Chester bulk trash pickup
≤2 bulk items/week on collection day next to carts.
Verified 2026-10-15 · chestercity.com
At a glance
| Brush | Seasonal yard-waste rules above; not with regular trash. |
|---|---|
| Limits | ≤2 trash carts; ≤2 bulk/week. |
| Not allowed | Loose bags; freon bulk; household hazardous waste; commercial private-haul required. |
| Curbside | Night before, no earlier than 4:00 p.m. Checklist Verified 2026-10-15 · chestercity.com |
Schedule
Curbside
Curbside checklist
City rules before collection day. Confirm with the city if anything looks off.
When
Night before, no earlier than 4:00 p.m.
Where
Curb; carts only.
Limits
≤2 trash carts; ≤2 bulk/week.
Not allowed
Loose bags; freon bulk; household hazardous waste; commercial private-haul required.
Bags
Inside carts; mattresses wrapped.
Not yet confirmed: Fees and fines.
Verified 2026-10-15 · chestercity.com
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Full details for Chester: every rule, with sources
- Trash
- Casella (from Jan 2, 2026) — weekly on map day (Mon / Tue / Thu / Fri by zone; see Curbside Collection Map). Orange-lid carts; ≤2 × 65-gal trash carts/week. All waste inside carts — no loose bags. Out night before, no earlier than 4:00 p.m.; remove after emptied.
- Recycling
- Same day as trash in blue-lid 64-gal cart; loose materials only.
- Bulk pickup
- ≤2 bulk items/week on collection day next to carts. Mattresses/box springs plastic-wrapped. Accept furniture, washers, dryers, etc. Not freon/air-compressor/battery items — call City 610-447-7742.
- Curbside: when
- Night before, no earlier than 4:00 p.m.
- Curbside: where
- Curb; carts only.
- Curbside: limits
- ≤2 trash carts; ≤2 bulk/week.
- Curbside: brush
- Seasonal yard-waste rules above; not with regular trash.
- Curbside: not allowed
- Loose bags; freon bulk; household hazardous waste; commercial private-haul required.
- Curbside: bags
- Inside carts; mattresses wrapped.
- Curbside: fees and fines
- Not yet confirmed
- Holidays
- New Year's Day 2026 (2026-01-01): shift not yet confirmed
- Mlk 2026 (2026-01-19): shift not yet confirmed
- Memorial Day 2026 (2026-05-25): shift not yet confirmed
- Juneteenth 2026 (2026-06-19): shift not yet confirmed
- Labor Day 2026 (2026-09-07): shift not yet confirmed
- Thanksgiving 2026 (2026-11-26): shift not yet confirmed
- Christmas 2026 (2026-12-25): shift not yet confirmed
Holiday on or before collection day → pickup one day later (trash+recycle still same day). 2026: NY 1/1, Martin Luther King Jr. Day 1/19, Memorial Day 5/25, Juneteenth 6/19, Labor Day 9/7, Thanksgiving 11/26, Christmas 12/25. Yard waste: Casella spring/fall (Kraft paper bags only, ≤6 bags; no grass/soil/rocks/construction debris); fall leaf rake-to-curb by City.
- Hauler
- Casella (302-832-8000); City PW 610-447-7742
- Contacts
- 1 Fourth Street, Chester PA 19013; 610-447-7700
- Find your day
- Trash & Recycling Collection (2026 Casella)
- Sources
- Trash and recycling: chestercity.com
Bulk: chestercity.com
Holidays: chestercity.com
Curbside: chestercity.com - Verified
- 2026-10-15
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