Cranston bulk trash pickup
Bulky waste and mattresses: schedule with Waste Management (city rubbish hub).
Verified 2026-10-15 · cranstonri.gov
At a glance
| Brush | See city Yard Waste sub-page on trash-recycling hub. |
|---|---|
| Limits | Overflow bag program for extra trash beyond 65-gal cart. |
| Not allowed | Non-cart trash not collected; recycling contamination per Recycle Together RI. |
| Curbside | No earlier than noon day before; by 6:15 a.m. collection day. Checklist Verified 2026-10-15 · cranstonri.gov |
Schedule
Curbside
Curbside checklist
City rules before collection day. Confirm with the city if anything looks off.
When
No earlier than noon day before; by 6:15 a.m. collection day.
Where
Automated rollout carts at curb per Waste Management (WM)/City guidance.
Limits
Overflow bag program for extra trash beyond 65-gal cart.
Not allowed
Non-cart trash not collected; recycling contamination per Recycle Together RI.
Bags
Bagged garbage inside gray cart.
Verified 2026-10-15 · cranstonri.gov
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Full details for Cranston: every rule, with sources
- Trash
- City automated gray carts; weekly pickup 1–4 family dwellings. By 6:15 a.m. collection day; not before noon day before. Only waste in gray cart collected. Waste Management operations. Overflow: 30-gal overflow bags (5 for $10–11) beside cart at listed retailers. Questions 401-780-3174/3175; cart repair Waste Management (WM) 800-972-4545.
- Recycling
- Blue carts single-stream (Recycle Together RI rules). Same set-out window as trash. Yard waste sub-page on city rubbish hub. Drop-off: books, oil, TVs, electronics, scrap metal 929 Phenix Ave garage 7 a.m.–2:30 p.m. Mon–Fri free.
- Bulk pickup
- Bulky waste and mattresses: schedule with Waste Management 800-972-4545 (city rubbish hub). Appliances/white goods per Public Works Appliances sub-page; free drop-off for books, TVs, electronics, scrap metal at 929 Phenix Ave garage (weekdays).
- Curbside: when
- No earlier than noon day before; by 6:15 a.m. collection day.
- Curbside: where
- Automated rollout carts at curb per Waste Management (WM)/City guidance.
- Curbside: limits
- Overflow bag program for extra trash beyond 65-gal cart.
- Curbside: brush
- See city Yard Waste sub-page on trash-recycling hub.
- Curbside: not allowed
- Non-cart trash not collected; recycling contamination per Recycle Together RI.
- Curbside: bags
- Bagged garbage inside gray cart.
- Curbside: fees and fines
- City enforcement via rubbish program — specific dollars.
- Holidays
Holiday Trash Collections sub-page linked from rubbish hub — weekday holidays delay collection.
- Hauler
- Waste Management of RI (City contract)
- Contacts
- Public Works 401-780-3174; Waste Management (WM) 800-972-4545; 929 Phenix Ave drop-off
- Find your day
- City of Cranston Refuse Collection Days PDF
- Sources
- Trash and recycling: cranstonri.gov
Bulk: cranstonri.gov
Holidays: cranstonri.gov
Curbside: cranstonri.gov - Verified
- 2026-10-15
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