft from other barrels and obstacles.
Limits
Holiday free bulk max 3 stickered items (1–3 family; exclusions apply). White goods $15/sticker; Wednesday appliance pickup.
Not allowed
Construction materials & debris; hazardous material; wood/car parts; industrial waste; animal remains; tree branches & yard waste in regular trash stream (use yard-waste program); plastic bags in recycling.
Bags
Bag trash before placing in blue bin. Recyclables loose (paper may be in stapled brown paper bag). Yard waste: paper bags or stickered barrels only.
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Full details for Everett: every rule, with sources
- Trash
- Weekly city collection; day by street (Trash Schedule PDF on cityofeverett.com). Resident Packet 2025: trash in blue barrel; recycling in brown; only trash must be bagged before going in bins. Set-out: FAQ — curbside by 7:00 a.m. collection day or after 6:00 p.m. night before, visible from street. Recycling page separately says place recycling barrel by 6:00 a.m. and ≥5 ft from other barrels/mailboxes/poles/shrubs/vehicles/fences/walls — note 6 a.m. Vs 7 a.m. Conflict; m. For trash and recycling-page 6 a.m. Spacing rule for recycling placement. Holiday rule: when collection day falls on a holiday, that day and remaining week delayed one day (Friday→Saturday). Missed pickup: Mayor’s office 617-394-2270 / 311. Overflow trash weeks (New Year’s, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas): 1–2 extra bags beside City barrels (not sticker-required bulk).
- Recycling
- Weekly brown barrel; paper (newspaper, magazines, soft-cover books, office paper, junk mail without plastic windows, clean paperboard, cardboard flattened/tied or taped to 3'×3') and containers (glass bottles/jars; metal cans, clean foil, aerosol cans — no paint cans; plastics #1–7 ≤3 gal; no Styrofoam, motor oil/chemical containers). No plastic bags in recycling; no soiled paper/pizza boxes/paper plates/tissues; no trash/yard/food waste in recycle. Order bins via 311 — Public Works delivers.
- Bulk pickup
- Bulk trash requires City Hall sticker (Resident Packet). White goods / many appliances & TVs/monitors: $15 sticker each from Collector’s office (cash or money order; non-refundable) — refrigerators (doors removed), stoves, TVs, ACs, washers/dryers, dishwashers, hot water heaters (not boilers), microwaves, computer monitors, etc. (Guidelines PDF). City Services page: appliance pickup weekly on Wednesdays; $15 white-goods stickers year-round. Furniture/bulk items also listed as needing stickers on Guidelines PDF — some furniture sticker prices marked “to be determined” on that PDF; check current furniture sticker price at City Hall before publish. Mattresses/box springs: state recycling required; purchase stickers at City Hall and schedule (call 311 / 617-394-2270) — exact mattress dollar fee not clearly stated on. Holiday free bulk weeks (e.g. July 6–10 2026 notice): up to 3 bulk items with City trash sticker for 1–3 family; not mattresses/box springs, construction, household hazardous waste, or white goods.
- Curbside: when
- After 6:00 p.m. night before; by 7:00 a.m. collection day (FAQ). Recycling page: recycling barrel by 6:00 a.m.
- Curbside: where
- Curbside, visible from street. Recycling ≥5 ft from other barrels and obstacles.
- Curbside: limits
- Holiday overflow max 2 extra bags. Holiday free bulk max 3 stickered items (1–3 family; exclusions apply). White goods $15/sticker; Wednesday appliance pickup. Furniture sticker price: check at City Hall (PDF incomplete).
- Curbside: brush
- Yard waste every other week mid-April to mid-December on trash/recycling day (2026 week list on City Services). Curbside by 7 a.m. Brown paper bags (no sticker) or barrels with City “Yard Waste” sticker. Clean yard waste: grass, leaves, small branches tied not taped. No plastic bags, large branches, rocks, dirt, broken pots. Large branches: schedule City mulcher truck via 311 / 617-394-2270.
- Curbside: not allowed
- Construction materials & debris; hazardous material; wood/car parts; industrial waste; animal remains; tree branches & yard waste in regular trash stream (use yard-waste program); plastic bags in recycling; Styrofoam in recycling.
- Curbside: bags
- Bag trash before placing in blue bin. Recyclables loose (paper may be in stapled brown paper bag). Yard waste: paper bags or stickered barrels only.
- Curbside: fees and fines
- Dollar fine amounts for set-out violations Ask the city or your hauler. Report missed pickup to Mayor’s office.
- Holidays
- Mlk 2026 (2026-01-19): shift not yet confirmed
- Presidents 2026 (2026-02-16): shift not yet confirmed
- Patriots 2026 (2026-04-20): shift not yet confirmed
- Memorial 2026 (2026-05-25): shift not yet confirmed
- Juneteenth 2026 (2026-06-19): shift not yet confirmed
- Independence 2026 (2026-07-04): shift not yet confirmed
- Labor 2026 (2026-09-07): shift not yet confirmed
- Columbus Indigenous 2026 (2026-10-12): shift not yet confirmed
- Veterans 2026 (2026-11-11): shift not yet confirmed
- Thanksgiving 2026 (2026-11-26): shift not yet confirmed
- Christmas 2026 (2026-12-25): shift not yet confirmed
- New Year's Day 2027 (2027-01-01): shift not yet confirmed
2026 Holiday Trash Delays listed on City Services page (+1 day). No delay for July 4, 2026 (full pickup week before/after). New Year’s listed as 1/1/2027 on 2026 delays list.
- Hauler
- City of Everett Department of Public Works
- Contacts
- 311 or 617-394-2270; City Hall 484 Broadway; Inspectional Services/Code 617-394-2220 (sticker guidelines PDF)
- Find your day
- Everett Trash Schedule (PDF) by street
- Sources
- Trash and recycling: cityofeverett.com
Bulk: cityofeverett.com
Holidays: cityofeverett.com
Curbside: cityofeverett.com - Verified
- 2026-10-15
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